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Four major online porn platforms including Pornhub are facing EU investigations over their alleged failure to prevent children from accessing adult content. The European Commission has opened formal proceedings against Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for suspected breaches of the Digital

The European Commission has formally approved a new EU-UK competition cooperation agreement struck last year. The new agreement will put in place a clear framework for cooperation on competition matters between the Commission and EU member states' competition authorities and the UK's Competition and

The European Commission has invited comments on commitments offered by Microsoft in response to competition concerns relating to Teams and its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites. A formal investigation launched by the Commission in July 2023 led to its announcement last summer of its preliminary fi

Draft plans for the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights are like a “three-dimensional puzzle”, and the careful managing of delicate relationships will be needed to avoid tensions between countries and the respective courts, an expert has said. The Treaty of Li

TikTok has been accused by the European Commission of breaching advertising transparency rules in the Digital Services Act (DSA). Following the launch of an investigation in February 2024, the Commission last week informed TikTok of its preliminary view that its advertisement repository falls short

The General Court of the European Union has annulled a decision by the European Commission to refuse a journalist's request for access to text messages exchanged between Ursula von der Leyen and the CEO of Pfizer. The New York Times journalist Matina Stevi submitted an application under th

A video game company is facing EU enforcement action for allegedly pressuring children to buy virtual currency. The enforcement action taken by the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network and co-ordinated by the European Commission follows a complaint to a Swedish watchdog concerning the game

The UK has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for its alleged failure to comply with EU law on free movement of EU citizens and their family members at the end of 2020. The European Commission believes there were several shortcomings in the UK's implementation of the

Meta has been fined nearly €800 million by the European Commission for competition law breaches related to Facebook Marketplace. According to the Commission, Meta abused its dominant position in the market for personal social networks by tying Facebook Marketplace to Facebook.

The European Commission has opened formal proceedings against Chinese e-commerce giant Temu under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The probe will assess whether Temu may have breached the DSA in areas linked to the sale of illegal products, the potentially addictive design of the service, the systems

Businesses in Scotland are experiencing “significant challenges” in exporting goods to the EU as a result of considerable non-tariff barriers which have arisen due to the post-Brexit UK-EU trading relationship, according to a new report by Holyrood's Constitution, Europe, External Affair

EU member states have made progress in addressing rule of law issues over the past year, according to the European Commission's latest annual rule of law report. More than two-thirds (68 per cent) of the recommendations issued in the 2023 report have been fully or partially addressed, the report say

Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is breaching the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) by allowing anyone to buy a "blue checkmark" previously reserved for notable figures, the European Commission has said. Following an in-depth investigation, the Commission has informed X of its pr

The European Union is to use interest accrued from frozen Russian assets worth around €210 billion to support Ukraine. The decision by the EU's General Affairs Council will benefit Ukraine to the tune of between €2.5 billion and €3 billion per year.

The European Commission has opened a second set of formal proceedings against TikTok under the Digital Services Act (DSA) in relation to a 'task and reward' programme which it says "could be as toxic and addictive as cigarettes". Under the DSA, designated very large online platforms (VLOPs) such as