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Macron wants to ban kids from social media. Can he?

Macron wants to ban kids from social media. Can he?

France faces a tricky legal and technological challenge to make a social media prohibition for under-15s happen. 

June 12, 2025 8:03 am CET
Berlin drafts bill to tax digital platforms
‘I’m not looking for a deal’: Trump revives global trade war
Trump turns the screws on big companies amid tariff fight
Europe’s effort to block kids from social media gathers pace
Commission floats digital levy to repay post-Covid debt
Apple to appeal €500M digital fine over EU’s silence in compliance talks
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Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves

The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.

April 30, 2025 3:15 pm CET

After EU fines, Big Tech wants Trump to swoop in

Two big penalties overseas could be just what the industry needed to get the White House’s attention. Will Trump now try to roll back European tech rules?

April 24, 2025 9:43 am CET

Apple’s EU fight is transatlantic tension in a nutshell

The tech giant was hit by another European fine. It’s just the latest chapter in the battle over digital regulation ― and maybe a whole lot more.

April 24, 2025 4:23 am CET

Time was right for US Big Tech penalties, EU competition chief says

The European Commission has been accused of dragging its feet to avoid inflaming Donald Trump’s trade war.

April 23, 2025 6:30 pm CET

The EU has fined Meta and Apple. What happened to X?

As digital enforcement kicks in, a high-profile investigation into Elon Musk’s X is still open.

April 23, 2025 6:25 pm CET

Socialists urge EU tech chief to deliver results in blockbuster US tech probes

European Commissioner Henna Virkkunen is facing growing pressure to wrap up investigations into TikTok, Meta and X.

April 23, 2025 4:44 pm CET

Meta labels EU digital fines a ‘tariff’ on American firms

“The European Commission is attempting to handicap successful American businesses,” blasts top US lobbyist.

April 23, 2025 12:56 pm CET

EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules

The highly anticipated penalties are the first to be issued under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.

April 23, 2025 11:45 am CET

‘Fighting crime blindfolded’: Europe is coming after encryption

Police have long wanted to read encrypted messages. They now have the backing of the EU’s top brass.

April 23, 2025 4:17 am CET

Von der Leyen warns X, Meta, TikTok to play by the rules in Europe — no matter who’s CEO

The European Commission will enforce its digital rulebook without fear, said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

April 21, 2025 4:30 am CET

Why von der Leyen’s Big Tech tax plan is bluster

There are major hurdles to overcome for the EU to retaliate against U.S. digital companies.

April 18, 2025 4:41 am CET

Big Tech fines just got political, whether the Commission likes it or not

By delaying expected announcements on fining Apple and Meta, the bloc’s Digital Markets Act is being dragged into the global trade war.

April 14, 2025 6:00 am CET
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Trump exempts computers, phones from reciprocal tariffs

The move could be a win for tech companies like Apple that were facing potential price hikes.

April 12, 2025 4:34 pm CET

Trump tariffs: What just happened ― and what’s Europe’s gameplan?

It was a week when penguins, bonds, the new German coalition, Louisiana soybeans, fossil fuels, the EU’s Digital Markets Act, France’s creaking politics and American bourbon all became one news story. POLITICO explains what got us all yippy.

April 11, 2025 4:42 am CET

Top EU official downplays expectations over Apple, Meta digital fines

The bloc’s Digital Markets Act is about compliance, not fines, says Olivier Guersent.

April 8, 2025 11:53 am CET

EU agonizes over using its trade ‘bazooka’ to hit back at Trump’s mega tariff

As the European Commission plans levies of up to 25 percent on many exports from the U.S., it holds an olive branch in one hand and its Anti-Coercion Instrument in the other.

April 7, 2025 9:22 pm CET

Brussels could hit Big Tech in trade spat. But how?

Digital services could be Washington’s Achilles heel but European officials are conflicted over how to strike it.

April 7, 2025 4:08 am CET

France suggests targeting Big Tech’s data use in response to US tariffs

France is also considering taxing digital services, French Economy and Finance Minister Eric Lombard tells Le Journal Du Dimanche.

April 6, 2025 2:48 pm CET

Trump’s antitrust agency chief blasts EU digital rules as ‘taxes on American firms’

The EU is set to fine Apple and Meta for rule breaches in the coming days.

April 2, 2025 7:27 pm CET

EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump’s mega tariffs 

Brussels sees America’s transatlantic trade surplus in services as its Achilles’ heel.

March 31, 2025 7:25 pm CET

EU set to fine Apple and Meta amid escalating trade war

The Commission’s first fines under its Digital Markets Act are expected this week.

March 31, 2025 4:39 am CET

EU throws down gauntlet to Trump with Apple, Google rulings

U.S. tech giants must overhaul key products, the European Commission rules.

March 20, 2025 4:01 am CET

EU risks more Trump tariffs in looming Big Tech crackdown

A series of decisions against Apple, Meta and Google could open up a new front in the EU-U.S. trade war.

March 19, 2025 4:59 am CET
Declassified

Your highness got us looking so crazy right now

Say what you will about the royal family, but they have an amazing talent for tactfully celebrating their colonizing past every Commonwealth Day.

March 14, 2025 4:01 am CET
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