The EU Commission has opened formal proceedings against e-commerce platform Shein for its addictive design, lack of transparency of recommender systems, and also the sale of illegal products, including child sexual abuse material.
The European Commission took aim at X for breaking the DSA, proof that Europe’s landmark law can bite. Despite political pressure and corporate pushback, the EU is showing that online platforms can and will be held accountable for practices that mislead users, cause harm, or undermine democracy.
The European Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to Elon Musk’s X for the ‘deceptive’ design of its blue checkmark and breaching transparency obligations under EU internet rules.
The EU and Singapore at a second Digital Partnership Council meeting in Brussels have underlined plans to cooperate across a range of digital areas from Artificial Intelligence (AI) to cybersecurity and beyond.
Delaying the entry into force on certain provisions of the AI Act until standards and guidance are ready shows the Commission understood SMEs must be able to rely on clear rules and adapted tools before starting working towards compliance.
The EU Commission has launched market investigations into the Amazon and Microsoft cloud computing services, to assess whether they are ‘gatekeepers’ under the EU’s Digital Markets Act and should thus conform to its stricter rules.
The European Commission has launched proceedings into whether Google applies fair and non-discriminatory conditions of access to publishers’ websites on Google Search under EU internet rules.
