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Steve Peers

@stevepeers
21 posts
2026-02-17
EU tech law  —  European Commission begins investigation of Shein under the Digital Services Act - re sale of illegal products (child sex dolls), recommender systems, and addictive design  —  ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
2026-02-17 View on X
Bloomberg

The European Commission opens a full DSA investigation into Shein over sales of child-like sex dolls that “could constitute child sexual abuse material”

Shein risks hefty European Union penalties after regulators opened a full-scale probe into sales of child-like sex dolls on the Chinese e-commerce platform.

2026-02-07
EU tech law  —  EU Commission preliminary finding that TikTok has breached Digital Services Act re ‘addictive design’ ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
2026-02-07 View on X
New York Times

The EU says that TikTok's “addictive design” is illegal under the DSA, citing the app's infinite scroll and recommendation algorithm, in preliminary findings

2026-02-06
EU tech law  —  EU Commission preliminary finding that TikTok has breached Digital Services Act re ‘addictive design’ ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
2026-02-06 View on X
New York Times

The EU says that TikTok's “addictive design” is illegal under the DSA, citing the app's infinite scroll and recommendation algorithm, in preliminary findings

European Union regulators said the app's infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children.

2026-01-27
Confirmed - EU Commission opens investigation into X as regards Grok nudifications - and also widens its earlier investigation into X to include recommender systems - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...  Background in context of the previous fine against X here: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/ the-...
2026-01-27 View on X
Financial Times

The EU opens a formal DSA investigation into xAI over Grok generating sexualized images of women and children; xAI faces fines of up to 6% of global revenue

European regulators begin investigation into creation and spread of sexualised images of women and children

2026-01-26
Confirmed - EU Commission opens investigation into X as regards Grok nudifications - and also widens its earlier investigation into X to include recommender systems - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...  Background in context of the previous fine against X here: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/ the-...
2026-01-26 View on X
Financial Times

The EU opens a formal DSA investigation into xAI over Grok generating sexualized images of women and children; xAI faces fines of up to 6% of global revenue

European regulators begin investigation into creation and spread of sexualised images of women and children

2026-01-04
It gets *worse* than the nude deepfakes.  —  The UK and EU have said nothing.  [embedded post]
2026-01-04 View on X
Futurism

On top of nonconsensual porn images, X users seem to be using Grok to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed

and critics say it's harassment by AI Kevin Raposo / KnowTechie : Grok chatbot's safety fails, releases explicit images of minors Selin Hacialioglu / Türkiye Today : Pressure grows...

2026-01-03
It gets *worse* than the nude deepfakes.  —  The UK and EU have said nothing.  [embedded post]
2026-01-03 View on X
Bloomberg

xAI's Grok says “lapses in safeguards” led it to create sexualized images of people, including minors, in response to X user prompts; X took some images down

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has created sexualized images of people including minors …

It gets *worse* than the nude deepfakes.  —  The UK and EU have said nothing.  [embedded post]
2026-01-03 View on X
Futurism

On top of nonconsensual porn images, X users seem to be using Grok to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed

Earlier this week, a troubling trend emerged on X-formerly-Twitter as people started asking Elon Musk's chatbot Grok to unclothe images of real people.

2025-12-24
EU Commission response to US sanctions imposed upon advocates of regulating social media ec.europa.eu/commission/p...  [image]
2025-12-24 View on X
Associated Press

The US imposes visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints

The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.

2025-11-27
EU Member States agree on negotiation position on CSA material online - will now negotiate with the European Parliament  —  www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/ pre...
2025-11-27 View on X
Reuters

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 ...

