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EU tech regulation

  • Thursday, 3 July, 2025
    European CEOs urge Brussels to halt landmark AI Act

    The heads of Airbus and BNP Paribas join intense lobbying effort against new regulations

    Pedestrians pass the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission, in Brussels
  • Wednesday, 2 July, 2025
    Luther Lowe
    America must not defang Europe’s new tech law

    The EU’s DMA is the world’s most potent tool to curtail monopolistic self-dealing by US Big Tech

    Montage of the EU flag stars and Google, Apple and Meta logos
  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
    Europe Express
    European parliament wades into Trump trade deal haggling Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Could late entrants to the Eurogroup race take Paschal Donohoe’s crown?

    Roberta Metsola
  • Thursday, 26 June, 2025
    Apple Inc
    Apple to open App Store to competitors in EU as it seeks to avoid fines

    iPhone group will make it easier for developers to promote offerings

    The App Store in German language on an iPhone
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Apple Inc
    Apple locked in last-minute App Store negotiations to avoid Brussels fines

    Tech group must make concessions to comply with Digital Markets Act or be hit by escalating levies from Thursday

    Customers are silhouetted against a large, illuminated Apple logo inside an Apple store
  • Thursday, 19 June, 2025
    US companies
    Google suffers blow at EU’s top court over record €4.12bn competition fine

    ECJ adviser supports Brussels regulators’ findings over dominance of tech giant’s Android mobile operating system

    The image shows a sign for Google's headquarters at 1625 Charleston Road, Mountain View, California. A green Android statue filled with colorful objects is visible in the background. A person and a child are walking nearby, partially obscured by trees.
  • Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
    AliExpress
    Brussels accuses AliExpress of breaking EU digital rules

    Regulators say Chinese online marketplace has failed to enforce penalty policy on traders that post illegal content

    A person carries a large, red AliExpress Plaza shopping bag inside a retail store
  • Monday, 2 June, 2025
    Delivery Hero
    EU fines Delivery Hero and Glovo €329mn for takeaway ‘cartel’

    European Commission hands down first punishment for a “no-poach” deal and says food delivery groups shared trade secrets

    A Glovo rider in Madrid, Spain in December 2024
  • Friday, 30 May, 2025
    EU to launch age-check app as pressure builds on Big Tech

    Tech policy chief promises ‘more action’ against platforms failing to protect minors

    A group of young men sits on a bench in a park, each focused on their mobile phones, in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    EU investigates Pornhub and other porn sites over child safety

    Brussels wants minors to be able to ‘navigate safely online’

    A close-up of a person's hand typing on a laptop keyboard in a dimly lit environment
  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    Google LLC
    Google moves to reassure EU cloud users amid concern over Trump threat

    Tech giant offers additional data security protections in EU as local customers express concern over reliance on US tech

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  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    TikTok Inc
    EU takes action against TikTok over online content rules

    Ad transparency investigation is one of several ongoing European cases against social media platform

    A smartphone displaying the TikTok logo, set against a backdrop featuring the EU stars
  • Thursday, 8 May, 2025
    Ireland leads charge to force Big Tech to vet financial ads for scams

    EU member states push for rule change to make tech groups shoulder responsibility for fraud that costs billions each year

    Ad promoting a fake government scheme with an AI-generated video of Leo Varadkar
  • Wednesday, 23 April, 2025
    EU fines Apple and Meta total of €700mn for antitrust violations

    Relatively modest penalties issued as officials try to avoid escalating tensions with White House

    A line of EU flags outside the Berlaymont building in Brussels
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    EU set to limit Apple and Meta fines to avoid Trump ire

    Brussels to push ahead with enforcing digital rules on Big Tech groups but with low financial penalties for breaches

    A person leans against a stone wall with her attention focused on her iPhone
  • Tuesday, 25 March, 2025
    EU lawmakers warn against ‘dangerous’ moves to water down AI rules

    European Commission considers softening parts of law that could spare Big Tech from key elements

    Flags of the European Union (EU) fly from flagpoles outside offices of the European Commission
  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    Brussels takes action against Google and Apple despite Trump threat

    EU continues Big Tech crackdown under landmark Digital Markets Act

    A montage of a woman using her phone, and the logos of Google and Apple, and EU stars arranged in a circle.
  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2025
    Europe Express
    How the EU wants to tweak its merger rules to boost growth Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Brussels sets the record straight on women’s rights

    Teresa Ribera
  • Monday, 24 February, 2025
    Rutherford Hall
    I’m telling Trump on you, is now Big Tech’s euro strategy

    A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    Business InsightRichard Waters
    US tech will pay a price for Trump’s approval

    The risks of a backlash are rising and could galvanise European competitors

    A Google logo sign at the Google for Startups campus in Warsaw
  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2025
    News in-depth
    Silicon Valley fights EU tech rules with backing from Trump

    US groups such as Meta emboldened in effort to water down regulations on AI and market dominance

    Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and Henna Virkkunen, the EU’s tech chief
  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    EU scales back tech rules to boost AI investment, says digital chief

    Henna Virkkunen says efforts to cut red tape are not prompted by US pressure

    Henna Virkkunen
  • Sunday, 9 February, 2025
    Martin Sandbu
    The EU needs the courage to imagine a different digital economy

    Trump’s tech oligarchs are afraid of Europe’s regulatory power — as they should be

    Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stands at the podium to deliver a speech at the Davos summit in Switzerland
  • Thursday, 6 February, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    EU pushes ahead with sprawling AI regulation

    EU moves forward with enforcing AI Act despite Trump’s warnings

  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2025
    EU pushes ahead with enforcing AI Act despite Trump warnings

    Brussels issues regulatory guidance, even as US president threatens retaliation over treatment of Big Tech

    A visual representation of artificial intelligence displayed on a smartphone screen against a backdrop of the EU flag
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