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EU lawmaker wants stronger privacy rights in proposed EU tech rules Reuters 5 hrs ago By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, May 19 (Reuters) - Proposed EU rules targeting Facebook, Google and other large online platforms should include privacy rights for users as well as their right to anonymity, a key EU lawmaker steering the debate at the European Parliament said on Wednesday. The Digital Services Act, announced by the European Commission in December last year, requires the tech giants to do more to tackle illegal content such as hate speech and child sexual abuse material. They will also have to do ...

FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of the logo of the European Union in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 15, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU countries and EU lawmakers agreed late Thursday evening to allow Facebook and Microsoft to scan and remove online child sexual abuse, potentially paving the way for a deal in the coming months on privacy rules targeting online platforms. The provisional agreement is valid for three years. The European Commission will propose broader legislation with detailed safeguards to f...

The European Parliament on Wednesday (28 April) formally adopted without a vote controversial legislation which forces online platforms to remove terrorist content within an hour of it being flagged. The regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online, which was adopted in the face of opposition from several organisations and MEPs, includes an obligation for digital platforms to remove “terrorist content or disable access to terrorist content in all member states as soon as possible and in any event within one hour of receipt of the removal order.” These “removal ...

22 Apr 2021   |   News EU seeks to ban ‘unacceptable’ uses of artificial intelligence Officials want to rein in applications such as live facial scanning, but pledge to promote AI with ‘sandboxes’ that allow companies to have early discussions with regulators on acceptable uses EU’s digital chief, Margrethe Vestager. Photo: European Commission Brussels will rein in the use of "unacceptable" artificial intelligence (AI) that tracks people and rates their behaviour, while proposing fines up to 6% of a company's turnover for violations, as part of first-of-its-kind AI rules announced...

EU outlines ambitious AI regulations focused on risky uses KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer April 21, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8European Commissioner for Europe fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager speaks during a media conference on an EU approach to artificial intelligence, following a weekly meeting of EU Commissioners, at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)Olivier Hoslet/APShow MoreShow Less 2of8European Commissioner for Europe fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager, left, and European Commissioner in charge of ...