Tag: EU
EU Watchdogs Probe Vivendi For Gun-Jumping Lagardere Acquisition
The European Commission is investigating whether Vivendi violated antitrust laws by completing its acquisition of Lagardere without obtaining regulatory approval.
The EU antitrust watchdog has...
EU Commission Closes Antitrust Probe In Wood Pulp Sector
The European Commission announced on Thursday that it had concluded an antitrust investigation in the wood pulp industry due to insufficient evidence to continue...
EU Bans Biometrics As Part Of New AI Rules
Europe is leading the world in the push to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), with the European Union (EU) taking a proactive approach to ensuring...
EU Says Google Breached Antitrust Laws In Ad Tech
Google is once again facing allegations that its ad business constitutes a monopoly.
The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday (June 14) announced that a preliminary investigation suggests that the tech...
EU Regulator May Demand Breakup Of Google Ad-Tech Business
According to a source with direct knowledge of the matter, European Union antitrust regulators are considering the possibility of ordering Alphabet Inc's Google to...
EU Deepens Probe Into Booking.com’s €1.6B ETraveli Deal
The antitrust regulators of the European Union issued a warning on Friday regarding Booking Holdings' proposed acquisition of ETraveli, which could potentially increase the...
UBS Calls EU Cartel Fine Too High & ‘Arbitrary’
UBC has expressed criticism towards EU antitrust regulators regarding the calculation of their 172.4-million-euro cartel fine. They claim that the figure was arbitrary and...
EU Commission OKS $8.7B Of State Aid For New Tech
The European Commission has granted 8.1 billion euros ($8.7 billion) of state aid to support microelectronics and communication technology projects, in line with the...
EU Regulators Raid Synthetic Turf Makers
On Wednesday, the antitrust watchdog of the European Union conducted raids on companies involved in the synthetic turf industry across multiple EU countries, due...
EU Official Says AI Firms Must Help Block ‘Malicious Actors’
Should artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content be labeled as such?
If that content could be used to spread disinformation, then the answer is yes, European Commission deputy...