Hacker News with Generative AI: EU Law

Apple interoperability efforts under EU law falls short, advocacy groups argue (theregister.com)
Digital rights advocacy organizations contend that Apple has failed to comply with its interoperability obligations under the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA).

Apple, EU Law, Interoperability, Digital Rights, Advocacy

107 points by beardyw 2 days ago | 153 comments

EU court fines European Commission for breaching its own data privacy laws [pdf] (europa.eu)

EU Law, Data Privacy, Government Regulations, Legal Cases

6 points by impish9208 9 days ago | 1 comments

EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force (france24.com)
EU rules requiring all new smartphones, tablets and cameras to use the same charger came into force on Saturday, in a change Brussels said will cut costs and waste.

EU Law, Consumer Protection, Technology, Environment

276 points by belter 20 days ago | 400 comments

Roadblocks to Competition: Investigate Google's Non-Compliance with the EU's DMA (spreadprivacy.com)
Today, we are calling on the European Commission to launch three non-compliance investigations around Google’s obligations under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA):

Competition, EU Law, Google, Antitrust

3 points by impish9208 58 days ago | 0 comments

Meta fined nearly €800M for breaking EU law over classified ads practices (ft.com)

Meta, EU Law, Advertising, Privacy, Regulation

6 points by marban 65 days ago | 0 comments

The New EU Product Liability Directive: Software as a Product (taylorwessing.com)
Almost 40 years after it came into force, the European Union is undertaking a major revision of the Product Liability Directive (Directive 85/374/EEC). The aim of this reform is to adapt the standards to the conditions and needs of the digital single market. To this end, software will in future be considered as a product within the meaning of the Product Liability Directive.

EU Law, Software, Product Liability, Digital Market

5 points by walterbell 89 days ago | 1 comments

EU court rules Google must pay €2.4B fine (bbc.com)
Europe's top court has ruled Google must pay a €2.4bn (£2bn) fine handed down for abusing the market dominance of its shopping comparison service.

EU Law, Antitrust, Google, Business, Technology

9 points by gostsamo 130 days ago | 2 comments

EU Court: Apple received EUR 13B illegal tax subsidy [pdf] (europa.eu)

EU Law, Taxation, Apple, Business

74 points by flexie 130 days ago | 1 comments

Apple must pay 13B euros in back taxes, EU's top court rules (cnbc.com)

Apple, Taxes, EU Law, Business, Finance

612 points by kklisura 130 days ago | 687 comments

Telegram abides by EU laws, including the Digital Services Act (twitter.com)

Telegram, EU Law

131 points by bpierre 145 days ago | 135 comments

EU officials say X's paid-for blue check deceives users and breaks law (theregister.com)