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TikTok could be forced to change app’s ‘addictive design’ by European Commission

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Preliminary EU ruling says app shifts brains of users into ‘autopilot mode’, with concerns for children and vulnerable adultsBusiness live – latest updatesTikTok could be forced into changes to make the app less addictive to users after the EU indicated the platform had breached the bloc’s digital safety rules.The EU’s executive arm said in a […]

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Elon Musk calls Spanish PM a ‘tyrant’ over plan to ban under-16s from social media and curb hateful content

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Pedro Sánchez says urgent action needed to protect children from ‘digital wild west’, drawing anger from owner of XSpain has proposed a ban on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against the technology, drawing personal insults against the prime minister from Elon Musk.The government is preparing a series of measures including

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French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit

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Prosecutors summon tech billionaire and company’s ex-CEO for questioning as part of expanded investigationEurope live – latest updatesProsecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X and summoned the tech billionaire and the company’s former chief executive for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime.“A search is under way

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Is it time to break up with US big tech? – The Latest

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With Donald Trump tearing up the world order, governments across Europe are having to confront the fact that most of the technology they rely on comes from US companies. French officials have taken a step this week to reduce their dependence on US digital infrastructure, announcing they have stopped using Zoom, the US-owned video meeting

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EU launches inquiry into X over sexually explicit images made by Grok AI

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Investigation comes after Elon Musk’s firm sparked outrage by allowing users to ‘strip’ photos of women and childrenEurope live – latest updatesThe European Commission has launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the production of sexually explicit images and the spreading of possible child sexual abuse material by the platform’s AI chatbot feature, Grok.The

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EU launches probe of Musk’s Grok AI chatbot over sexualised images

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The European Commission on Monday opened an investigation into the AI chatbot Grok over its production of explicit images, MEP Regina Doherty said. Grok, which is integrated into social media platform X, has been embroiled in controversy in recent weeks as it has complied with user requests to produce realistic sexualised images of individuals – including children.

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The year of the ‘hectocorn’: the $100bn tech companies that could float in 2026

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OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are rumoured to be among ten of the biggest companies considering IPOsYou’ve probably heard of “unicorns” – technology startups valued at more than $1bn – but 2026 is shaping up to be the year of the “hectocorn”, with several US and European companies potentially floating on stock markets at valuations

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My friends in Italy are using AI therapists. But is that so bad, when a stigma surrounds mental health? | Viola Di Grado

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State provision for psychological health services is lamentable. Until things improve, let’s not judge those who turn to an app for helpIt’s a sunny afternoon in a Roman park and a peculiar, new-to-this-era kind of coming out is happening between me and my friend Clarissa. She has just asked me if I, like her and

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Partly AI-generated folk-pop hit barred from Sweden’s official charts

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Song that topped Swedish Spotify rankings ruled ineligible after elements of song revealed to be partly AI-madeA hit song has been excluded from Sweden’s official chart after it emerged the “artist” behind it was an AI creation.I Know, You’re Not Mine – or Jag Vet, Du Är Inte Min in Swedish – by a singer

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TikTok to strengthen age-verification technology across EU

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Move comes as calls for Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow around worldTikTok will begin the rollout of new age-verification technology across the EU in the coming weeks, as calls for an Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow in countries including the UK.ByteDance-owned TikTok, and other major platforms popular with young people such

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