Halt illegal imports of conflict minerals from DRC, campaigners urge EU
Law to stop armed groups profiting from trade in gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum is being breached, rights groups say The European Union has been...
Category : Technology sector
Meta to push on with plan to use UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train AI
Move to use shared posts follows information commissioner concerns and sets collision course with EU over privacy Mark Zuckberg’s Meta is to go ahead with...
EU threatens TikTok Lite with ban over reward-to-watch feature
App feature could be suspended unless child safety concerns addressed, in first use of sweeping new digital powers The EU has said it will ban...
TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts
Irish data regulator says platform put 13- to 17-year-old users’ accounts on default public setting, among other breaches TikTok has been fined €345m (£296m) for...
Facebook owner Meta fined €1.2bn for mishandling user information
Penalty from Ireland’s privacy regulator is a record for breach of EU data protection regulation Business live – latest updates Facebook’s owner, Meta, has been...
Silicon Valley Bank: global banking shares slide as fallout spreads
Stock markets fail to be reassured by Joe Biden’s intervention, as SVB failure is followed by Signature HSBC to buy Silicon Valley Bank UK for...
Silicon Valley Bank fails in largest bank collapse since 2008 crisis
US regulators seize SVB’s assets after a run on the bank, as global institutions monitor situation closely Why did Silicon Valley Bank fail? US regulators...
