Digital
Ruling in EU Apple tax case due next Wednesday
The European Union's second-highest court will next week rule in an appeal by Apple and Ireland against an EU ruling for the U.S. company to pay 13 billion euros ($16 billion) in back taxes, the Irish government said on Wednesday (8 July).
The future for STEM in Europe
As Europe reels from the aftereffects of the coronavirus crisis, talk in Brussels is moving towards how the bloc can retain the momentum garnered from the deployment of innovative digital tools. In the education sector, with European educational establishments being...
‘Gold mine’: European police target secret phone network used by crime rings
An encrypted phone network widely used by thousands of criminals has provided police with a “gold mine” of information, leading to numerous arrests, drug seizures and even foiled assassination attempts, French and Dutch authorities said on Thursday (2 July).
Six months to reflect on the new world we want
Decision makers should ‘take a breath’ and come up with a comprehensive plan to achieve the digital and green future we want in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis, officials and experts said.
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter to face same EU rules on hateful content as broadcasters
Facebook, Alphabet-owned YouTube, Twitter and other social media will for the first time be subject to EU broadcasting rules on hate speech and harmful content under European Commission guidelines announced on Thursday (2 July).
EU regulators checking if Fitbit deal will boost Google’s clout
EU regulators are checking whether Google’s purchase of Fitbit might allow it to drive rival makers of wearable devices, app developers and other online service providers out of the market, and boost its dominance in online advertising and search.OpinionPromoted content
Reinforcing Digital Sovereignty In Post-Covid Era: Case Study Of Security Inspection Equipment
Digital sovereignty applies to a broad range of economic sectors impacted by digitalisation and poses many questions. Perhaps the most important one is the national security dimension: how to ensure the safe treatment of security-related data in a virtually borderless world?OpinionPromoted content
Pandemic puts telemedicine and data access in the spotlight
What a dramatic difference a few months can make. At the beginning of 2020, it was hard to imagine that a worldwide health and economic crisis would develop so rapidly and cause a dramatic global shock.
Altmaier: Gaia X to play ‘central role’ in digital transition
The European Cloud infrastructure initiative Gaia-X will play a "central role" in the EU's digital transition as it charts its recovery out of the coronavirus crisis, Germany's Economy Minister Peter Altmaier has said.
German EU Presidency: Berlin to lead on EU economic policy
As Germany took over the EU Council Presidency on Wednesday (1 July), Economy Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) presented plans for reorienting the bloc's economic policy, signalling Germany's commitment towards non-EU countries and confirming the focus on the digital and green economy. EURACTIV Germany reports.
Commission in bid to ensure ‘70% of EU adults’ have digital skills
The European Commission has laid out ambitious new goals for upskilling and reskilling its citizens by 2025, including the objective of ensuring that 70% of the EU adult population has basic digital skills.
UK body wants tougher checks for Google, Facebook ad reign
The UK government must introduce new measures to check the dominance of tech giants Google and Facebook in digital advertising and help make space for other players, Britain's competition watchdog said on Wednesday (7 July).
EU-UK cross-border data flows: New digital walls for the economy?
Data needs to continue to flow between the UK and the EU. The EU should limit safeguards to only those needed to protect personal data, writes Andrea Giuricin.
Digital tax could hinder European digitalisation when we need it most
The European Commission wants to create a Europe fit for the digital age. Its digital tax proposal goes in the opposite direction, argues Jörgen Warborn.
Commission conducting ‘preparatory work’ should ECJ invalidate privacy shield
The European Commission is preparing for the eventuality that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) may invalidate the EU-US data transfer agreement, known as the Privacy Shield, Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders has said.
EU data watchdog to ‘convince’ Commission to ban automated recognition tech
Automated recognition technologies in public spaces should be temporarily banned, the EU's institutional data protection watchdog has said, arguing in favour of a moratorium.
Germany calls for tightened AI regulation at EU level
Four months after the European Commission presented its 'white paper' on Artificial Intelligence (AI), the German government said it broadly agrees with Brussels but sees a need to tighten up on security. The government is particularly concerned by the fact that only AI applications with "high risk" have to meet special requirements. EURACTIV Germany reports.
Vestager warns against predictive policing in Artificial Intelligence
Certain Artificial Intelligence application including forms of predictive policing are 'not acceptable' in the EU, the European Commission's Vice-President for Digital policy, Margarethe Vestager has said.
Europe’s Experience Readiness Level – Navigating IoT and Arts in a New Digital World
The EU must deploy large scale projects quickly, or we’ll miss the next tech wave carrying us into the ‘New Digital Era’, writes Eva Kaili.
Digitalisation could preserve minority languages, MEP says
An increased reliance on digitalization could help to preserve minority languages despite the English language dominating online, a leading MEP has said.
Achieving a digital and sustainable recovery
The COVID-19 crisis led to new creative solutions and long-term policies to make society more resilient to future shocks.
Artificial Intelligence: The time for ethics is over
Organising ethical debates has long been an efficient way for industry to delay and avoid hard regulation. Europe now needs strong, enforceable rights for its citizens, writes Green MEP Alexandra Geese.
Facebook ad boycott campaign to go global, organisers say
Organisers of a Facebook advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a rapidly expanding list of major companies are now preparing to take the battle global to increase pressure on the social media company to remove hate speech.