Deutsche Telekom, Colt seek changes to 'access' rules in draft EU telecom bill
May 28, 2026
| Matthew Newman
Telecom operators such as Deutsche Telekom and Colt Technology want national regulators to target specific regional or local markets for market “bottlenecks” that harm competition, rather than focusing only on... (more story)
Temu fined €200m under EU Digital Services Act, in only the second sanction (update*)
May 28, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
Temu has been fined €200 million under the EU’s Digital Services Act for failing to properly assess systemic risks linked to illegal products sold on its marketplace, marking only the second non-compliance dec... (more story)
X, online-safety regulator clash over new standards in Australian trial
May 28, 2026
| Sean Maguire
X Corp. is arguing in an Australian court that the country's online-safety watchdog cannot apply a new regulatory standard designed to limit harmful online content. X says an Australian online safety law requi... (more story)
Australian watchdog hires legal team for potential social media ban cases
May 28, 2026
| Saloni Sinha and Sean Maguire
Australia’s online safety regulator has hired an external legal team to prepare possible court action against social media platforms that may have failed in enforcing the under-16 social media ban, a top offic... (more story)
Bayer CropScience, Monsanto accused of monopolizing US seeds market
May 28, 2026
| Khushita Vasant
Bayer CropScience unlawfully monopolized the US seeds market through acquisitions and a web of restrictive license agreements that led to less competition and higher prices for farmers, according to a lawsuit ... (more story)
Temu faces EU digital-services fine for risk-assessment failures
May 27, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter, Lewis Crofts, Matthew Newman and Nicholas Hirst
Temu could face a fine by the European Commission as early as this week over shortcomings in its risk assessment, MLex has learned. The dispute concerns the company’s obligation as a Very Large Online Platform... (more story)
Telecom, satellite companies see EU plan to split spectrum for mobile services (update*)
May 27, 2026
| Matthew Newman
Telecom operators and satellite service providers, such as EchoStar and Viasat, will see an EU plan to divide spectrum for government and commercial uses, after the EU executive faced intense scrutiny to allow... (more story)
TikTok’s growth 'irrelevant' in Meta monopoly suit, FTC tells US appeals court
May 26, 2026
| Khushita Vasant
The US Federal Trade Commission told a federal appeals Tuesday that a lower court erred in finding Meta Platforms did not have a monopoly in the social media market for multiple reasons, one of them being that... (more story)