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Technology
The Commission’s Digital Fairness Act proposal targets subscription traps, deceptive sales tactics and addictive features, but isn’t law yet.
Gaming
The Digital Fairness Act draft would bar paid loot boxes for under-18s and make subscriptions easier to escape.
World & Business
Regulators want TikTok to give explicit user preferences more weight and make feed controls easier to use.
World & Business
POLITICO reports the projected shortfall includes €40 billion for defense and €30 billion for Ukraine’s national budget.
World & Business
POLITICO Europe reported that the European Commission rolled out an alternative to Microsoft Teams and quoted one official calling the tool “absolute sh-t.”
Gaming
IGN reports the European Commission is taking action involving nine video game companies over digital currency and in-game item pricing, tying the move to players’ rights, pricing transparency, and broader consumer-protection concerns.
World & Business
POLITICO reports that EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said Washington’s opposition to global AI regulations won’t stop Brussels from pursuing a new international safety system.
World & Business
POLITICO reports that EU national governments want to weaken a European Commission proposal tying fishing-industry funding to broader environmental objectives in the bloc’s next long-term budget.
Technology
Thurrott.com reports that Google is challenging EU measures requiring Android to work with third-party AI assistants and Google Search data to be shared with rival search services. Google argues the measures threaten privacy and security.
World & Business
POLITICO Europe reports that an internal document warned it was too early to call the 2035 target unachievable, despite automakers’ arguments for relief.
