TikTok is failing to effectively enforce its own rules for keeping under-13s out, according to a new report by a Spanish advocacy group that tested the video sharing platforms' controls. The report also voices... (more story)

The EU's push for digital sovereignty could have unintended consequences including higher costs for European companies and the need to use inferior cloud services, the head of a leading tech association said W... (more story)

Big Tech’s internal data is the subject of almost 50 access requests filed by researchers to date under the EU’s Digital Services Act, a European Commission official has said. While no researcher has yet obtai... (more story)

Social media platforms operating in Australia are mostly using age-estimation and data-inference tools — rather than age verification with government ID checks — to enforce the social media ban for children, t... (more story)

Google, Amazon and Microsoft are facing another delay in the EU’s legislative proposal on cloud and AI development, marking another setback for the EU’s broader tech sovereignty agenda. OVHcloud, SAP and Deuts... (more story)

Details of how the UK privacy watchdog is operating after Information Commissioner John Edwards stepped back pending a human resources probe have emerged in a letter to lawmakers from the authority's chief exe... (more story)

A revamp of the EU’s telecom rules won’t weaken "open internet" principles that ensure that network traffic is treated equally by service providers, EU digital chief Henna Virkkunen reaffirmed on Monday. The E... (more story)

Platforms, influencers and some AI services should be brought under stricter media obligations as part of an overhaul of the EU’s audiovisual media rules, while outdated restrictions on broadcasters should be ... (more story)