The EU Commission has completed its analysis of the rule of law in Poland. It concludes that “there is no longer a clear risk of a serious breach of the rule of law in Poland within the meaning of Article 7(1) of the Treaty on European Union,” the Commission announced on Monday. The Commission has […]
What exactly is a start-up? There is not even a precise definition for young technology companies that develop innovative products and services. However, Bitkom and other European digital associations are urgently calling for a uniform European definition. Only with a common data basis are effective benchmarking and performance measurement possible.In the run-up to the 2024 […]
The Chinese fast-fashion company Shein must comply with strict new EU rules for online content following a surge in user numbers. The European Commission announced this on Friday. Under the Digital Services Act (DSA), companies with more than 45 million users are considered very large online platforms (VLOP), which must do more than others to […]
The EU and Turkey want to cooperate more closely in the area of research and innovation funding. Three innovation programs from Turkey are now certified for participation in the European Innovation Council (EIC) plug-in scheme. Projects from the program portfolio can thus apply directly for funding from the EIC Accelerator. The EIC Accelerator is a […]
There is still little sign of the European election campaign in Germany. But preparations are underway – not only among the parties and politicians, but also among those who want to manipulate the elections. (Sometimes they are the same.) In the super election year, the attackers have upgraded and, thanks to artificial intelligence, they have […]
Ms. Goldberg, how do you define prebunking in the context of your platform?Prebunking is a method that proactively aims to prevent disinformation or manipulation. We teach people how to recognize attempts at manipulation and how to defend themselves against them. This technique was not developed by Google or Jigsaw, but was developed by social psychologists […]
In the first part of the digital decade proclaimed by the EU, the Commission, Council and Parliament have adopted a wealth of important digital laws. “With the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act and the AI Act, we have laid the foundations that will determine digital policy in the next decade“, says FDP MEP […]
Anyone on social media after the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT at the end of November 2022 was not only amazed at the technology’s impressive capabilities, but also gloated about how quickly it could be taken for a ride. For example, it was relatively easy to generate discriminatory or even extremist texts and instructions on how […]
The European Parliament has adopted the Gigabit Infrastructure Act with 594 votes in favor, seven against and 15 abstentions. The Act is intended to accelerate the expansion of gigabit-capable networks in Europe. To this end, the costs of providing high-performance networks are to fall and the EU also wants to promote investment in digital infrastructure.One […]
Germany still has a number of challenges to overcome if it wants to achieve the goals of the Gigabit Society 2025 and the Digital Decade 2030. This is the result of an updated study (as of November 2023) on the national broadband plans of the EU member states, published by the Commission on Monday.According to […]