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  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Europe Express
    EU leaders warn Boris Johnson ‘not to touch’ Northern Ireland protocol Premium content

    UK gamble could not come at a worse moment for Europe

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Technology regulation
    UK ministers ditch plans to empower tech regulator

    Government not expected to include legislation to beef up CMA’s digital markets unit in Queen’s Speech

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Shoshana Zuboff
    The EU has fired the starting gun in the fightback against Big Tech

    Brussels’ Digital Services Act presages a sea change in regulation and democratic accountability

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Apple charged by Brussels with abusing its market power in mobile payments

    EU preliminary findings say US group limits rivals’ access to ‘tap and go’ technology

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Europe Express
    Why for some EU capitals, Russian oil is thicker than blood Premium content

    Options on how to curtail Putin’s oil revenues likely to be finalised tomorrow

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Apple Inc
    Apple to face fresh antitrust charges in Brussels

    EU will accuse tech giant of blocking financial groups from its Apple Pay mobile system

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Europe Express
    Germany accelerates decoupling from Russian oil Premium content

    Energy minister says independence from Russian imports could be achieved ‘within days’

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Twitter Inc
    EU warns Elon Musk over Twitter moderation plans

    EU commissioner Thierry Breton tells Tesla chief executive: ‘Elon, there are rules’

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Emmanuel Macron elected to second term as French president

    EU approves groundbreaking rules to police Big Tech platforms

  • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
    EU approves groundbreaking rules to police Big Tech platforms

    Companies such as Google and Facebook must moderate content more actively in regulatory clampdown

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    EU to unveil law to force Big Tech to police illegal content

    Digital Services Act lays out rules for technology groups to keep users safe online

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Marietje Schaake
    Privacy concerns should not block EU’s attempts to curb big tech power

    While there are details to come about combining security and competition in the Digital Markets Act, it is not mission impossible

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The EU tries to loosen Big Tech’s grip

    The Digital Markets Act is a welcome attempt to curb monopolistic business models

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    Big Tech attacks tough EU measures aimed at tackling its market power

    Apple and Google criticise newly unveiled Digital Markets Act that will force a radical overhaul of their global operations

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    Europe Express
    EU leaders split on where to go next on Russia sanctions Premium content

    Polish and Baltic leaders join Ukrainian president in call for energy sanctions

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Big tech
    EU to unveil landmark legislation to tackle market power of Big Tech

    Digital Markets Act now expected to target core online platforms with market cap of at least €75bn

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    The Big Read
    How Big Tech lost the antitrust battle with Europe

    Brussels is set to finalise stringent new legislation targeting Silicon Valley giants, whose desperate lobbying has fallen on deaf ears

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    Europe Express
    Quo vadis Nato after Russia’s war in Ukraine? Premium content

    Militarisation of eastern flank likely to continue no matter how conflict ends

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
    EU and UK open antitrust probe into Google and Meta over online ads

    Europe’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager tells FT that ‘Jedi Blue’ deal represents ‘giant problem’ in industry

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    EU-US data wrangle tests digital sovereignty

    Brussels unveils push to protect industrial information from foreign government surveillance

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    Europe Express
    Can Europe survive without Russian gas? Premium content

    Gas-rich Azerbaijan and Qatar pour cold water on EU’s contingency plans

  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
    Europe Express
    Google faces fresh competition complaint over adtech Premium content

    European media groups join forces against US tech giant

  • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Horatio Clare on the UK migrant crisis and Dover

    The US is lobbying Brussels to water down the effect of EU regulations targeting Big Tech companies

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    InterviewInformation Commissioner's Office
    UK seeks leadership role in global privacy, says new watchdog head

    Information commissioner believes ‘friction’ in EU data rules gives post-Brexit opportunity to take on Big Tech

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    German publishers oppose Google plan to phase out third-party cookies

    Axel Springer among the media groups demanding that Brussels intervene on search giant’s plan

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