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Anupriya Datta
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Tech policy reporter at @euractiv / Former tech advisor in the EU Parliament
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Anupriya Datta @anupriyadatta.bsky.social · Jan 7
On a personal note: I am happy to announce that as of January 2025, I have joined @euractiv.com as a Tech Reporter.
Please get in touch with everything tech-related here: anupriya.datta@euractiv.com
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The European Commission has opened a new investigation into Google over how the tech giant ranks media publishers’ content in search results under the EU’s big tech rulebook. @euractiv.com

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EU opens probe of Google over news site rankings | Euractiv
The Commission's new Digital Markets Act investigation will assess whether the tech giant is demoting news media content in search results
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November 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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An 🇪🇺 @viginum.bsky.social?

@ec.europa.eu is expected to suggest a "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by my @euractiv.com colleagues @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & @elisabraun.bsky.social

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EU pitches new agency to fight Russian disinformation and bots | Euractiv
The Commission wants a new "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by Euractiv
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November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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The European Commission is assessing whether OpenAI’s ChatGPT has become so popular that it should be in scope of the EU Digital Services Act 👇

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Commission checking if ChatGPT falls under EU online governance rules | Euractiv
EU users of the AI chatbot's internet search capabilities vastly exceed the 45 million+ monthly user threshold for the bloc's DSA rules for larger platforms
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October 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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EU to set up European Space Shield in 2026

The goal is to beef up countries' capabilities to protect their space assets, including satellites powering comms, observation, and navigation

written by @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & Joshua Posaner
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EU to set up European Space Shield in 2026 | Euractiv
The goal is to beef up countries' capabilities to protect their space assets, including satellites powering comms, observation, and navigation
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October 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Meta, Google, and Microsoft have turned their backs on the EU’s new transparency rules for political advertising — by banning such ads altogether — ahead of the law coming into effect last week.

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Big tech's political ad blackout tests new EU transparency law | Euractiv
Big tech’s retreat from political advertising tests how transparent EU democracy can really be
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October 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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The Commission’s digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, told me in an interview that the EU does not need to be “provocative” in responding to US criticism of the bloc’s digital rulebook, stressing that Brussels remains committed to fair enforcement. @euractiv.com

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EXCLUSIVE: EU digital chief says no need to be 'provocative' in face of US attacks | Euractiv
While Virkkunen stressed that the EU and US maintain close cooperation, she warned that all tech firms – including US platforms – must respect the bloc’s digital rulebook
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October 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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As Czechia heads to parliamentary elections on 3–4 October, the campaign has been overshadowed by a surge of online disinformation and doubts about the country’s capacity to enforce EU digital rules. @euractiv.com
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Anti-EU online disinformation floods Czechia before elections | Euractiv
Czech parliament failed to designate a digital watchdog for the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA), which populist parties in the country have branded a censorship tool
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October 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Major online platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube have been found to “wrongly” remove online content, according to a new transparency report @euractiv.com

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TikTok, Meta, and YouTube overturned in most DSA content disputes | Euractiv
More than 75% of content removal decisions taken by social media platforms were overturned via the EU's Digital Services Act, report finds
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October 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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In its latest swipe at EU digital rules, Apple says the DMA should be replaced with 'fit for purpose' legislation

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Apple slams EU's Digital Markets Act, calls for repeal | Euractiv
In its latest swipe at EU digital rules, Apple says the DMA should be replaced with 'fit for purpose' legislation
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September 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Tomorrow we’ll bring you the State of the Union live from Strasbourg...w/ me, @magnuslundnielsen.bsky.social and @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social on the ground, and the full brainpower of our Brussels newsroom. Stay tuned
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SOTEU2025 Liveblog: What's next for the EU? - Euractiv
Follow the 2025 State of the European Union speech with real-time coverage and analysis from Euractiv’s reporters in Strasbourg and Brussels
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September 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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September 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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How will Trump respond to this? @anupriyadatta.bsky.social has this huge story here. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
EU fines Google €2.95 billion - Euractiv
The US tech giant was fined for violating EU competition rules in the advertising technology market
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September 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Tech Commissioner Henna Virkkunen wrote an open letter on Monday in an attempt to defend EU tech rules against MAGA politician Jim Jordan, who is responsible for organising a US hearing that would have attacked them.

