Telegram has largely escaped the EU's online governance crackdown, despite long-running accusations that it’s a nest for all sorts of digital harms – whether facilitating illegal drug transactions, or spreading Russian disinformation or hosting sexual abuse content.

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Paris Court of Appeal upholds refusal to block Shein French government fails in bid to block the ecommerce platform after last year's child-like sex doll scandal

Paris Court of Appeal upholds refusal to block Shein

Digital fairness rules will ease red-tape, says McGrath The Digital Fairness Act will align with EU simplification drive, says Consumer Commissioner Michael McGrath, amid industry pushback

Digital fairness rules will ease red-tape, says McGrath

EU urges US tech firms to follow rules on handling staff data Remarks follows MAGA-led committee pressing US tech companies to hand over messages from EU officials

EU urges US tech firms to follow rules on handling staff data

The Commission said on Tuesday that it expects US tech companies to apply the “same procedures” that EU authorities do when handling “market-sensitive information”, including not disclosing the personal data of EU officials working on the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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X meets EU’s deadline for sending in ‘blue check’ compliance plan Elon Musk's social media platform also has until Monday to pay €120 million DSA fine

X meets EU’s deadline for sending in ‘blue check’ compliance plan

X has until Monday to pay the €120 million fine it was charged for breaching the Digital Services Act @euractiv.com

How tech is weaponised against women | Euractiv Tech companies have a history of creating tools that make online spaces unsafe for women. EU tech laws haven't changed that

🤖Tech is weaponised against women. @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & @claudiemoreau.bsky.social explain how in this timely piece

Tech companies have a history of creating tools that make online spaces unsafe for women. And 🇪🇺 tech laws haven't changed that

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Stranded in the Gulf: how European countries are scrambling to bring citizens home | Euractiv European embassies are grappling with an increasingly volatile situation

Stuck in the Gulf or waiting for someone who is?

Here’s what EU countries are doing to bring citizens home, why evacuations are slow, and what steps you should take now.

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🔥 Fireside chat - It’s the Consumer, Stupid!

Isabelle Perignon, Director for Consumers, DG JUST, @ec.europa.eu, in conversation with @anupriyadatta.bsky.social, Tech Reporter at @euractiv.com.

#CERREDPS2026 #CERREEvents

Orbán campaign dominated by AI deepfakes and invite only Facebook ‘fight club’: 🔗https://eurac.tv/9Yp0

Hey Grok, build me a 'pornification' ban | Euractiv EU lawmakers zero in on the nitty-gritty of how a ban on AIs that undress people could work

Agreeing on whether we need to ban “pornification” AI is one thing – but how would such a ban actually work in practice? My colleague @anupriyadatta.bsky.social and me took a long good look at the nitty-gritty details.

Read our article at @euractiv.com:

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TikTok's addictive design features fall foul of EU's digital rules | Euractiv In an initial finding on Friday, the Commission said "TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service" to comply with the Digital Services Act

The EU says that TikTok’s addictive design features do not comply with its digital rules such as the Digital Services Act (DSA)

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Elon Musk caves to pressure over Grok deepfake porn scandal | Euractiv The AI chatbot’s developer xAI said on Thursday that it’s implementing "technological changes" to restrict users from creating sexualised images of "real people"

Elon Musk appears to have bowed to regulatory pressure aimed at controversial capabilities of his AI tool Grok, which in recent weeks has been flooding his social media platform X with sexualised content.
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The Commission on Thursday asked Elon Musk’s X to retain all internal documents and data relating to its AI chatbot Grok – using powers to regulate the social media platform under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

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EU leaders reaffirm bloc's digital 'regulatory autonomy' amid US threats | Euractiv Ahead of this week's EUCO meeting, capitals have moved to defend the bloc's right to enforce its tech rules, per draft European Council conclusions seen by Euractiv

EU governments have stressed the bloc’s autonomy to enforce its tech rules, in draft European Council conclusions dated Wednesday and seen by Euractiv – with the new wording following new US threats of retaliation against EU companies that do business in the US
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The European Commission has denied a claim by Elon Musk that he was personally fined by the EU after his social media company X was hit with a €120 million penalty last week for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA).

