Elon Musk just got an early, unwelcome Christmas present from Europe: the bloc’s first-ever investigation via its new social media law into X. The European Commission on Monday…
Read more X vs. EU: Elon Musk hit with probe over spread of toxic contentPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — A photo with a bloody dead baby whose face is blurred has been circulating on…
Read more Israel floods social media to shape opinion around the warElon Musk has made himself Europe’s digital public enemy No. 1. Since Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday, the billionaire’s social network X has been flooded with gruesome images,…
Read more Hamas hate videos make Elon Musk Europe’s digital enemy No. 1Videos and images of mass shootings, kidnapped civilians and soldiers and other violence linked with Hamas’ attack on Israel are being widely shared on X, formerly known as…
Read more Graphic videos of Hamas attacks spread on XElon Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter) said overnight that a global team working on curbing disinformation during elections had been dismissed — a mere two days…
Read more Musk ousts X team curbing election disinformationPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Booming social media application TikTok needs to pay up in Europe for violating children’s privacy. The popular…
Read more TikTok hit with €345M fine for violating children’s privacyGlazed eyes. One syllable responses. The steady tinkle of beeps and buzzes coming out of a smartphone’s speakers. It’s a familiar scene for parents around the world as…
Read more The EU wants to cure your teen’s smartphone addictionU.S. Republican Senator Ted Cruz called for details on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) work with its European counterparts in a letter to FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan on…
Read more Senator Ted Cruz slams US agency for ‘collusion’ with EU on Big Tech rulesEU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton wants Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to explain and take “immediate” action over a recently exposed large pedophile network on Instagram. Instagram has…
Read more EU to Zuckerberg: Explain yourself over Instagram pedophile networkTwitter has abandoned the EU’s code of practice on disinformation, Thierry Breton said late Friday, but Europe’s internal markets commissioner insisted that “obligations remain” for the social networking…
Read more EU’s Breton says Twitter ‘can’t hide’ after platform ditches disinformation codeFrance’s Digital Minister Jean-Noël Barrot waded into a growing tussle between the European Union and Elon Musk’s Twitter on Monday, as he threatened the social media platform’s access…
Read more Blocked! French minister threatens to ban Twitter if it doesn’t follow EU rulesPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Western governments are ticked off with TikTok. The Chinese-owned app loved by teenagers around the world is…
Read more What the hell is wrong with TikTok?Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Thierry Breton is winning the war of ideas in Brussels. The ex-CEO is a political whirlwind with…
Read more Thierry Breton: Brussels’ bulldozer digs in against USEuropean politicians said they were troubled by Twitter’s suspension of U.S. journalists from its platform but the move shows the limits of their planned new rules for online…
Read more Europe troubled but powerless over Twitter’s journalist banLONDON — The United Kingdom wants to police the internet. Shame the European Union got there first. Brexit was supposed to let Britain do things quicker. But less…
Read more UK takes fresh stab at internet rules as EU framework surges aheadPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. After Elon Musk bought Twitter — and fired almost anyone whose job it was to deal with…
Read more Elon Musk gives Europe’s digital watchdogs their biggest test yetTwitter’s director for EU public policy Stephen Turner is among the thousands of employees laid off by its new owner Elon Musk, Turner announced on the platform Monday.…
Read more Musk fires chief Brussels lobbyist in Twitter’s layoff round
