Google accused the EU today of putting Europeans’ privacy at risk after Brussels told the US giant to share search data and open up its Android operating system to AI rivals “Today’s decisions risk undermining vital privacy and security guardrails for millions of Europeans,” Google’s head of global affairs, Kent Walker, said. The EU demanded [...
Meta must change Facebook’s and Instagram’s “addictive design” or face a heavy fine, the European Union warned today. Brussels accused the US tech giant of failing to limit the risks the platforms posed to users, especially children and vulnerable adults, because of features designed to keep them on Facebook and Instagram, reports AFP. Of part...
The EU slapped a 200-million-euro ($232 million) fine on Chinese-owned online retailer Temu today for allowing the sale of illegal products, including dangerous baby toys and defective chargers. “The company failed to diligently identify, analyse, and assess the systemic risks of illegal products being offered on its platform and the resulting...
•Flags of the European Union EU lawmakers and member states reached a deal in the early hours of today to implement the bloc’s nearly year-old trade pact with the United States, with President Donald Trump threatening new tariffs unless it is done by July 4. The 27-nation bloc struck an accord with Washington last July, […]
•Artificial Intelligence European Union lawmakers and countries agreed to ban artificial intelligence systems generating sexualised deepfakes today, after global outrage this year over non-consensual nudes produced by Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok. “Today the EU has drawn a red line. AI must never be used to humiliate, exploit or endanger people. F...
The EU said today Meta is failing to prevent children under 13 using Facebook and Instagram, potentially exposing them to inappropriate content — and putting the tech giant at risk of a massive fine. The European Union has in recent months stepped up efforts to protect children online, with several member countries considering social media [&h...
•World Trade Organisation headquarters The European Union today called for “serious” reform to the World Trade Organisation ahead of a high-level meeting this week in Cameroon. The WTO ministerial conference, its supreme decision-making body, will take place in Yaounde on March 26-29. It is usually held every other year, reports AFP. There has...
•European Union flag European lawmakers and EU member states announced late yesterday that they had reached an agreement on developing plants obtained by so-called new genomic techniques. NGT plants are created when a small part of their DNA is added, removed, or altered using genetic editing tools, as opposed to older GMO techniques, which in...
The European Union has dispatched a total of 687 observers to Anambra State to monitor the gubernatorial election slated for tomorrow (Saturday). The governorship election is the first to be conducted under the leadership of Joash Amupitan, current Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), reports Daily Independent. ...
•Blue capsules on conveyor at modern pharmaceutical factory The federal government has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the European Union (EU) and France under the Global Gateway’s Manufacturing and Access to Vaccines, Medicines and Health Technologies (MAV+) Initiative. The agreement is meant to advance Nigeria’s pharmaceutical ...
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