DigWatch: Google to invest in small modular nuclear reactors for AI energy needs
Google has signed the first-ever corporate agreement to source electricity from small modular reactors (SMRs) to power its AI operations.…
Coping with electoral disinformation campaigns: Online platforms deliver measure reports
Today, major online platforms and signatories of the Code of Practice on Disinformation--including Google, Meta, Microsoft, and TikTok--have published their fourth…
Google Shopping: EU Court of Justice upholds fine of €2.4bn imposed on Google
The EU Court of Justice upholds the fine of €2.4 billion imposed on Google for abuse of its dominant position…
Online platforms focus on elections in 3rd batch of disinformation reports
Today, the signatories of the Code of Practice on Disinformation, including major online platforms such as Google, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok,…
EU Court of Justice: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-48/22 P (Google and Alphabet v Commission)
In its decision of 27 June 2017, the Commission found that Google had given preference to the results of its…
EU Commission sends request for information to Apple and Google under the DSA
Today, the European Commission formally sent requests for information under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to Apple and Google. The…
Major online platforms report on first six months under the new Code of Practice on Disinformation
Today, the major online platforms which are signatories of the new Code of Practice on Disinformation of 2022 (Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok)…
Google Shopping: Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem EU-Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C-48/22 P Google und Alphabet / EU-Kommission
Dienstag, 19. September 2023 Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Gerichtshof (Große Kammer) in der Rechtssache C-48/22 P Google...
Antitrust: EU Commission warns Google over abusive practices in online advertising
The Commission takes issue with Google favouring its own online display advertising technology services to the detriment of competing providers…
Mergers: EU Commission clears acquisition of Photomath by Google
Brussels, 28 March 2023 The European Commission has approved unconditionally, under the EU Merger Regulation,...
Google and Meta display advertising: EU Commission closes investigation
The European Commission has decided to close its antitrust investigation into an allegedly anticompetitive agreement between Google and Meta for online...
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-460/20 | Dereferencing of allegedly inaccurate content (Google)
Luxembourg, 8 December 2022 Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’): the operator of a...
EU Judgment in Case C-460/20 Google: Delisting of allegedly inaccurate content
Thursday 8th December 2022 Judgment in Case C-460/20 Google (Déréférencement d’un contenu prétendument inexact) (Approximation of Laws)...
Google v EU Commission: Judgment of the General Court in Case T-604/18 | (Google Android)
Luxembourg, 14 September 2022 PRESS RELEASE No 147/22 The General Court largely confirms the...
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Internal Market Committee MEPs conclude visit to U.S. Silicon Valley
Brussels, 30 May 2022 Last week a delegation from the Internal Market Committee visited leading...
Google and Meta: EU investigates possible anticompetitive conduct in online display advertising
Brussels, 11 March 2022 The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess...
Europe’s Wild West: Irish ICCL report on data protection cases against tech companies
13 September 2021 Europe is unable to police how big tech firms use people’s data,...
Online platforms want more players to join Code of Practice against Coronavirus disinformation
The Commission publishes today the reports by Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Microsoft and Google on measures taken in...
Google: EU Commission and national consumer authorities call for better transparency
The Commission and Consumer Protection Cooperation authorities, under the lead of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers...
Coronavirus vaccines disinformation: new reports from online platforms to inform Code of Practice revamp
The Commission publishes today the new reports by Twitter, TikTok, Google, Facebook and Microsoft on measures they...
EP Thinktank study: Online platforms: Economic and societal effects
Online platforms such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook play an increasingly central role in the...
EU Commission: Online platforms took more actions fighting vaccine disinformation
The Commission publishes today the new reports by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, TikTok and Mozilla,...