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Facebook owner Meta seeks to train AI model on European data as it faces privacy concerns
Jun 10, 2024

Facebook owner Meta seeks to train AI model on European data as it faces privacy concerns

Meta said Monday it wants to use data from users in privacy-conscious Europe to train its artificial intelligence models


Facebook and Instagram face fresh scrutiny under the European Union's strict digital regulations
May 16, 2024

Facebook and Instagram face fresh scrutiny under the European Union's strict digital regulations

The European Union opened fresh investigations into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that they’re failing to protect children online, in violation of the bloc’s strict digital regulations for social media platforms


Online retailer Shein is latest to face strict European Union digital regulations
Apr 26, 2024

Online retailer Shein is latest to face strict European Union digital regulations

Online fast-fashion retailer Shein must face the European Union’s strictest level of digital regulations


Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion
Apr 11, 2024

Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion

Instagram says it’s deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion


A new Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London. Many see an environmental message
Mar 18, 2024

A new Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London. Many see an environmental message

A new Banksy mural has drawn crowds to a London street, even before the elusive graffiti artist confirmed the work was his


Europe's Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here's what that will look like
Mar 6, 2024

Europe's Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here's what that will look like

Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used


TikTok faces European Union scrutiny for possible breaches of strict new digital rulebook
Feb 19, 2024

TikTok faces European Union scrutiny for possible breaches of strict new digital rulebook

The European Union is looking into whether TikTok has broken the bloc’s strict new digital rules for cleaning up social media and keeping internet users safe


The European Union expands digital crackdown on toxic content, dodgy goods to all online platforms
Feb 16, 2024

The European Union expands digital crackdown on toxic content, dodgy goods to all online platforms

The European Union is expanding its strict digital rulebook to almost all online platforms in the bloc


X restores Taylor Swift searches after deepfake explicit images triggered temporary block
Jan 30, 2024

X restores Taylor Swift searches after deepfake explicit images triggered temporary block

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has restored searches for Taylor Swift after temporarily blocking users from seeing some results as pornographic deepfake images of the singer circulated online


Dec 20, 2023

Tennis players to get protection from online abuse through new monitoring service

A new monitoring service will help protect tennis players from online abuse and threats


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