The ministerial statement reflects a growing appetite for an EU-wide limit on the ability of children access social media but stops short of proposing a specific age
US: Remedies in the Google Search case
Google’s avoidance of the most interventionist, structural remedies in the DOJ’s case against it herald an era of blunted ambition for global tech antitrust
The FTC’s warning on global platform regulation
The regulator’s strongly-worded letter suggests tech platforms may run afoul of US law if they change privacy or content moderation policies to comply with foreign legislation
South Korea: Repeal of the mobile subsidies limit
The law’s repeal offers another context in which the Government is seeking to carefully balance the promotion of competition with the protection of consumer interests
Funding the UK’s digital markets competition regime
With the new framework set to incur significant costs, the CMA has proposed that SMS firms shoulder the burden equally
Event debrief: DIGITALEUROPE’s Summer Summit and Euractiv’s Tech Policy Conference
While the EU’s platforms rulebook was generally deemed successful, future directions on AI and telecoms regulation remain contentious and uncertain
DMA: Apple and Meta receive first non-compliance fines
The EC has imposed the first fines under the DMA, showing its readiness to enforce its new digital rulebook regardless of political criticism
Apple: Competition scrutiny for privacy features
This most recent fine reflects an increasing skepticism in the EU around the competition impacts from Apple’s claims of its superior privacy and security features
DMA: EC advances proceedings into Apple and Google
In announcing the EC’s actions, EVP Ribera attempted to depoliticise the regulator's decisions, aiming to potentially pre-empt retaliation from the US
MWC25: Final reflections
The halls were packed, the production value was high and the on-site catering was expensive: in short, there were very few surprises
