Europe cannot strengthen its chemicals industry by weakening the businesses that buy, formulate, transform, distribute and sell its products
Online services ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox will need to comply with the strict standards of the EU’s Digital Services Act, following their designation by the European Commission Monday as ‘very large’ online platforms.
The EU and national authorities began enforcing the Artificial Intelligence Act on 2 August, as well as new transparency rules requiring certain AI systems to tell users when they are interacting with AI and when content has been generated or altered by it.
The EU Right to Repair Directive, which encourages sustainable consumption by making it easier to repair products instead of replacing them, came into force on 31 July.
The EU’s Directive on common rules promoting the repair of goods aims to promote more sustainable consumption by increasing repair both within and outside the legal guarantee.
The European Commission has sent social media giant TikTok preliminary findings indicating that TikTok accounts of minors do not meet safety standards required under the EU’s internet rules.
The European Commission has fined Google a total of EUR 890 million for favouring its own services on Google Search, and for steering consumers towards alternative channels on its own Google Play.
