Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Thursday (Aug. 8) that X has agreed to suspend the use of personal data from some users’ public posts on the social media platform to train the artificial intelligence (AI) model, Grok. This agreement applies to public posts that...
Two American tech giants are reportedly facing new regulatory challenges in Europe. One case involves Apple’s App Store, while the other centers on Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Meta AI. The Financial Times (FT) reported Friday (June 14) that the European Commision (EC) will bring charges against Apple after determining that...
Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, which is due to release worldwide on Thursday (July 6), will not be offered in the European Union. Per a preview image of the app displayed in Apple’s App Store, non-EU users will be able to log into the text-based conversation app using...
Facebook parent company Meta is facing 390 million euros ($413.4 million) in fines. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said in a Wednesday (Jan. 4) press release that Meta Ireland’s advertising business model is not compliant with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Accordingly, the...
January 04, 2023
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) says Meta’s ad-centric business model is noncompliant with European regulations. That’s according to a public statement released Wednesday (Jan. 4) outlining the commission’s final decision regarding the tech company’s processing of personal data stemming from two complaints filed May 25, 2018 under the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation […]
September 12, 2024
A European regulator is investigating whether Google’s artificial intelligence model complies with privacy laws. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) is examining whether the tech giant performed a legally required data protection impact assessment before processing European Union residents’ personal data used in its Pathways Language Model 2, according to a Thursday (Sept. 12) press release. […]
August 08, 2024
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Thursday (Aug. 8) that X has agreed to suspend the use of personal data from some users’ public posts on the social media platform...
June 14, 2024
Two American tech giants are reportedly facing new regulatory challenges in Europe. One case involves Apple’s App Store, while the other centers on Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Meta AI. The Financial Times (FT) reported...
July 05, 2023
Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, which is due to release worldwide on Thursday (July 6), will not be offered in the European Union. Per a preview image of the app displayed in Apple’s...
