Privacy Featured New Danish proposal for Chat Control: three fat problems remain Denmark’s update to the EU “chat control” plan shifts to “voluntary” scanning, but ex-MEP Patrick Breyer warns it still sidesteps Parliament’s court-order safeguard, would ban under-16s from messaging apps, and could effectively end anonymous communication.
Cybersecurity Featured Time is running out for EU Member States to decide on Chat Control With just a few days left before the Council is due to take a vote on the controversial proposal, both the public pressure and cross-party outcry may pose a unique challenge to Brussels' usual choreographed votes on long-debated legislation.
Privacy Featured Return of Chat Control: something is rotten in the state of Denmark The Scandinavian state has been a stalwart supporter of CSAM scanning and chat control. Now, they hold the keys to make it a reality.
News Featured EU to lower ESG reporting metrics to boost competitiveness and reduce compliance costs The European Commission aims to lower its ESG reporting requirements, recognizing the compliance costs it may imposed on firms and consumers.
Innovation Featured Europe's grandfather economy in one graphic Whether through mergers and acquisitions, reinvention, or long-lasting family dynasties, the Old Continent continues to cling to firms that have lived longer lives than most European countries.
Innovation Featured Europe can't achieve AI prosperity on the data of others If European data is not available to train AI models, then it stands to reason that any European AI experience will be crummy, inaccurate, or reflect poor public data.
Global Featured Breton's Elon Musk regulatory troll earns one of the most epic ratios of all time In posting a letter online to Elon Musk, EU Commissioner Thierry Breton receives the most epic Twitter/X ratios of all time.
News Featured Free speech platforms like 'X' will never pass the EU's DSA test Elon Musk wants X to be the premiere free speech platform. But this trajectory is completely at odds with the aims of the EU's regulatory playbook. And this battle is far from over.
Innovation Featured Taking a bite out of MiCA, the EU's comprehensive crypto legislation challenging the nature of decentralisation EU regulators have proudly championed their comprehensive crypto regulation, but does it provide protection while allowing innovation?
Featured EU's degrowth policies fence Europeans off from benefits of open source AI Irish privacy rulings on Meta's AI rollout threaten open source AI and innovation for European consumers.
News Is Brussel's regulation of tech on the ballot at the EU elections? Despite the tough moves from Brussels, it's clear that general economic trends and nation-specific worries will dominate the ballot box more than tech rules.
Featured Unmasking the plan to restrict encryption and private messaging in Europe Can European law enforcement agencies force messaging services to crack open the contents of their users' communications to scan for and retain illegal material?