EU Member States agree on negotiation position on CSA material online - will now negotiate with the European Parliament  —  www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/ pre...
2025-11-27 View on X
Politico

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

The new rules set a dangerous precedent, big tech companies say.  —  BRUSSELS — Platforms including Meta and TikTok …

2025-11-26
EU Member States agree on negotiation position on CSA material online - will now negotiate with the European Parliament  —  www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/ pre...
2025-11-26 View on X
Reuters

EU member states agree a position on draft child protection legislation without forcing Big Tech to find and remove CSAM; states now negotiate with EU lawmakers

A web camera is seen in front of the displayed words “Child Pornography” in this illustration t  - EU says big tech must tackle online child abuse

2025-07-11
French prosecutors start criminal investigation of X due to alleged algorithm manipulation for the purposes of ‘foreign interference’ - also Grok's Nazi posts referred to national regulator - www.politico.eu/article/fran...
2025-07-11 View on X
Politico

French prosecutors open a criminal investigation into X over allegations that the company manipulated its algorithms for the purposes of “foreign interference”

The probe is based on complaints from a lawmaker and an unnamed senior civil servant. Bluesky: @stevepeers , @alexvonwitzleben , and @marietjeschaake Forums: r/worldnews and r/tech...

2024-04-23
EU tech law - EU Commission brings proceedings under Digital Services Act against TikTok re “TikTok Lite” - intends to suspend the TikTok Lite rewards programme across the EU as an interim measure [image]
2024-04-23 View on X
TechCrunch

The EU opens another TikTok investigation to assess whether TikTok Lite's design, which financially rewards users for watching or liking videos, is “addictive”

2023-09-06
EU tech law Commission decision on gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act https://ec.europa.eu/... [image]
2023-09-06 View on X
Bloomberg

The EU lists the 22 services falling under the Digital Markets Act, including TikTok and Facebook, and will assess if Microsoft's services and iMessage qualify

- Tech firms set to challenge EU in digital antitrust clampdown  — Apple's App Store, Google Search, Amazon marketplace on list

2021-06-05
Interesting that the EU Commission started a parallel competition investigation of Facebook's use of data on the same day - the intention is to ‘work closely’ with the separate UK investigation - https://ec.europa.eu/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-06-05 View on X
Wall Street Journal

EU and UK regulators coordinate to open antitrust investigations into Facebook's classified ad service Marketplace; UK is also probing Facebook Dating

Investigations into classified-ads service Marketplace ramp up regulatory scrutiny on the company in Europe

2020-07-17
Mmm. Facebook phoned me after the first @maxschrems judgment and asked me to write a legal opinion arguing basically the opposite of the CJEU judgment they say they “welcome” today (I said no). This is about as plausible as when their VP promised to abolish uni tuition fees. https://twitter.com/...
2020-07-17 View on X
TechCrunch

EU's top court strikes down flagship EU-US data transfer mechanism Privacy Shield, in a ruling that could impact thousands of companies including Facebook

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :

CJEU, data protection law Schrems II judgment: the “Privacy Shield” data protection adequacy decision re personal data transfers to the USA is invalid. The decision on “standard contractual clauses” used as a backup is valid, but must be strictly interpreted. https://twitter.com/...
2020-07-17 View on X
TechCrunch

EU's top court strikes down flagship EU-US data transfer mechanism Privacy Shield, in a ruling that could impact thousands of companies including Facebook

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :

The alternative route of standard contractual clauses under GDPR exists, but that's a high bar too. For transfers between EU Member States' and non-EU law enforcement bodies there's a different law: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/... Adequacy decisions similar but there are alternatives https://twitter.com/...
2020-07-17 View on X
TechCrunch

EU's top court strikes down flagship EU-US data transfer mechanism Privacy Shield, in a ruling that could impact thousands of companies including Facebook

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :

2020-07-16
The alternative route of standard contractual clauses under GDPR exists, but that's a high bar too. For transfers between EU Member States' and non-EU law enforcement bodies there's a different law: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/... Adequacy decisions similar but there are alternatives https://twitter.com/...
2020-07-16 View on X
TechCrunch

EU's top court strikes down flagship EU-US data transfer mechanism Privacy Shield, in a ruling that could impact thousands of companies including Facebook

A highly anticipated ruling by Europe's top court has just landed — striking down a flagship EU-US data flows arrangement called Privacy Shield.