EU Code of Conduct on Disinformation becomes DSA compliance benchmark
Today, the EU Commission and the European Board for Digital Services endorsed the integration of the voluntary Code of Practice…
Romania: EU Commission asks platforms and search engines to ensure election readiness
With the ongoing elections in Romania, the EU Commission has reaffirmed its commitment to enforce the Digital Services Act to…
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…
EU Commission updates status of Inflection/Microsoft case
The European Commission takes note of the withdrawal of the initial referral requests by seven Member States to review under…
Tying practices regarding Teams: EU Commission sends objections to Microsoft
The EU Commission has informed Microsoft of its preliminary view that Microsoft has breached EU antitrust rules by tying its communication and…
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,…
DMA: Designated gatekeepers must now comply with all obligations
As of today, Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and ByteDance, the six gatekeepers designated by the Commission in September 2023, have to fully comply…
Microsoft and Apple services: EU Commission closes four Digital Market Act investigations
The European Commission has closed four market investigations launched on 5 September 2023 under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The Commission found…
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)…
Antitrust: EU Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by Microsoft
Microsoft is a global technology company offering productivity and business software, cloud computing and personal computing. Teams is a cloud-based communication and collaboration…
Mergers: EU Commission opens investigation into the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Brussels, 8 November 2022 The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the...
EU Commission approves acquisition of Nuance by Microsoft
Brussels, 21 December 2021 The European Commission has approved unconditionally, under the EU Merger Regulation,...
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...
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...
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,...