Google wins court backing in $1.7 billion EU antitrust dispute over ads By Investing.com
Europe's court canceled Google's 1.49 billion euro antitrust fine due to improper assessment, marking a significant win for tech competition.
iPhone 16 Apple Event live blog: Every announcement as it happens
Apple's upcoming products, including the iPhone 16 and Apple Watch, are generating excitement, but access may be limited due to EU regulations.
Hungarian law to appear before EU Court of Justice after controversy
Hungary's Child Protection Law faces backlash for conflating paedophilia with LGBTQ+ issues, raising child rights concerns.
Google loses appeal against EU's 2.4B Shopping antitrust decision, as bloc also wins Apple state aid appeal | TechCrunch
Google's appeal against a 2017 antitrust ruling was dismissed by the EU's highest court, reaffirming penalties for anti-competitive practices.
Facebook can't use your sexual orientation to target ads, EU court says
Meta cannot target users' sexual orientation for ads, regardless of public statements, according to a ruling by the EU's highest court.
Why France's arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has divided tech regulation experts
Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, was arrested in France amid allegations of involvement in serious crimes, raising questions about platform accountability.
Google wins court backing in $1.7 billion EU antitrust dispute over ads By Investing.com
Europe's court canceled Google's 1.49 billion euro antitrust fine due to improper assessment, marking a significant win for tech competition.
iPhone 16 Apple Event live blog: Every announcement as it happens
Apple's upcoming products, including the iPhone 16 and Apple Watch, are generating excitement, but access may be limited due to EU regulations.
Hungarian law to appear before EU Court of Justice after controversy
Hungary's Child Protection Law faces backlash for conflating paedophilia with LGBTQ+ issues, raising child rights concerns.
Google loses appeal against EU's 2.4B Shopping antitrust decision, as bloc also wins Apple state aid appeal | TechCrunch
Google's appeal against a 2017 antitrust ruling was dismissed by the EU's highest court, reaffirming penalties for anti-competitive practices.
Facebook can't use your sexual orientation to target ads, EU court says
Meta cannot target users' sexual orientation for ads, regardless of public statements, according to a ruling by the EU's highest court.
Why France's arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has divided tech regulation experts
Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, was arrested in France amid allegations of involvement in serious crimes, raising questions about platform accountability.
Meta faces another EU privacy challenge over 'pay for privacy' consent choice | TechCrunch
Privacy rights advocacy group noyb is filing a complaint against Meta for allegedly breaching EU law by making it harder for users to withdraw consent to tracking ads.
Meta's previous legal bases for processing Europeans' data for ad targeting were invalidated in 2021.
Meta requires users who don't want to be tracked to pay for monthly subscriptions, while those who want free access have to 'consent' to tracking; noyb disagrees with this framing.
Brexit-backer Richard Desmond invokes EU law to sue Gambling Commission
Richard Desmond is suing the gambling regulator after his company Northern & Shell lost a bid to run the national lottery, potentially costing good causes millions of pounds.
Desmond is invoking EU laws retained after Brexit to support his claim for damages from the Gambling Commission.
The cost of any damages awarded to Desmond could potentially come out of lottery funding for good causes.
Activists call on France to endorse a consent-based rape definition across the entire European Union
Activists in France are urging the country to endorse a proposed EU law that would define rape as sex without consent.
France currently defines rape as an act committed with violence, coercion, threat, or surprise, rather than based on consent.
Only 13 EU member states currently use consent-based definitions to criminalize rape.