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Australia Targets More Platforms in World-First Social Media Ban for Under-16s

TEC News / AFP September 24, 2025

The new policy widens the current list of regulated platforms—which already includes Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube.

Ensemble Pour la République's MP Laure Miller holds copies of a report to the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the psychological effects of TikTok on minors, at the National Assembly in Paris on September 11, 2025.

TikTok Rejects French Report Accusing Platform of “Harmful Content”

TEC News / AFP September 11, 2025

The Chinese-owned app manufacturers dismissed French MPs who called for a social media ban for those under 15.

“Chat Control betrays Europe’s self-professed image as a protector of human rights”—Free Speech Advocate Yaël Ossowski

Rafael Pinto Borges September 5, 2025

“Once Chat Control is implemented, it will mean that there is a legal process to mandate that all information be made available to authorities at all times.”

Risking Trump Tariffs, Poland Develops a Digital Tax Plan

TEC News August 27, 2025

In the absence of an EU-wide policy, member states are working out ways to make global tech giants pay their fair share—a move with the potential to backfire.

Workers enter a building on the Google headquarters campus on July 23, 2025 in Mountain View, California.

Prominent Catholic Blog Shut Down by Google: What’s Wrong with Big Tech’s Policies

Gaetano Masciullo July 27, 2025

The case of Messainlatino.it prompted Fratelli d’Italia MP Maddalena Morgante to initiate a parliamentary inquiry into the matter.

Germany Wants To Tax U.S. Tech Companies in the Name of “Solidarity”

Zolta Győri May 30, 2025

The proposed new tax does nothing to disabuse Americans of the belief that Europeans favor protectionism over free trade.

MCC Summit to Tackle Pressing Issues on Technological Advancement

TEC News May 14, 2025

The three-day event will be held in June in Budapest and MCC’s regional centres.

EU Denies Political Motive Behind Apple and Meta Fines

Javier Villamor April 25, 2025

Even sources from the Commission acknowledged that the EU’s Digital Markets Act is a double-edged sword, as it could be used for political purposes.

Algorithms and Egregores

Carlos Perona Calvete June 27, 2024

The data-driven economy of Big Tech is a demon UFO cloud that does not rain but abducts.

Brussels Takes Censorship Campaign Stateside in California Big Tech Tour

Thomas O'Reilly May 30, 2024

Other EU efforts to control narrative include ‘hybrid rapid response teams’ ready to counter unwanted campaigns and ‘hybrid threats’ in member states.

Tag: Big Tech

TikTok Rejects French Report Accusing Platform of “Harmful Content”

“Chat Control betrays Europe’s self-professed image as a protector of human rights”—Free Speech Advocate Yaël Ossowski

Risking Trump Tariffs, Poland Develops a Digital Tax Plan

Prominent Catholic Blog Shut Down by Google: What’s Wrong with Big Tech’s Policies

Germany Wants To Tax U.S. Tech Companies in the Name of “Solidarity”

MCC Summit to Tackle Pressing Issues on Technological Advancement

EU Denies Political Motive Behind Apple and Meta Fines

Algorithms and Egregores

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