At midday on 10 November, Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s high-profile enforcer of competition law, unveiled the p…
Google antitrust case could topple ‘monoculture’ in search, says former ad chief
“It’s not wrong to be big and successful,” says Sridhar Ramaswamy, founder of search start-up Neeva. “It is, however,…
Court ruling threatens EU’s mass surveillance regimes – and UK data adequacy
Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the mass surveillance programmes conducted by Bri…
Union urges government to reign in employee surveillance tech
Prospect Union is calling for the government to reign in employers using invasive surveillance tools – such as keystr…
EU draft rules strike at the heart of Big Tech’s business model
The EU is planning to force Big Tech to share its data with smaller rivals, according to a draft version of the Digit…
Why we must break the constraints of the industrial model of government
Covid-19 has shown the importance of a strong state, but also revealed a chasm between expectations and capacity. Gov…
NHSX launches recruitment drive for senior policy officials
The tech unit tasked with overseeing the health service’s digital transformation has launched a recruitment dri…
‘Taking funding from Big Tech is problematic,’ says first director of Oxford AI ethics institute
The inaugural director of Oxford University’s new AI ethics institute has signalled his opposition to Silicon V…
Will Facebook really pull out of Europe?
Facebook is threatening to pull the plug on its operations in Europe following a court order demanding it to stop tra…
European Commission pushes plans for AI legislation back to 2021
The introduction of landmark EU legislation to govern the rise of AI systems is a year behind schedule, it emerged on…