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Online platform X has received a request for additional information about its decision to reduce its content moderators by 20% compared to October last year, the European Commission said today (8 May). The move is a next step in an ongoing investigation which the Commission started in December 2023 related to X's handling of risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission said today that it wants to know more about why the platform reduced its linguistic coverage within the bl...
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Meta’s Facebook and Instagram last week (30 April) became subject to an investigation under the EU’s online platform rules for seemingly lacking the robustness to counter Russian disinformation, the latest in a series of probes into platforms’ handling of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Baltic and Nordic NGOs and researchers have painted a bleak picture of big tech's efforts to stop pro-Kremlin trolls, and doubt if these probes will put a halt to ongoing disinformation campaigns aimed at undermining NATO and the EU, while trying to bolster Russia’s credibility. Faktabaari, a Finnish fact-check...
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Meta’s Facebook and Instagram are subject to an investigation over how the platforms tackle disinformation under the Digital Services Act (DSA), amid fears they are vulnerable to Russian networks, the European Commission said today (30 April). The suspected infringements cover Meta's practices relating to deceptive advertising and political content on its services, the Commission said. According to the EU executive, the company’s advertising network is vulnerable to misinformation, and potentially a target for Russian networks. The platforms also lack an effective third-party real-time electio...
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This June, some 365 million people will be eligible to vote in the EU Elections, including many young voters for whom social media is a vital resource for campaigning. Four countries – Belgium, Germany, Malta and Austria – will allow 16-year-olds to vote, in Greece the minimum age to vote is 17. Five years ago, when the last EU vote was held, the regulatory landscape for online platforms was quite different: there were fewer rules on combating misinformation, and the AI Act did not yet exist. We take a look at how platform regulation in the EU has changed in 2024, compared to the last election...
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Fast-fashion retailer Shein has been designated under the EU’s online platform rules as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) due to a soaring number of European users, the European Commission said today (26 April). The Singapore-based website will face stricter requirements under the EU's Digital Services Act — and must adopt specific measures to protect users' well-being, and monitor illegal activity such as counterfeit goods. Shein now has over 45 million monthly users within the bloc and will have to comply within four months, so by the end of August, the commission said. The company, founde...
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The European Commission today (24 April) opened infringement procedures against Estonia, Poland and Slovakia because they have not yet designated their Digital Services Coordinators, the national regulators needed under the EU’s platform regulation. The deadline for establishing these watchdogs – who are the online platform's main point of contact in helping the European Commission with collecting evidence on implementation of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – was 17 February. In addition, Cyprus, Czechia and Portugal also received a formal Commission letter because they did not empower their r...
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TikTok is subject to a second probe under the Digital Services Act (DSA) over the launch of its TikTok Lite app in France and Spain, the European Commission said today (22 April). The Commission will investigate whether TikTok’s policy is in line with the DSA and if it conducted a risk assessment prior to rolling out the functions, and whether it took measures to mitigate the risks. Through TikTok Lite, users over 18 years old can earn points under a so-called “Reward Program”, while performing certain tasks on the app, such as watching videos, liking content, following creators or inviting fr...
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Meta, TikTok, X and other online platforms have been invited by the European Commission to stress-test election guidelines next Wednesday (24 April). The test, which is voluntary, will help prepare the platforms for the European elections in June, a Commission spokesperson told Euronews. The elections guidelines were published by the EU executive last month under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) to help very large online platforms and search engines to mitigate risks that may impact the integrity of elections and their services. All very large platforms and search engines — online platforms...
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Online platforms should give users a real choice when implementing so-called “consent or pay” models, which allow users to pay a fee in exchange for ad-free access to the platform, an opinion by the EU’s data protection authorities said today (17 April). “The models we have today usually require individuals to either give away all their data or to pay. As a result most users consent to the processing in order to use a service, and they do not understand the full implications of their choices,” Anu Talus, chair of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) said in a statement. The opinion, draft...
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Chinese owned social media platform TikTok has 24 hours to submit a risk assessment to the European Commission on its new TikTok Lite app, which it launched in France and Spain this month, the EU executive said in a statement today (17 April). Through TikTok Lite, users over 18 years old can earn points under a so-called “Reward Program”, while performing certain tasks on the app, such as watching videos, liking content, following creators or inviting friends to join. These points can be exchanged for rewards, such as Amazon vouchers, gift cards via PayPal or TikTok's coins currency. The Commi...
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