Anupriya Datta
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Tech policy reporter at @euractiv / Former tech advisor in the EU Parliament Scoops/tips: [email protected]
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On a personal note: I am happy to announce that as of January 2025, I have joined @euractiv.com as a Tech Reporter.
Please get in touch with everything tech-related here: [email protected]
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Tech Commissioner Henna Virkkunen wrote an open letter on Monday in an attempt to defend EU tech rules against MAGA politician Jim Jordan, who is responsible for organising a US hearing that would have attacked them.

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Virkkunen defends 'sovereign' DSA, DMA against MAGA attacks - Euractiv
Virkkunen’s response comes a week after a MAGA lawmaker invited former Commissioner Thierry Breton to a US hearing targeting the EU’s digital laws
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The Commission's spokesperson for digital matters signalled a change of tone in Brussels today, publicly attacking the Trump administration for repeatedly targeting the bloc's digital laws with "nonsense" claims of censorship.
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The US House of Judiciary Committee has invited former EU Commissioner, Thierry Breton, to testify at a hearing next week that's set to attack the European digital rulebook as a threat to US free speech and innovation.
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The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Andrew Ferguson, sent letters to 13 major US tech platforms on Thursday, warning them not to weaken US users' security or privacy by applying European and UK online laws, including the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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FTC chair warns US platforms not to weaken privacy by applying EU's DSA - Euractiv
In a letter to US platforms the chair of the country's consumer protection agency attacks European online safety laws – claiming they're pressuring US tech to "surveil and censor" US citizens
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🚨 Trump administration officially calls its diplomats pursue repealling or amending the DSA.

The @ec.europa.eu repeats: "EU regulations and standards were never up for discussion, and this will not change" in the EU-US trade deal.

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Trump administration dials up attack on EU's digital rulebook - Euractiv
US government also announces 100% tariff on chips, but EU says its earlier agreement with the US for a 15% general levy stands.
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Furious at the shutdown of an online racing game, The Crew, gamers worldwide are teaming up to get the EU to regulate this notoriously lawless corner of the entertainment industry and make sure online games aren't abruptly pulled offline.

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Gamers flood EU consultation in push for rules to make sure the fun never stops - Euractiv
The public consultation on the EU's Digital Fairness Act has received close to 3,000 responses in two weeks – mostly from videogamers.
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The UK's internet regulator, Ofcom, is investigating four companies that run 34 pornographic websites over compliance with age check rules that came into effect last week under online safety legislation.
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UK probes 34 porn sites over age checks - Euractiv
Days after obligations kicked in under the UK's Online Safety Act, Ofcom suspects four porn companies of failing to apply highly effective age checks to their sites.
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A new investigation seen by Euractiv into AI-generated content circulating on TikTok and Instagram has found that they are failing to label most of this synthetic media as AI-generated, which could violate EU rules such as the Digital Services Act (DSA)
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France is asking the Commission to set deadlines for completing its Digital Services Act (DSA) investigations on larger platforms in order to strengthen the application of the bloc's digital rulebook, per an internal note seen by Euractiv.
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On Monday the Commission announced that it has found the Chinese e-commerce giant Temu is breaching the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA) after it failed to assess risky and illegal products on its online marketplace.

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Chinese e-commerce giant Temu accused of breaching EU's digital rules - Euractiv
EU "mystery shopping" exercise found dangerous toys and electronics for sale on the heavily discounted online marketplace.
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^ The changes will only apply to the EU and “associated territories” which does not include the UK which was previously reported
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Social media giant Meta announced today that it will stop running political, electoral or social issue advertising in the EU from October, instead of complying with the bloc's transparency rules for political advertising.

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