The Commission is stepping up its action against TikTok and initiating formal investigation proceedings against the platform for alleged violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA). This concerns TikTok’s obligation to properly assess and mitigate systemic risks related to the integrity of elections.The specific reason for the investigation was the recent presidential elections in Romania, […]
Most recently, the Internal Market Committee discussed with TikTok representatives what the company is doing to prevent the manipulation of elections and to comply with the rules of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Today, Tuesday, the plenary will also debate this topic with the Commission. The agenda item “Debates” includes: “Misinformation and disinformation on social […]
The European Commission has awarded the contract for the construction and operation of the Iris² satellite internet system to the Spacerise consortium. Iris² is the EU’s third major space program after the Galileo navigation system and the Copernicus earth observation network, which monitors climate change. The multi-orbital constellation of 290 satellites will provide secure communications […]
The European High-Performance Computing initiative EuroHPC JU has selected seven locations where the AI Factories announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be established. The Commission sees this as an important milestone in building a thriving ecosystem for the training of advanced AI models and the development of AI solutions. The AI Factories […]
The competitiveness of the European automotive industry stands and falls with a consistent and innovation-friendly digital policy, according to the VDA position paper on EU digital policy. The association calls on the Commission to harmonize contradictory regulations. It cites data protection (GDPR), data security (NIS-2), and data access (Data Act) as examples. At the same […]
The fact that an EU Commissioner is flexing his muscles in public in a dialog with Elon Musk on X is something that will probably not happen again in the new legislature. Not only because it cost Thierry Breton his job. His successor, Henna Virkkunen, has adopted a different tone. However, she has already made […]
The European Union is faced with the task of reducing its technological dependence on providers outside Europe and shaping its digital infrastructure independently and competitively. This is the key finding of the policy study “Time to Build a European Digital Ecosystem.” The study by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung was […]
The flight of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad from Damascus marks a turning point in the Middle East – comparable to the fall of Saddam Hussein in the wake of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, writes my colleague Markus Bickel in Table.Spezial: “How the fall of Assad is shifting the balance of power in […]
Federal Digital Minister Volker Wissing expects good cooperation with the new Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen (Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy). “She has a very innovation-friendly approach, which I welcome,” said Wissing in an interview with Table.Briefings on the sidelines of the Telecoms Council in Brussels. “I therefore believe that our call for more competition will […]
In connection with the ongoing elections in Romania, the Commission has intensified its monitoring of TikTok. In doing so, it is exercising its powers under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The monitoring does not relate to the electoral process. This is the sole responsibility of the Romanian authorities, as the Commission announced.The Commission has instructed […]