Based on the previously passed Online Safety Act, the British regulator Ofcom has prepared the first series recommendations to ensure tech giants comply with the law. Image source: jorono / pixabay.com The document describes how social media...
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Last week the EU named the 19 largest services covered by the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Compatibility with each other is an important requirement for messaging services between these platforms. For example, Snapchat users can exchange...
Apple and Microsoft are working hard to ensure that their iMessage and Bing services are not subject to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Both companies argue that their software solutions are not large enough to meet the...
Apple has announced it will shut down FaceTime and iMessage services in the UK if authorities pass amendments to the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 that would allow the UK Home Office to require security features in apps to be disabled without...
Following complaints from users in the EU about problems accessing the Threads social network via VPN, Meta* confirmed that it blocks such attempts. For privacy reasons, the Threads app is currently unavailable in the EU. The company said in a...
The French National Assembly (lower house of parliament) has passed a bill that would allow police to remotely monitor suspects by remotely activating cameras, microphones and geolocation tools on suspects’ smartphones and other devices. Image...
Seven of the world’s tech giants have declared themselves “gatekeepers” under the new European Digital Markets Act (DMA). This law aims to ensure competition and fairness in Europe’s digital markets. From now on, the...
MEPs and EU officials have agreed on rules governing the transfers of personal and company data outside of Europe by tech giants and other companies, and guarantees that authorities in non-EU countries cannot access it. Image source: NoName_13 /...
The European Parliament has passed a draft “Artificial Intelligence Law” that would severely restrict the use of AI software for facial recognition and would also require developers of artificial intelligence systems such as the chatbot...
M**a will limit the use of advertising data for F******k Marketplace to avoid new antitrust lawsuits
Facebook parent company* has given key assurances to UK antitrust authorities to address concerns about how the company is using advertising data to benefit its own products. To do this, the company will restrict the use of advertising data from...
OpenAI has no plans to leave Europe, CEO Sam Altman said. Earlier this week, he spoke of the company exiting the European market if upcoming AI regulation laws became too difficult to comply with. Image source: pixabay The EU is drafting the...
The AI Act, as amended, if passed, would prevent US companies such as OpenAI, Amazon, Google and IBM from providing API access to generative AI models. The law will lead to sanctions against open source developers and software distributors like...
Speaking from the panel at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Microsoft chief economist Michael Schwarz said that without clear rules limiting the use of artificial intelligence technologies, they will inevitably harm humanity. When forming such...
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has asked local lawmakers to amend a law that would ban TikTok outright statewide for the first time in the United States. The head of the region wants to extend his action to other foreign social networks and remove...
The European Union has designated 19 online platforms that will be subject to the highest level of regulation in the region under the Digital Services Act (DSA). Authorities will pay close attention to the use of AI algorithms and recommendations...
Montana became the first US state to pass a law (54 votes to 43) banning the installation of the TikTok app on all devices, including personal ones. If Gov. Greg Gianforte signs the bill into law, the ban will go into effect next January. TikTok...
Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed two Law, which regulates the use of social networks by state youth. Now platforms like Meta*, Snapchat and TikTok must obtain parental consent before creating accounts for their children. The laws also talk about...
The European Commission has passed a new set of rules for the repair of electronics. In addition to the fact that manufacturers must include smartphones and tablets in the list of devices that require maintenance, other changes in European...
India’s Ministry of Finance has introduced a provision that extends the Anti-Money Laundering Act to the cryptocurrency sector. The move was the latest in a government tightening of regulation over digital assets. Image Source: Kanchanara /...
Although the use of TikTok in the United States has already been banned on the devices of government employees, local authorities want to go much further and completely ban the use of the country’s most popular social network. Accordingly...
