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EU reviews TikTok’s ‘SkinnyTok’ content for risks to minors

The Commission’s next move could reshape tech accountability.

May 20, 2025 5:59 pm CET

EU to charge €2 fee for Temu, Shein packages

Handling fee would tackle packages pushed towards Europe by U.S. tariffs.

May 20, 2025 4:05 pm CET

Brussels wants AI chips made in Europe, tech chief says

Europe is now heavily reliant on supply from U.S.-based manufacturers such as Nvidia.

May 20, 2025 3:17 pm CET

France barred Telegram founder Pavel Durov from traveling to US

The Russian-born entrepreneur is not allowed to leave France without permission following his August arrest.

May 20, 2025 12:30 pm CET

Europe’s effort to block kids from social media gathers pace

Document obtained by POLITICO shows countries pushing for EU-wide controls to protect kids online.

May 20, 2025 4:20 am CET

EU tweaks list of trade offerings to Trump administration 

Brussels highlights potential for cooperation in energy, telecoms, steel, semiconductors and cars.

May 19, 2025 4:18 pm CET

Macron announces €20B of fresh foreign investment amid economic turmoil

The French president is gathering CEOs from all over the world in Versailles.

May 19, 2025 2:16 pm CET

EU and UK ink post-Brexit deal on security, fish and energy

Keir Starmer says Britain’s “back on the world stage” — but he’s facing scrutiny over a big compromise on fish.

May 19, 2025 10:38 am CET

How Trump took over the world’s glitziest film festival

The U.S. president’s threats against foreign films are the talk of the town as the movie industry gathers in Cannes to celebrate cinema.

May 19, 2025 6:00 am CET

Can defense become Europe’s economic growth machine?

If the continent plays its cards right, the necessity of defense could turn out to be the mother of invention.

May 19, 2025 4:26 am CET

Romanian government accused of online censorship ahead of election rerun

Liberal campaigners and politicians say social media crackdown to prevent Russian interference has gone too far.

May 16, 2025 5:50 pm CET

French crypto entrepreneurs promised extra security after violent kidnapping attempts

There have been at least three attempts to abduct crypto sector leaders or their family members since the start of the year in France.

May 16, 2025 2:49 pm CET
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Put on a tie and get off your laptop, EU’s top tech officials told

Bureaucrats have been warned to speak only when spoken to when attending high-level meetings.

May 15, 2025 1:36 pm CET

TikTok breached digital advertising rules, European Commission says

ByteDance-owned TikTok is the second platform, after Elon Musk’s X, to get an EU warning under the Digital Services Act.

May 15, 2025 11:59 am CET

China invites UK to its AI summit

Offer to come along to July gathering comes amid on-off relationship between Beijing and London.

May 14, 2025 7:14 pm CET

Commission floats digital levy to repay post-Covid debt

The EU executive is also suggesting new customs duties and a traveler tax to help repay some €350 billion of common debt.

May 14, 2025 2:44 pm CET

Brussels wants faster visa paths to lure US researchers

The Trump administration has been cutting research budgets — and the EU scents an opportunity to pounce.

May 14, 2025 2:41 pm CET

Violent crypto kidnapping cases prompt French interior minister to call emergency meeting

Bruno Retailleau will meet with entrepreneurs Friday after a particularly brazen incident on Tuesday was caught on camera.

May 14, 2025 12:24 pm CET

EU gets a win as US revokes AI chips caps

As one of its final acts in office, the Biden administration planned to limit some EU countries’ access to AI chips from this month.

May 14, 2025 11:13 am CET

‘Pfizergate’ verdict: EU Commission wrong to block access to von der Leyen’s secret texts

General Court judgment could have huge repercussions for Commission president. It’s a “slam dunk” for transparency, says MEP.

May 14, 2025 9:37 am CET

UN tech envoy to US: Don’t see us as charity

The U.S. administration has withdrawn from several U.N. bodies.

May 13, 2025 5:36 pm CET

AI is driving up battlefield losses, UN tech envoy warns

Putting distance between humans and taking life on the battlefield is making some countries trigger happy, Amandeep Singh Gill tells POLITICO summit.

May 13, 2025 4:36 pm CET

EU Commission opens door for ‘targeted changes’ to AI Act

Brussels is reviewing a swathe of laws in a deregulation push.

May 13, 2025 1:05 pm CET

‘Time to sober up’: Europe should be realistic on tech sovereignty, lawmaker says

The EU should “identify the few big ideas that can propel our economic and industrial base,” says Bulgaria’s Eva Maydell.

May 13, 2025 1:01 pm CET
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