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EU tech regulation

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  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Business greets Biden, Vestager warns of patchwork tech regulation

    Company chiefs warn they will fight moves to raise corporate taxes and the minimum wage

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Big Tech told work with EU or face patchwork of national laws

    Competition chief Vestager says online groups should support Brussels if they want to be under single set of rules

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Biden inauguration, Yellen hearing, Vestager on tech regulation

    Joe Biden has a narrow window to get things done once sworn in as the 46th US president today

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    MEPs threaten Big Tech with sanctions if chiefs fail to attend hearing

    Silicon Valley executives may not appear at hearing on tax and competition despite threat of ban on lobbyists

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Brussels Briefing
    Tech on trial in 2021

    Bigger budgets for antitrust regulators will help ramp up scrutiny of internet giants

  • Sunday, 20 December, 2020
    Martin Sandbu
    Regulation alone will not strengthen Europe’s digital sector

    The EU needs more risk-taking capital and reformed product markets

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Apple Inc
    Apple Pay draws antitrust attention

    Fast-growing fintech business is likely to be tech group’s next regulatory battleground

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    Brussels Briefing
    Brussels’ plans to tackle digital ‘gatekeepers’ spark fevered debate Premium

    Commission’s proposed Digital Markets Act divides opinion and tees up legislative battles

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    #techFT
    Big Tech’s duty of care on content

    Uber charges for benefits, Europe’s cyber shield, Xmas gadget gifts

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  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    EU warns that it may break up Big Tech companies

    Repeat offences under new rules will trigger action to force divestments, Brussels warns

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    EU needs new teeth as watchdog of Big Tech

    Brussels is right to update its toolbox but is at risk of overreaching

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    Twitter Inc
    Twitter fined €450,000 by Irish data regulator

    Social media platform hit with penalty for GDPR breach under new EU privacy regime

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    Big tech
    Tech companies face multibillion-pound UK fines over harmful content

    Long-awaited legislation will set out new duty-of-care requirements for online platforms

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Brussels Briefing
    Brussels faces reality check as it prepares to overhaul tech rules

    Announcement of proposed digital legislation just the beginning of the battle

  • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
    Rana Foroohar
    The Federal Trade Commission strikes back against Facebook

    Regulators can move fast and break things too

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Big Tech faces its Standard Oil moment

    Allowing new innovative competitors to emerge is critical

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    Big tech
    EU to tell Big Tech to police internet or face large fines

    FT Exclusive: Confidential draft regulation sets penalties of up to 6% of annual turnover

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain gears up to take on Big Tech

    Regulator says traditional tools are not suitable for digital platforms

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    EU vs Big Tech: Brussels’ bid to weaken the digital gatekeepers

    Regulators will unveil bills to curb the power of Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook. Do they have any chance of success?

  • Sunday, 6 December, 2020
    Rana Foroohar
    A transatlantic effort to take on Big Tech

    The monopoly power of the sector has grown during the pandemic

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Brussels looks to impose two-tier Big Tech regulation

    EU leans towards adopting ‘asymmetric measures’ to enforce policing of online content

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    EU aims to stop online platforms getting too big for their boots

    Brussels competition chief proposes laws to curtail operators that will stop them crushing rivals

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    John Thornhill
    Europe needs to build the digital future not just bash Big Tech

    Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager will require all her ingenuity to change data economy rules

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    EU has been too slow to tame Big Tech, says bloc’s auditor

    Competition investigations are too slow and remedies have not worked, report claims

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    EU too slow on tech taming,737 Max returns, UK green economy

    The EU’s external auditor finds Brussels has not tamed Big Tech because it has moved too slowly

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