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Brussels unites against JD Vance's attacks on EU digital rules | Euractiv A Green lawmaker called Vance's post on X "coordinated geopolitical pressure" on the EU

Brussels is up in arms over US Vice President JD Vance’s attacks on the EU’s decision to fine Elon Musk’s company X €120 million for breaching transparency rules under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA)

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Macron slams EU's slow enforcement of digital rules on US tech | Euractiv French president warns against blatant US interference which he says is trying to derail the EU's enforcement of its digital rules

French President Emmanuel Macron criticised the pace of the EU’s investigation into tech companies under the Digital Services Act (DSA) on Friday, urging the Commission to make progress on open cases into US companies.
w/ @theophane.euractiv.com
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US tells EU to 'roll back' digital rules against US tech companies | Euractiv US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick dangled the "carrot" of US giants investing in EU data centres in exchange for "reasonable" laws – and the "stick" of tariffs

Thanks, but no thanks. We don't want Amazon, Microsoft and Google to invest a trillion dollars in datacenters in Europe that will bring data of EU citizens within reach of Trump and will lock-in our digital dependence for decades to come.

We need to start building our own digital infrastructure.

EU opens probe of Google over news site rankings | Euractiv The Commission's new Digital Markets Act investigation will assess whether the tech giant is demoting news media content in search results

The European Commission has opened a new investigation into Google over how the tech giant ranks media publishers’ content in search results under the EU’s big tech rulebook. @euractiv.com

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EU pitches new agency to fight Russian disinformation and bots | Euractiv The Commission wants a new "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by Euractiv

An 🇪🇺 @viginum.bsky.social?

@ec.europa.eu is expected to suggest a "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by my @euractiv.com colleagues @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & @elisabraun.bsky.social

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Commission checking if ChatGPT falls under EU online governance rules | Euractiv EU users of the AI chatbot's internet search capabilities vastly exceed the 45 million+ monthly user threshold for the bloc's DSA rules for larger platforms

The European Commission is assessing whether OpenAI’s ChatGPT has become so popular that it should be in scope of the EU Digital Services Act 👇

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EU to set up European Space Shield in 2026 | Euractiv The goal is to beef up countries' capabilities to protect their space assets, including satellites powering comms, observation, and navigation

EU to set up European Space Shield in 2026

The goal is to beef up countries' capabilities to protect their space assets, including satellites powering comms, observation, and navigation

written by @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & Joshua Posaner
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Big tech's political ad blackout tests new EU transparency law | Euractiv Big tech’s retreat from political advertising tests how transparent EU democracy can really be

Meta, Google, and Microsoft have turned their backs on the EU’s new transparency rules for political advertising — by banning such ads altogether — ahead of the law coming into effect last week.

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EXCLUSIVE: EU digital chief says no need to be 'provocative' in face of US attacks | Euractiv While Virkkunen stressed that the EU and US maintain close cooperation, she warned that all tech firms – including US platforms – must respect the bloc’s digital rulebook

The Commission’s digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, told me in an interview that the EU does not need to be “provocative” in responding to US criticism of the bloc’s digital rulebook, stressing that Brussels remains committed to fair enforcement. @euractiv.com

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Anti-EU online disinformation floods Czechia before elections | Euractiv Czech parliament failed to designate a digital watchdog for the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA), which populist parties in the country have branded a censorship tool

As Czechia heads to parliamentary elections on 3–4 October, the campaign has been overshadowed by a surge of online disinformation and doubts about the country’s capacity to enforce EU digital rules. @euractiv.com
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TikTok, Meta, and YouTube overturned in most DSA content disputes | Euractiv More than 75% of content removal decisions taken by social media platforms were overturned via the EU's Digital Services Act, report finds

Major online platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube have been found to “wrongly” remove online content, according to a new transparency report @euractiv.com

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Apple slams EU's Digital Markets Act, calls for repeal | Euractiv In its latest swipe at EU digital rules, Apple says the DMA should be replaced with 'fit for purpose' legislation

In its latest swipe at EU digital rules, Apple says the DMA should be replaced with 'fit for purpose' legislation

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SOTEU2025 Liveblog: What's next for the EU? - Euractiv Follow the 2025 State of the European Union speech with real-time coverage and analysis from Euractiv’s reporters in Strasbourg and Brussels

Tomorrow we’ll bring you the State of the Union live from Strasbourg...w/ me, @magnuslundnielsen.bsky.social and @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social on the ground, and the full brainpower of our Brussels newsroom. Stay tuned
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