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 European Commission has informed social media platform TikTok of its preliminary view that it is not fulfilling its obligations under the EU’s Digital Services Act to publish an advertisement repository.
The EU Commission is looking to create a safer online environment for children with the launch of a public consultation on draft guidelines for the protection of minors online under the Digital Services Act.
Today the EU Commission has shown some teeth with the EU’s digital rulebook by slamming tech giants Apple and Meta with admittedly low fines.
The EU Commission issued fines of EUR 500m and EUR 200m respectively to Apple and Meta, finding the two tech giants to have breached their obligations under the EU’s Digital Markets Act.
The Commission and European Board for Digital Services endorsed Thursday the integration of the voluntary EU Code of Practice on Disinformation into the framework of the Digital Services Act (DSA).
AmCham EU, the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union, have a vacancy for a Policy Adviser (Digital & Intellectual Property).
