The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues like its deceptive blue checkmarks, after a two-year probe
‘Impose Sanctions...’ The Verge : EU fines X $140 million over ‘deceptive’ blue checkmarks Inc : Why Elon Musk's X Was Slapped With a $140 Million Fine Eva Terry / Deseret News : European Union fines ...
EU lawmakers agree on new rules that hold platforms like Meta and TikTok liable for financial scams that have been reported, requiring them to compensate banks
Update Trader Edge / Blockonomi : Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock: Google Drops Microsoft Fight as EU Launches Cloud Crackdown Philip Blenkinsop / Reuters : EU members seek safeguards in US tariff deal to prot...
Six years after EU law enforcement raids shut down German cyberlocker Share-Online, a German court sentences its operator to a two-year suspended prison term
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Apple doesn't include a charger in the box with the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro in European countries, making users pay extra; the company cites an upcoming EU law
Here's Why Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge : Apple announces new MacBook Pro with M5 chip Spencer Hart / Stuff : Apple won't include a charger with the new MacBook Pro M5, I think that's a big mis...
Austria's privacy regulator finds that Microsoft violated EU law by illegally tracking students through Microsoft 365 Education, after noyb's complaint in 2024
📰 Read the full blog post, including a comment by Max #Schrems 👉 noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-... Forums: Beehaw : noyb win: Microsoft 365 Education may not track school children
WhatsApp rolls out ads in its Updates tab, a first for the app, and Meta will collect some data to target the ads, but says it has no plans to put ads in chats
here's where you'll see them (and where you won't) Capital Brief : Meta to roll out ads on WhatsApp and offer paid subscriptions Katie Hicks / Marketing Brew : Ads are coming to WhatsApp Colin Kirklan...
Preliminary findings: the European Commission says X's paid blue checkmark deceives users and breaches the DSA; X could be fined up to 6% of its global revenue
https://ec.europa.eu/... … X: Thierry Breton / @thierrybreton : Back in the day, #BlueChecks used to mean trustworthy sources of information✔️🐦 Now with X, our preliminary view is that: ❌They deceive ...
Sources: the EU plans to fine Apple ~€500M in March for allegedly breaking EU law over access to music streaming services, following a 2019 complaint by Spotify
Move is culmination of long-running European Commission antitrust probe after a complaint by Spotify
Sources: the EU plans to fine Apple around €500M for allegedly breaking EU law over access to music streaming services, following a 2019 complaint by Spotify
Move is culmination of long-running European Commission antitrust probe after a complaint by Spotify
Microsoft and Google do not plan to challenge their EU DMA “gatekeeper” status, before a November 16 deadline; sources say TikTok and Meta may file challenges
Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google will not challenge an EU law that would require them to make it easier …