Technology regulation

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Thursday, 22 February, 2024

Booking Holdings
Booking faces almost €500mn fine in Spain over competition practices
Regulators seek to clamp down on world’s biggest online travel group as part of efforts to control tech dominance
Wednesday, 21 February, 2024

Apple Inc
Apple rivals lobby EU over App Store dominance
Meta and Microsoft want Brussels regulators to extract more concessions that unpick iOS mobile software
Sunday, 18 February, 2024

Apple Inc
EU to hit Apple with first ever fine in €500mn music streaming penalty
Move is culmination of long-running European Commission antitrust probe after a complaint by Spotify
Thursday, 15 February, 2024

Inside BusinessJavier Espinoza
Start-ups worry over EU’s Big Tech crackdown
Some entrepreneurs believe there will now be less deal activity, reducing exit routes from their business
Monday, 5 February, 2024

Rana Foroohar
The great US-Europe antitrust divide
There are fundamental differences in how the two see corporate concentration
Monday, 5 February, 2024

Artificial intelligence
UK shelves proposed AI copyright code in blow to creative industries
Government-led talks stall as artists and tech groups fail to agree terms over access to copyrighted work
Friday, 2 February, 2024

The FT ViewThe editorial board
Deepfakes and disinformation
Citizens and democracy need better protection from nefarious actors
Friday, 2 February, 2024

Europe Express
How Ukraine will finally get its €50bn from Brussels Premium content
Also in this newsletter: EU countries set to greenlight first ever AI regulation
Wednesday, 31 January, 2024

Meta’s Zuckerberg issues dramatic apology at Senate hearing on child safety
Social media CEOs testify before a committee examining ways to curb harms from online platforms
Monday, 29 January, 2024

Amazon.com
Amazon scraps $1.45bn iRobot purchase over EU’s threat to block deal
Regulators in Brussels had raised formal objection to acquisition after competition concerns
Monday, 29 January, 2024

Indian society
India tells tech giants to police deepfakes under ‘explicit’ rules
Minister says New Delhi has ‘woken up’ early to the dangers of AI-generated content due to the size of its online population
Thursday, 25 January, 2024

Apple Inc
EU digital rules will worsen iPhone user experience, claims Apple App Store boss
Schiller’s criticism comes as company announces moves to open up mobile software and cut fees for app developers
Tuesday, 23 January, 2024

LexBig tech
Global regulators’ assault is already crimping Big Tech’s prospects Premium content
Antitrust action is hampering M&A in sector while groups also face more fines and higher compliance costs
Thursday, 18 January, 2024

Intel Corp
Intel handed lifeline in fight against €1bn fine from Brussels
Adviser to EU’s top court finds flaws in commission’s appeal in case that could affect future decisions on pricing practices
Friday, 12 January, 2024

Artificial intelligence
UK government to publish ‘tests’ on whether to pass new AI laws
Ministers keep threat of future curbs but persist with light-touch regulatory regime
Tuesday, 9 January, 2024

News in-depth
Ofcom poaches Big Tech staff in push to enforce new internet curbs
UK regulator hires executives from Meta, Microsoft and Google as it gains powers from Online Safety Act
Monday, 8 January, 2024

Chinese business & finance
China seeks to ease video game industry’s fears of another crackdown
Beijing fires prominent regulatory official and fast-tracks consultations on proposed measures
Monday, 8 January, 2024

Rana Foroohar
Content creators fight back against AI
Big Tech receives new round of lawsuits from news providers and others
Wednesday, 3 January, 2024

Chinese politics & policy
China’s sluggish approval of data exports leaves companies struggling
Delays come amid slowing economy and increased tensions between Washington and Beijing
Monday, 1 January, 2024

Apple Inc
Apple’s $85bn-a-year services business faces legal reckoning
Landmark EU regulation and crucial US court cases due in 2024 will test the tech company
Friday, 29 December, 2023

EU competition chief defends Artificial Intelligence Act after Macron’s attack
Margrethe Vestager argues landmark legislation will give ‘legal certainty’ to tech groups building AI models
Wednesday, 27 December, 2023

News in-depthTechnology sector
China struggles to control data sales as companies shun official exchanges
Dozens of marketplaces have sprung up since a 2020 initiative but most transactions still happen on the black market
Tuesday, 19 December, 2023

EU tech regulation
Leading porn sites caught by new EU law to police online content
Xvideos, Pornhub and Stripchat face curbs on age verification and content moderation in latest move by regulators
Tuesday, 19 December, 2023

Google LLC
Google to pay $700mn in antitrust settlement over Android app store
Tech giant agrees to alternative billing methods for Play Store in ‘unprecedented’ case from US states
Monday, 18 December, 2023

Apple Inc
Apple halts US sales of Watch before Christmas after losing patent case
US judge finds that blood oxygen sensor on latest timepieces infringes patents of medical equipment maker Masimo