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Platforms & Big Tech

Stamping out scams in New Zealand

The campaign reflects the greater global attention being paid to the role the telecoms, tech and financial industries can all play in detecting and preventing scams

Canada: A platform-funded lifeline for broadcasters

The Government’s moves to revive the domestic broadcast industry are part of its broader efforts to support a financially-stressed news and media sector

Regulating the resilience of communications platforms

Though outages to popular apps like KakaoTalk are increasingly disruptive, few regulators have so far enacted policies to improve platform resilience

Is a united approach to online safety possible?

While the policy position highlights the common role of regulators in making the internet safer, there remain challenging legal and cultural differences in defining harm online

The UK’s framework for regulating online platforms

Though the DMCC Act diverges in the details when compared to the EU’s DMA, the laws both reflect a growing global scrutiny for mergers and acquisitions in tech markets

Event debrief: CODE Talks on a More Competitive Europe

While panellists agreed on the importance of the DMA to CODE’s cause of openness, some doubt was expressed about the EU’s ability to implement the law effectively

France’s ecodesign framework for digital services

While regulators engage more with sustainability, delivering Europe’s twin green and digital transitions will demand more work to understand the environmental impacts of technology

German court orders Meta to pay DT its (fair?) share

Though the decision has been claimed by supporters of fair share as a win, it's unclear if it will change the course of a debate that has generally faded in Europe

Ofcom’s Children’s Safety Codes of Practice

The regulator’s guidance on protecting minors online comes at a time when some governments are considering prohibiting access to platforms altogether

Cloud market competition concerns in Spain

A complaint alleging anti-competitive behaviour by Microsoft reflects familiar anxieties about the dominance of US tech firms and Europe’s (in)ability to compete in digital markets