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Promoting your product is fine, but not if it means throwing shade on competitors, according to the EU. The European Commission today accepted Vifor’s commitments to remedy potential disparagement of a rival product. Those promises are now legally binding and the Commission could issue fines up to 10% of Vifor’s turnover if they’re broken. Brussels worried Vifor had restricted competition by spreading misleading information about the safety of Monofer, an iron deficiency treatment marketed by the company's main competitor, Pharmacosmos. The Commission suspected that actions by Vifor, in some c...
Euronews (English)
Elon Musk hat die Europäische Kommission scharf angegriffen und behauptet, sie habe versucht, mit X einen "illegalen Geheim-Deal" über die Einhaltung der neuen EU-Vorschriften zur Verhinderung von Fehlinformationen im Internet zu schließen. Die EU-Kommission hatte am Freitag bekannt gegeben, dass Musks Social-Media-Plattform X, die früher unter dem Namen Twitter bekannt war, gegen das neue EU-Gesetzes über digitale Dienste (DSA) verstößt. Damit droht der Firma eine hohe Strafzahlung, wie die Brüsseler Behörde mitteilt. Der milliardenschwere Tech-Mogul schrieb auf seiner Plattform X: "Die Europ...
Euronews (German)
Elon Musk has hit out at the European Commission, claiming it tried to make an "illegal secret deal" with X over compliance with new EU rules to prevent online misinformation. It comes as the Commission announced on Friday that Musk’s social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, had breached elements of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). "The European Commission offered X an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us," the billionaire tech mogul posted on X. "The other platforms accepted that deal. X did not". In a separate exchange...
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Die deutsche Fluggesellschaft Lufthansa hat am Mittwoch von der EU die Genehmigung erhalten, einen 41%igen Anteil an der staatlichen italienischen Fluggesellschaft ITA Airways zu erwerben. Die Übernahme im Wert von 325 Mio. EUR wird es Lufthansa ermöglichen, ihr Angebot in Italien, einem der größten europäischen Reisemärkte, zu erweitern. Sollte sich die finanzielle Leistung von ITA verbessern, hat Lufthansa die Möglichkeit, sich die vollständige Beteiligung zu sichern. Monatelange Ungewisseheit beendetDie Entscheidung der Kommission, dass der Zusammenschluss keine Gefahr für den fairen Wettbe...
Euronews (German)
Airline staff representatives today (28 May) called for Brussels to act rapidly to allow Lufthansa’s €325m purchase of Italy's state-owned ITA Airways stock. The letter seen by Euronews adds to pressure on Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission’s lead antitrust official, as time runs out for her to take a view on the deal. “A quick and positive decision" on the merger can “signal that you, the EU Commission, are focusing on strength, competitiveness in a fair market environment and growth in Europe,” said the letter, dated 28 May and signed by 11 aviation unions including Germany’s ver.di...
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Facebook and Instagram are facing an investigation over whether they are having a negative impact on the "physical and mental health" of children. The European Union (EU) is investigating the social media giants over accusations that the popular platforms are too addictive and that children are being exposed to inappropriate content. In a post on X, EU Commissioner Thierry Breton said: "We are not convinced that Meta has done enough to comply with the DSA obligations - to mitigate the risks of negative effects to the physical and mental health of young Europeans on its platforms Facebook and I...
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The EU has announced it is investigating Apple, Meta and Google's compliance with the Digital Markets Act. If the Big Tech companies are found to have breached the regulation that aims to make the digital economy fairer and more contestable, they will have to pay hefty fines that could total up to 10 per cent of their annual turnover. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, Belgium on Monday (25.03.24), EU antitrust boss Margrethe Vestager said: "We suspect that the suggested solutions put forward by the three companies do not fully comply with the DMA. "We will now investigate the compani...
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The world’s biggest online pornography websites have been notified their users in the European Union may soon be required to employ age verification technology. Pornhub, Xvideos, and Stripchat face the heightened regulations, which will hit their collective monthly user base of at least 45 million in EU nations. A spokesperson for the European Commission told the BBC: “A potential solution could be age verification tools to prevent minors from accessing pornographic content.” They also suggested the upcoming European Digital Identity wallet would be used as a means for users to easily prove th...
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