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 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.
The EU’s Gigabit Infrastructure Act (GIA) enters into effect on 12 November, with the aim of making fast and advanced connectivity widely available across the European Union.
The European Commission has signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime on behalf of the EU, in Hanoi, Viet Nam.
