Kremlin delivers warning to Telegram boss after Moscow terror attack – POLITICO

On Friday, at least 143 people were killed in an attack on a concert hall in Moscow. According to the Russian state-controlled news agency RIA, the attackers were recruited in a Telegram channel belonging to ISIS-K, an Islamic State group affiliate, which emerged in late 2014 as a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban.  Up … Read more

Europe wields new tech law to protect EU election – POLITICO

Some large social media, including Facebook, have been singled out for lacking enough content moderation in less-spoken European languages like Slovak. X, which is already under formal investigation, has slashed its content moderation teams. Under the DSA, major online companies have to meet wide-ranging requirements to crack down on illegal and harmful content, including with … Read more

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni called to testify in deepfake porn case – POLITICO

The lawsuit is meant to “send a message to women who are victims of this kind of abuse of power not to be afraid to press charges,” the lawyer added. A deepfake is an image or video that has been digitally manipulated to superimpose a person’s face onto another body. The technology has become increasingly … Read more

Alexei Navalny’s final plan to cause Vladimir Putin ‘maximum damage’ – POLITICO

Russian election: Alexei Navalny’s final plan to cause Vladimir Putin ‘maximum damage’ – POLITICO Skip to main content Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all … Read more

EU lawmakers adopt media freedom law – POLITICO

The new regulation was introduced by the European Commission in 2022 in response to creeping state control over media organizations and attacks on press freedom. The new law will ban governments from going after journalists to reveal their sources by deploying spyware on their phones, though some exceptions to the ban apply. It will also … Read more

Elon Musk’s X could face EU antitrust crackdown under new DMA rules – POLITICO

Under the DMA, companies can’t favor their own products and services over rivals through their platforms or use data they collect from those rivals to compete against them. They also can’t share users’ personal data with their different platforms without getting explicit consent. Now X, Booking’s hotel reservation platform and TikTok’s online advertising services may … Read more

US Democrats warn of grim future for US cyber agency under Trump

Democratic lawmakers are increasingly worried that former President Donald Trump will find a way to decimate the nation’s cyber defense agency if he wins a second term. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency — the main agency in charge of protecting critical infrastructure, like pipelines and hospitals, from hackers — found itself on Trump’s target list … Read more

Calls grow for EU farm chief to quit as protests spread – POLITICO

Kaczyński spoke to Wojciechowski on Friday afternoon and asked him to resign, people in the European Commission told POLITICO, adding that Wojciechowski was “seriously considering” doing so. Farmers in Poland blockaded roads and major border crossings with Ukraine on Friday at the start of a month-long series of protests across the country. The farmers demand … Read more

As Meloni embraces Africa, Europe holds its breath – POLITICO

Heavy lifting ahead For her plan to work and to attract the necessary firepower, expertise and resources, Meloni needs buy-in from the EU. European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, who could find herself in need of Meloni’s support after the June EU election to secure a second term, has confirmed she will attend the … Read more

Moscow mocks CIA for new bid to recruit Russian spies – POLITICO

The Kremlin has laughed off an attempt by the CIA to recruit spies from Russia via social media. “Somebody should tell the CIA that VKontakte is much more popular here than the banned X [formerly Twitter] and that VKontakte has a much larger audience,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday, according to state-run news agency … Read more