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Digital Brief: DMA final text, DSA approaching, AIA draft report
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “Delegations will find attached the final 4-column document (Articles and Recitals) after technical finalisation to reflect the provisional political...
Digital Brief: DSA fourth trilogue, DMA diverging views, France’s fine for Google
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “Step by step we are getting closer to a deal. Still issues we don’t agree on, but hopefully we...
Digital Brief: DMA agreement, Privacy Shield in principle, DSA pitches
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “Today’s agreement is the beginning of a new era for tech regulation worldwide. The Digital Markets Act puts an...
Digital Brief powered by Google: Chips Act, Google Analytics strike two
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “With the European Chips Act, we are putting out the investments and the strategy. But the key to our...
Digital Brief powered by Facebook: WhatsApp under scrutiny, platforms vs trade unions, DSA prep talks
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
Digital Brief powered by YouTube: DSA plenary, Germany stalling, voice assistant
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
Digital Brief powered by Facebook: Europol’s saga, Schrems II fallout, DMA trilogue
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
Digital Brief: Reynders leaves the fence, 2022 outlook, France gets big on curbing Big Tech
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “We have not so far identified issues with the Irish data protection rules or have evidence that these rules...
Digital Brief powered by Facebook: gig economy, roaming extension, battle of amendments
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
Digital Brief powered by Google: DGA adopted, AI Act moves ahead
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
Digital Brief powered by Facebook: DMA & DSA adopted, biometric ban, political ads
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “France’s priority [during the EU presidency] will be to defend the Council’s priorities and to ensure that we are...
Digital Brief: DSA general approach, DMA compromise, data retention
EURACTIV’s Digital Brief brings you a weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
Digital Brief powered by Google: DSA centralised, Data Act leak, political chips, digital footprints
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “We will be careful not to go the extra mile in decreasing the freedom of speech.” -Věra Jourová, Vice-President...
Digital Brief powered by Google: vital encryption, Germany’s coalition talks, e-Evidence approaching
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “It would have been impossible for me to whistleblow without encryption. My first messages to journalists were made with...
EDPS on the future of privacy
We have asked the European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiorowski about its recent proposal to organise a conference to review the enforcement of GDPR, the EU privacy law.
Digital Brief: DMA & DSA compromise texts, roaming adoption, Europol nears recast mandate
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “The European Council reviewed progress on the digital agenda and key legislative files. It encourages the co-legislators to […]...
Media freedom for the digital age
Digital technologies and the rise of online platforms have reshaped how we produce, share and consume news, but the concept of media freedom has seen comparatively little change.
Digital Brief powered by Facebook: TTC priorities, common charger, country of origin row
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “The EU and the US acknowledge the need for controls on trade in certain dual-use items, in particular certain...
Germany’s digital prospects
German elections are eventually upon us. As the EU largest economy heads to the first polls of the post-Markel era, EURACTIV’s correspondent in Germany Oliver Noyan helps us decode the positions of the main German parties in relation to key digital issues.
European tech on the DMA
Interview with Trivago CEO Axel Hefer and the Managing Director of Visual Meta Johannes Kotte on the perspective of European tech companies on the Digital Markets Act.
What’s in sight for the EU digital sovereignty?
We take a look at the upcoming digital trends and challenges as presented in the European Commission’s strategic oversight report.
Digital Brief powered by Facebook: US national (cyber)security, UK tech superpower bid
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “I’ve invited you all here today because you have the power, the capacity, and the responsibility, I believe, to...
Where is the EU semiconductor strategy going?
The economic impact of the semiconductor shortage has prompt all major industrial players to ramp up their investments. We discuss what the EU done so far, and if it is working.