Social media platforms will be prohibited from accessing children under the age of 13 under a new ‘EU Kids Act’ adopted by the EU Commission to enhance the online safety of children in Europe.
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 has launched an Action Plan Against Cyberbullying aiming to protect the mental health of children and teens online in the EU.
A preliminary finding by the EU Commission has found TikTok in breach of EU internet rules for its addictive design, and for not assessing its potentially harmful effect on children.
As Europe faces increasing risks to its critical infrastructure, the EU Commission has introduced a new Cable Security Toolbox of risk mitigating measures and a list of Cable Projects of European Interest (CPEIs).
52.7% of EU enterprises used paid cloud computing services (i.e. online services used to access software, computing power, storage capacity, etc.) in 2025, marking a 7.4 percentage point (pp) increase compared with 2023.
The European Commission has launched a formal investigation against X into Grok’s manipulated sexually explicit images, including content that may amount to child sexual abuse material.
