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EU Lawmakers Rush to Pass Online Platform Bills in Next Week’s Plenary Vote 
EU Lawmakers Rush to Pass Online Platform Bills in Next Week’s Plenary Vote 
June 29, 2022  |  Regulation

The European Parliament will hold the last plenary session before the summer recess from July 4 to July 7, and lawmakers are rushing to get...

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Weekly TechReg EMEA: Google, TikTok Move to Appease Regulators
Weekly TechReg EMEA: Google, TikTok Move to Appease Regulators
June 24, 2022  |  emea

This week, the U.K. government and some regulatory agencies in the country announced changes to regulate the buy now, pay later (BNPL) sector and to...

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Big Tech Weekly: Google Faces EU Regulator Crackdown on 2 Fronts
Big Tech Weekly: Google Faces EU Regulator Crackdown on 2 Fronts
June 24, 2022  |  Big Tech

In the latest chapter of Alphabet’s mounting European Union antitrust concerns, the Google Maps platform comes under scrutiny from the German competition watchdog and the...

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TechReg Weekly US: CFPB Eyes Credit Card Late Fee Rules; Data Privacy Bills Advance in Congress 
TechReg Weekly US: CFPB Eyes Credit Card Late Fee Rules; Data Privacy Bills Advance in...
June 24, 2022  |  Technology

This week, U.S. lawmakers have proposed new legislation seeking to increase customers’ control over their financial data. A new data privacy bill has also overcome...

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Data Privacy Bill Passes US House Panel
Data Privacy Bill Passes US House Panel
June 23, 2022  |  Regulation

A new bipartisan privacy bill has been passed by a U.S. House of Representatives panel looking to limit collection of personal data, Reuters reported Thursday...

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Apple Fights Big Tech Regulation Over App Payments
Apple Fights Big Tech Regulation Over App Payments
June 23, 2022  |  Apple

Apple leaders are worried that an antitrust bill focused on opening the app store market will make iPhones less secure, despite assurances from Congress, according...

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FTC Warns Congress About Using AI to Combat Harmful Speech
FTC Warns Congress About Using AI to Combat Harmful Speech
June 22, 2022  |  artificial intelligence

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a report to Congress last week, on June 16, warning about using artificial intelligence (AI) to combat online...

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Microsoft Limits Facial Recognition Technology Use, Sales
Microsoft Limits Facial Recognition Technology Use, Sales
June 21, 2022  |  artificial intelligence

Microsoft won’t be selling facial recognition technology in an “unfettered” way anymore, Reuters reported Tuesday (June 21), and will be ending the sale of technology...

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EU Privacy Watchdog: Give Us the Major Big Tech Cases
EU Privacy Watchdog: Give Us the Major Big Tech Cases
June 17, 2022  |  Big Tech

The head of the European Union’s data protection watchdog said that a landmark privacy law adopted four years ago isn’t being enforced properly and that...

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