EU threatens to fine tech giants if they leave Europe
EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has said she would investigate whether the EU can impose fines on tech giants when they withdraw from the market. The companies are threatening to do so following rumours that the EU wants to make the tech giants pay for displaying search results with parts of new...
‘EU needs to invest more in 5G’
The European Commission believes that Europe must invest significantly more to exploit technology’s full potential for innovation. This is necessary in order not to fall behind the United States.
This is according to a study by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank. They wri...
Microsoft wants tech giants in EU to pay for sharing news
Microsoft has announced that it supports the move to charge tech giants in the EU for news shared on their platforms. In doing so, it joins a coalition of European media companies.
With this, Microsoft is aiming at a similar system as the Australian government uses in its country. That country g...
EU wants to ally with the US on tech rules and climate change
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Union’s Chief Executive, said that Europe and the US should join forces in the fight against climate change and together, agree on and enforce a new framework for the digital market.
The aim is to limit the powers held by big tech companies.
The president ...
Most EU countries behind in implementing telecom rules
Almost all countries in the European Union are lagging behind with the implementation of new rules for the European telecom sector. The deadline for this expired in December 2020.
At the end of 2018, new rules for the European telecom sector took effect. Member States were then given two years t...
WhatsApp facing 50 million euro fine
WhatsApp may face one of the biggest GDPR fines ever. The European Union is investigating whether the chat app broke any laws by not providing enough transparency about what happens to the data in the app.
The fine could be between 30 and 50 million euros, writes Politico. According to the prose...
EU invites tech leaders to talk about legislation
European Union lawmakers have invited leaders of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet to Brussels to discuss future legislation for major tech companies.
The aim of the meeting is to discuss how to tackle problems related to competition and fake news. The EU is working on several laws in this ar...
Amazon is suing the EU over multiple antitrust investigations
Amazon is suing the EU's antitrust regulators for allowing Italy's competition watchdog to pursue its own case against the US-based online retail behemoth. The Italian case concerns the way Amazon selects its sellers. Now, the company is arguing that this investigation should be included in the EU'...
EU calls Biden a ‘new dawn’ and advocates for tougher digital laws
The European Union is almost as happy as the Americans who wanted a respite from Trump's chaotic ruling style. It hailed Joe Biden's inauguration as the United States president as a 'new dawn.' However, the EU also insisted that US tech companies need to be regulated.
The EU hopes to stop the 'd...
UK and Italy account for 59% of GDPR fines collected in 2020
The data in the GDPR Fines 2020 Report, shows that 171 million euros in GDPR fines were collected in European countries in 2020. The fines were issued between January 1st, 2020, and January 1st, 2021.
According to the report by Findbold, Italy accounts for the highest fines with 58.16 million eu...
Watchdog: EU laws for regulating tech giants have problems
The European Commission's Regulatory Scrutiny Board has approved the EU's proposed rules to limit tech giants' power. Nevertheless, the watchdog has highlighted a couple of shortcomings.
According to the Board, the proposal should better justify the identification and selection of core platform ...
EU wants to increase fines on violation of cybersecurity laws
The European Union has increased the number of companies subject to strict cybersecurity rules and increased fines for companies that do not comply with them. When companies ignore the rules, they can expect fines of up to 2 percent of global revenue.
Now that a large proportion of Europe's popu...