The EU's main institutions, the Commission, Parliament, and Council, ban their staff from using fully AI-generated videos and images in official communications
BRUSSELS — The European Union's main institutions have banned staff from using artificially generated videos and images in official communications.
EU lawmakers agree on new rules that hold platforms like Meta and TikTok liable for financial scams that have been reported, requiring them to compensate banks
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EU states agree on a position on draft child protection legislation without forcing Big Tech to find and remove CSAM, and will now negotiate with EU lawmakers
“The EU is stepping up its efforts to fight child sexual abuse. … Bluesky: Steve Peers / @stevepeers : EU Member States agree on negotiation position on CSA material online - will now negotiate with t...
A look at India's rationale for banning online real-money games, with IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw citing 450M people losing a combined ~$2.3B to them
Willie Nelson It's estimated that 45 crore individuals play real money games in India. That's close to one-third of India's population. Why are so many people playing such games? [image] Manu Rishi Gu...
A UK judge dismisses Wikimedia's Online Safety Act challenge over requiring Wikipedia to verify users and contributors' IDs, but says it can file new challenges
Europe is not allowed to make Internet Laws. — arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ ... Hari Kunzru / @harikunzru : There is a possible future in which the UK government ends up blocking Wikipedia to save f...
European authorities raided 21 addresses, arrested several people, and sealed two offices in the EU Parliament, as part of a spiraling bribery probe into Huawei
Chinese tech giant's offices raided and Parliament offices sealed in case that echoes the 2022 Qatargate investigation.
Pakistan's parliament passes a controversial bill giving the government sweeping controls on social media, including prison terms for spreading “disinformation”
Remember, he is NOT a diplomat. X: Usama Khilji / @usamakhilji : Writing to PM @CMShehbaz, @MoitOfficial minister, @PTAofficialpk chair, & IT Parliamentary committee chairs, @theGNI expresses deep con...
India releases the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, aimed at enforcing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, for public comments
The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, lay out the tentative terms of enforcing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, which was passed in Parliament in 2023
Australia introduces a bill in Parliament to ban children younger than 16 from social media; companies would face fines of up to AU$50M for systemic violations
www.crikey.com.au/20... Cameron Wilson / @cameronwilson.bsky.social : The Communication Department's analysis of the under 16yo social media ban cites two sources: — a study which has findings that i...
A profile of and an interview with Aura Salla, a former Meta lobbyist turned EU Parliament member, who says the EU's Big Tech regulation went too far, too fast
Aura Salla was once the tech giant's top lobbyist in Brussels. Now, her presence as a regulator in the European Parliament is proving controversial. Mastodon: @glynmoody@mastodon.social and @lobbyctr...