Here you will find all the articles with the tag: legislation.
The European Parliament has adopted a new law concerning terrorist content on the Internet. Platforms will have to remove any terrorist content within an hour of being notified. According to the law, providers serving users within the EU must respond within one hour to a notification from the au... Read more
2 years ago
The European Parliament is wrestling internally with the question of which committee should take the lead in tackling big tech companies within the European Union. The legislative proposal for the regulation of digital platforms may be delayed as a result, according to the Financial Times. Accor... Read more
2 years ago
The US Congress has proposed a law that would give publishers in the US the power to negotiate with companies such as Facebook and Google for a possible payment for showing parts of news items. The law is called the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act and is supported by members of both ... Read more
2 years ago
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 ... Read more
2 years ago
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... Read more
2 years ago
The EU appears to have decided on the yardsticks by which it will distinguish tech giants who have to comply with stricter legislation. The yardsticks are based on the number of users and the areas in which companies operate. With the criteria, the EU wants to distinguish large technology compan... Read more
2 years ago
Cloudflare has unveiled the Data Localisation Suite. The service is intended to help companies comply with legislation in countries where it is forbidden to store personal data across borders. Customers of Cloudflare can use the service to indicate where they want their data to be encrypted, dec... Read more
2 years ago
A large majority of the European Parliament has expressed its support for Right to Repair for consumers. The vote gives the go-ahead for several laws that should make it easier for consumers to repair their own equipment. Of the members of the European Parliament, 395 voted in favour of the legi... Read more
2 years ago
The move targets American tech giants Google and Facebook. It seems that US Big Tech just cannot get any sympathy in Europe. Britain is now going to impose a new competition regime on Google and Facebook. In what has become a common theme in European regulations, the move by the U.K. seeks t... Read more
2 years ago
Tech giants who oppose the EU's new rules restricting their power can expect to face severe penalties. Large fines or even breaking them up are not out of the question. This was stated by the European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton. "We start with a fine, then you have a bigger ... Read more
2 years ago