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Virkkunen defends 'sovereign' DSA, DMA against MAGA attacks - Euractiv
Virkkunen’s response comes a week after a MAGA lawmaker invited former Commissioner Thierry Breton to a US hearing targeting the EU’s digital laws
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September 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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The Commission's spokesperson for digital matters signalled a change of tone in Brussels today, publicly attacking the Trump administration for repeatedly targeting the bloc's digital laws with "nonsense" claims of censorship.
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August 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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The US House of Judiciary Committee has invited former EU Commissioner, Thierry Breton, to testify at a hearing next week that's set to attack the European digital rulebook as a threat to US free speech and innovation.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Andrew Ferguson, sent letters to 13 major US tech platforms on Thursday, warning them not to weaken US users' security or privacy by applying European and UK online laws, including the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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FTC chair warns US platforms not to weaken privacy by applying EU's DSA - Euractiv
In a letter to US platforms the chair of the country's consumer protection agency attacks European online safety laws – claiming they're pressuring US tech to "surveil and censor" US citizens
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August 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Google announced further changes to its mobile app store on Tuesday in a bid to avoid fines from the European Commission under the EU's Big Tech rulebook, the Digital Markets Act (DMA)
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Google revises its Play Store fees in bid to dodge EU's DMA - Euractiv
But the tech giant has warned the changes "could expose Android users to harmful content and make the app experience worse"
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August 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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The Netherlands’ competition regulator will meet 12 major online platforms — including TikTok, Facebook and X — on 15 September to discuss disinformation in the run-up to the 29 October elections.
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Dutch authorities to meet social media giants ahead of October elections - Euractiv
Authorities say the September roundtable will give a clear picture of tech firms’ plans to prevent disinformation ahead of the Dutch snap vote
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August 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🚨 Trump administration officially calls its diplomats pursue repealling or amending the DSA.

The @ec.europa.eu repeats: "EU regulations and standards were never up for discussion, and this will not change" in the EU-US trade deal.

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Trump administration dials up attack on EU's digital rulebook - Euractiv
US government also announces 100% tariff on chips, but EU says its earlier agreement with the US for a 15% general levy stands.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Exclusive: Rubio orders US diplomats to launch lobbying blitz against Europe's tech law reut.rs/4lYRn6A
Exclusive: Rubio orders US diplomats to launch lobbying blitz against Europe's tech law
President Donald Trump's administration has instructed U.S. diplomats in Europe to launch a lobbying campaign to build an opposition to the European Union's Digital Services Act, which Washington says stifles free speech and imposes costs on U.S. tech companies, an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters showed.
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August 7, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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The @ec.europa.eu reiterated that the bloc's flagship digital laws, specifically the DSA and the DMA, will not even be mentioned in an upcoming joint statement on the EU-US trade deal.

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US trade deal doesn't touch EU tech laws, Brussels vows (again) - Euractiv
Latest assurance from the Commission that the DMA and DSA aren't being traded away to appease Trump follows a fresh US claim – ahead of a joint statement – that they are still on the table.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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European countries are tightening age verification rules to protect children online, using a growing mix of technologies ranging from ID scans to AI-powered facial checks. 👇

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How European countries are conducting online age checks - Euractiv
Stricter online child protection rules are exposing regulatory divides between the UK and EU on platform age checks
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August 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Italy's consumer and competition watchdog has fined the online fast-fashion giant Shein €1 million after finding it had made misleading environmental claims.

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Fast-fashion giant Shein fined €1 million for greenwashing - Euractiv
The Italian competition and consumer watchdog's investigation follows similar enforcement on Shein in France last month and ongoing EU consumer law and online governance probes.
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August 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Furious at the shutdown of an online racing game, The Crew, gamers worldwide are teaming up to get the EU to regulate this notoriously lawless corner of the entertainment industry and make sure online games aren't abruptly pulled offline.

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Gamers flood EU consultation in push for rules to make sure the fun never stops - Euractiv
The public consultation on the EU's Digital Fairness Act has received close to 3,000 responses in two weeks – mostly from videogamers.
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August 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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The UK's internet regulator, Ofcom, is investigating four companies that run 34 pornographic websites over compliance with age check rules that came into effect last week under online safety legislation.
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UK probes 34 porn sites over age checks - Euractiv
Days after obligations kicked in under the UK's Online Safety Act, Ofcom suspects four porn companies of failing to apply highly effective age checks to their sites.
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July 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM