EU antitrust regulators are investigating whether Apple Maps and Apple Ads should face stricter Digital Markets Act rules. Apple is resisting this, arguing both services should be exempted, despite meeting the "gatekeeper" thresholds. The tech giant claims its ad business is small and Maps lacks ke»»»

Five EU countries including France will test an app aimed at preventing children from accessing harmful content online by checking users' ages, the European Commission said Monday. Several European nations have ramped up the pressure on the bloc to better protect minors online through more stringen»»»

Factcheckers had no doubt about the real audience for the news this week – delivered via Mark Zuckerberg’s medium of choice, the awkward video message – that, starting in the US, Meta would abandon professional, third-party factchecking across its networks in favor of the user-powered “community no»»»

The European Union is intensifying its efforts to combat disinformation, recognizing it as a growing threat to democracy and public trust. Through initiatives like the strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation, the EU aims to hold tech platforms accountable for addressing false information sp»»»

STOCKHOLM: Apple will change how users choose browser options in the European Union, add a dedicated section for changing default apps, and make more apps deletable, the company said on Thursday.The iPhone maker came under pressure from regulators to make changes after the EU’s sweeping Digital Mar»»»

A number of regulations relating to the digital industry have been issued by the European Union. However, their interests have not been achieved. They just survive. Tech giants Apple, Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms are the first targets of the European Union's Digital Markets Act. The law, wh»»»

1 of 3 | The Apple logo hangs outside of an Apple retail store in the SoHo Section of Manhattan in New York City on Thursday. The European Commission said it has opened an investigation into Apple, Meta and Alphabet on Monday. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo March 25 (UPI) -- The Europe»»»

European Union regulators opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta on Monday, in the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets that took effect earlier this month. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's executive arm, sai»»»

The draft rule on child sexual abuse material (CSAM), proposed by the European Commission last year, has been a bone of contention between advocates of online safety measures and privacy activists worried about surveillance. EU lawmakers agreed on Wednesday to draft rules requiring Alphabet's Googl»»»

EU lawmakers agreed on Wednesday to draft rules requiring Alphabet’s Google, Meta and other online services to identify and remove online child pornography, saying that end-to-end encryption would not be affected. The draft rule on child sexual abuse material (CSAM), proposed by the European Commis»»»

— The long-standing battle over the iOS’ blue and Android’s green text bubbles will soon take a more friendly turn. Apple announced on Thursday plans to adopt a messaging standard that will finally bring iMessage features to Android users, eroding what some considered an element of Apple’s walled g»»»

Alphabet's Google Cloud has accused Microsoft of anti-competitive cloud computing practices and criticised imminent deals with several European cloud vendors, saying these do not solve broader concerns about its licensing terms. In Google Cloud's first public comments on Microsoft and its European »»»

Top executive says video-sharing app aims to expand its data storage with two more centres in Europe. Chinese social media company TikTok plans to open two more data centres in Europe, according to a senior executive, a move that could mitigate concerns over the security of users’ data and ease reg»»»

Google lost most of the first round of its battle to topple a landmark €4.3-billion European Union antitrust fine that struck at the heart of the US tech giant’s power over the Android mobile phone ecosystem. EU judges mainly backed the European Commission’s decision to impose the penalty but cut i»»»

A huge 'ad tech' class action legal case has been brought against Google over its technology powering online adverts which consumers view on news media. Lawyers seeking up to £22billion in damages for publishers across Europe claim the US tech firm deprived the media of revenue through its 'anti-co»»»

India is considering new obligations for Big Tech companies such as Google and Facebook to pay publishers for the news content they reuse on their platform. The comments were made by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the junior minister for Information Technology and electronics, in an interview earlier this m»»»