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The EU has moved one step closer to bringing in the AI Act, but some critics claim it has not done enough to stop biometric surveillance.

Late tweaks to the EU’s artificial intelligence law have caused uproar over loopholes for biometric identification.

AI Act threatens to make facial surveillance commonplace in EuropeIn the final stage of negotiations on the EU's AI Act, it has becomeknown that even the publicly announced limitation of the controversialfacial recognition technology to the prosecution of serious criminaloffences[1] has since fallen.[2] Digital freedom fighter and Member ofthe European Parliament Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) warns that the lawpaves the way for the introduction of biometric mass surveillance inEurope where EU governments decide to steer this course.

More trouble for European Union lawmakers in a controversial area of tech policymaking -- namely the bloc’s proposed legislation to apply surveillance The EU's ombudsman has issued a finding of maladministration over a decision by the Commission not to release fuller information pertaining to its communications with US child safety tech maker, Thorn.

In a big move that's shaking things up in the world of finance and tech, the European Union is stepping up its game on regulating cryptocurrencies.