Tag: legislation
“It may seem surprising that American legislation requires manufacturers to self-monitor”
HASEven before all the recent accidents on planes manufactured by Boeing came to light, and the recent suicide of a whistleblower added a touch of drama, the Federal Aviation Administration…
Rape legislation: the battle for consent
SéVERIN MILLET In law, this is called a reversal. While for several weeks the government suggested that there would be no change to the law defining rape, the debate is…
MEPs adopt groundbreaking legislation on media freedom
The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted a “media freedom law”, the first legislation of its kind, intended to protect journalists, fight political interference in editorial decisions and increase transparency on…
Court overturns plans: Wilders withdraws controversial anti-Islam legislation
Court confiscated plans Wilders withdraws controversial anti-Islam legislation January 8, 2024, 10:27 p.m Geert Wilders wants to have the rights of Muslims in the Netherlands restricted by law. The country’s…
Apple wants to avoid European legislation on digital markets (DMA)
Alexander Schmid November 17, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. 6 The App Store, on an iPad © ymgerman / Shutterstock.com Apple wants to get rid of the Digital Markets Act (DMA),…
Apple and Microsoft start a standoff with the European Union to escape the new legislation
Apple and Microsoft are now doing everything possible to ensure that their applications do not fall under the definition of “gatekeepers” under the DMA framework. Specifically, the two companies are…
How Microsoft is taking advantage of legislation to make Teams pay a hefty price
Microsoft has been in the crosshairs of the European Commission since last month, the latter having to assess whether the integration of Teams with Office 365 was an anti-competitive practice.…
TikTok unveils its measures to comply with European legislation
While TikTok has until August 28 to comply with the new European regulations introduced by the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Chinese social network has just presented its measures to…
Ukraine’s smoking legislation moves closer to EU standards
Kyiv, Ukraine, September 13, 2019. SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP Flavored tobacco is now banned in Ukraine. A law, adopted on July 11, 2023, prohibited the production and sale of these…
“The abundance of European legislation should allow the digital consumer to regain control”
Ihe act of consuming has changed profoundly over the past decade, with the emergence and expansion of online platforms and marketplaces. This phenomenon has given rise to the emergence of…
Canada, a test for Meta against restrictive legislation
On the Meta stand at the “Game Developers Conference”, a video game trade show, on March 22, 2023 in San Francisco. JEFF CHIU / AP Nearly a week after threatening…
Meta: a thousand employees mobilized to comply with European legislation
Maxence Glineur June 26, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. 1 © kovop / Shutterstock Visiting San Francisco, Thierry Breton praised the efforts of the American company to comply with the new…