French Court Invalidates Under-15 Social Media Access Ban
France’s Constitutional Council struck down the under-15 social media ban as disproportionate and insufficiently protective of privacy in age verification.
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EU Court Recognizes VPNs as Lawful Tools
The CJEU held that VPN circumvention alone does not make otherwise effective copyright geo-blocking inadequate under EU law.
EU May Designate Roblox and ChatGPT as VLOPs Under the DSA
Roblox and ChatGPT may receive DSA VLOP and VLOSE designations, triggering enhanced EU systemic-risk, audit, and transparency duties.
Google Updates EU Hotel Search Results to Comply With DMA
Google’s reported EU hotel-search changes may respond to DMA self-preferencing rules by increasing visibility for travel platforms and hotel websites.
Commission Challenges TikTok’s Privacy Protections for Minors
The Commission’s preliminary TikTok findings show that easily disabled privacy defaults may not satisfy the DSA’s child-protection requirements.
EU Plans MiCA Review for Stablecoins and Tokenization
The EU may revise MiCA to regulate non-EU stablecoin issuers and address tokenized payments, deposits, and emerging payment infrastructure.
GDPR Cited as Key Barrier to AI Releases in Europe
A GovAI report links EU AI model delays mainly to GDPR uncertainty, raising questions about legal clarity, enforcement, and access to frontier AI tools.
EU Warns Meta Over Addictive Facebook and Instagram Features
The Commission preliminarily finds that Facebook and Instagram’s addictive design may breach the DSA’s systemic-risk duties, exposing Meta to fines of up to 6% of global turnover.
EU and Brazil to sign new Digital Partnership
The EU-Brazil Digital Partnership advances cooperation on data protection, AI, connectivity and online safety under the EU’s external digital policy
Apple blames DMA for delaying Siri AI in EU
Apple says DMA concerns will delay Siri AI on iPhone and iPad in the EU while macOS and visionOS access remains planned.