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EU antitrust chief Vestager to leave Commission with a bang
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager is concluding her mandate at the European Commission with two major victories as the top EU court ruled against Apple’s Irish tax arrangements and Google’s anti-competitive practices.
Brussels boots on the ground in San Francisco
The EU Commission engages in 'direct' and 'intensive' collaboration with California legislators, who just approved a new AI bill that could 'strengthen' and 'complement' the EU’s AI regulation.
Who is the Telegram CEO and why is he being prosecuted in France?
Paris prosecutors have opened a formal investigation against Telegram founder Pavel Durov as part of a probe into organised crime-related activities on the messaging app. To break it all down, we are joined by our Paris-based technology reporter, Théophane Hartmann.
Elon Musk’s Brat Summer
Charli XCX’s new album has made waves worldwide with its ravey beats and bold lyrics. And who better than Elon Musk to embody the fearless “brat” attitude?
Dissecting Apple’s compliance with EU digital competition rules from a civil society perspective
A group of digital rights organisation said that Apple’s plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) are ineffective in a submission to the European Commission.
Europe’s quest for critical raw materials
The EU has set ambitious goals for securing its supply of critical raw materials, which are key to the digital and green transitions. Today we talk to Chad Blewitt, managing director of the Jadar Project, a highly-anticipated and highly-delayed lithium mining site in Serbia. Jadar is operated by Rio Tinto, the world’s second largest mining company.
Will European Commission let AI providers write their own rules?
Despite the EU’s attempts to keep up with AI updates’ breakneck speed, NGOs fear the union is taking a step back in the demanding fight to regulate the technology.
The preamble to Meta’s decision to halt AI launch in EU
On Friday afternoon, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced it is pausing plans to roll out artificial intelligence (AI) features that would use users’ public posts to train its AI models. The company cited a request from the Irish Data Protection Commission.
How consumer protections can be enhanced in e-commerce
This week, together with Marco Scialdone, a lawyer and adjunct professor of law and management of digital content and services at the European University of Rome, we delve into the impact of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).
The Commission’s coordination failures in AI investment
The European Commission kicked off plans to boost investments in its AI sector back in 2018. But they were neither clearly defined, nor well coordinated, argued the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in a report released this week.
The AI Convention on Human Rights: Worth the hype?
The Council of Europe, the bloc's human rights body, adopted its first framework convention on artificial intelligence (AI, democracy and the rule of law on 17 May.
The Pertsev case: A tornado for decentralized and open-source software in the Netherlands?
Tornado Cash co-founder Alexey Pertsev was sentenced to a little over five months in jail this week by a Dutch court, for helping to create a tool that obfuscates the trail of cryptocurrencies. The tool, built and run on Ethereum blockchain, was used by hackers to launder their illicitly obtained funds.
APT28: The EU’s battle against Russian cyberattacks
Following the EU and NATO condemning Russian cyber espionage group APT28 last week, we talked to independent cyber policy expert Pavlina Pavlova about APT28’s methods.
Does the AI liability directive provide enough harmonisation?
This week, we are discussing the artificial intelligence liability directive (AILD), a key part of the EU's continuously evolving digital rulebook.
Letta’s tech insights: Taking a dive into the report
Together with Andrea Renda, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the CEPS Unit on Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and the Digital Economy, we break down the Letta report's key technological insights.
Between privacy and border control: Tech in the Migration Pact
Last week, the EU Parliament voted to pass amendments to Eurodac, previously a fingerprints database, along with a new Migration Pact to boost border security.
Unpacking the EU’s crackdown on Big Tech
The European Commission is ramping up its oversight of major tech firms. Google’s parent company Alphabet, META, Tiktok, and Apple are all in the Commission's crosshairs. But experts say that fines might not be enough to halt bad behaviour.
Does the EU need to go further in competition policy for tech?
This week we talk to Max von Thun, Europe Director at the Open Markets Institute about competition policy.
The view from Beijing on DMA, AI Act
This week, we talk to the Eurasia Group’s Xiaomeng Lu about how Beijing and Washington DC view EU regulations, such as the AI Act and the DMA, as well as the key differences in their implementation apparatuses.
EU Ombudsman on EU Commission’s delays in Access to Documents requests
This week, we talk to the European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly, about the European Commission’s delays in responding to Access to Documents requests.
2024 cybersecurity landscape: heightened risks on the horizon
This week, together with Pavlina Pavlova, Public Policy Advisor at the CyberPeace Institute, we look at cybersecurity issues, the phone hacking of the European Parliament's defence committee, predictions for the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the United Nations Cybercrime Convention.
Data protection in the EU: Children, migrants, and EU Commission
This week, together with the European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski, we look at data protection issues, including the regulation concerning the detection and removal of online child sexual abuse material, as well as Frontex’s handling of migrants’ data, and the recent news regarding the European Commission's violation of data protection rules in its use of Microsoft.
AI Act voted in Strasbourg, military security issues omitted
On the latest episode of Euractiv’s Today in the EU, we’re looking into the AI Act vote in Strasbourg - and why the lack of reference to how AI will be used in the defence sector is causing some concern.
Mergers and partnerships: 2024’s successes, surprises, and failures so far
Together with Lazar Radic, Senior Scholar for Competition Policy at the International Center for Law & Economics, and Adjunct Professor of Law at IE University, we discuss this year’s tech competition news so far