Bitcoin and Facebook’s failed currency Libra have brought digital currencies into the public consciousness, and now the European Union wants to follow suit with its own project. At a conference on the “digital euro” in Brussels, however, it became clear that decision-makers are still a long way from clear solutions.The head of the European Central […]
The fright in Europe over Donald Trump’s election victory in 2016 had led the EU Commission to introduce a “Code of Practice on Disinformation” for online platforms in 2018. In view of the information war with Russia, the Commission has relaunched the Code of Practice together with the industry – with more participants and new […]
The new investigation is part of a whole series of other antitrust cases involving Apple’s iron-fisted control over its own ecosystem. The App Store is a persistent point of contention, as the US corporation does not just decide who is allowed to install its apps on the iPhone and iPad and who is not. Particularly […]
The marathon negotiations were followed by superlatives: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called the agreement reached on Saturday night on the Digital Services Act “historic”, while the European Parliament’s rapporteur, Christel Schaldemose (S&D), spoke of a new “global gold standard”. German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann praised that “the way is now clear for uniform […]