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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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Police Search X’s Premises in France as Prosecutors Summon Elon Musk

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The move followed a yearlong investigation into X and escalated a wider standoff between European officials and American tech companies over the regulation of social media.

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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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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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Elon Musk’s X Restricts Ability to Create Explicit Images With Grok

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Bowing to pressure, the company said it would restrict X users from generating explicit images of real people in jurisdictions where such content is illegal.

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California attorney general investigates Musk’s Grok AI over lewd fake images

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AI tool made by Elon Musk’s xAI makes it easy to harass women with deepfake images, says state’s top attorneyCalifornia authorities have announced an investigation into the output of Elon Musk’s Grok.The state’s top attorney said Grok, an AI tool and image generator made by Musk’s company xAI, appears to be making it easy to

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Macron and EU condemn US visa bans as row over ‘censorship’ escalates

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Washington accused of ‘coercion and intimidation’ after five Europeans behind campaign to regulate US tech giants targetedUK politics live – latest updatesThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the European Union have accused Washington of “coercion and intimidation”, after the US imposed a visa ban on five prominent European figures who have been at heart of

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Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators

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State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformationThe state department has barred five Europeans from the US, accusing them of leading efforts to pressure tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints, in the latest attack on European regulations that target hate speech and misinformation.Secretary

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This is Europe’s secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble | Johnny Ryan

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Growth in the US economy – and the president’s political survival – rest on AI. The EU must use its leverage and stand up to him The unthinkable has happened. The US is Europe’s adversary. The stark, profound betrayal contained in the Trump administration’s national security strategy should stop any further denial and dithering in

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