Today we open cases against #Meta for suspected breach of #DSA obligations to protect integrity of elections: ▪️Inadequate ad moderation exploited for foreign interference & scams ▪️Inadequate data access to monitor elections ▪️Non-compliant tool for flagging illegal content

Today, Booking joins the group of designated gatekeepers and an investigation has been opened to assess X’ arguments that it should not be designated: ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

🚨Foreign Subsidies #SolarPower is vital for EU Economic Security 🇪🇺 We are massively investing in the installation of solar panels to decrease our carbon emissions & energy bills — but not at the expense of our energy security, industrial competitiveness and European #jobs.

🗳️ #UseYourVote or others will decide for you. 🇪🇺 The European elections are your chance to have your say on the future of Europe. 🔹Save the date: 𝟲-𝟵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 🔹How to vote: europa.eu/!tjbvqr #EUelections2024 European Parliament

🚨 Today we open formal #DSA investigation against #Meta. 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 Instagram.

We will now investigate in-depth: 🚩 Potential addictive & “rabbit hole” effects of the platforms 🚩Effectiveness of age verification tools 🚩 Level of privacy & safety afforded to minors in the functioning of recommender systems We are sparing no effort to protect youth 🇪🇺

Meeting in Brussels with EU Digital Ministers 🇪🇺 The 27 Member States have now unanimously adopted the #AIAct — about to become official law. Europe is speaking with one voice on AI. (And no, it’s not a cloned one.)

EU elections have started! 🇪🇺🗳️ My top 3 advice: 1. Go vote 2. Check out this playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/03HSr… 3. Vote #UseYourVote #Playlist

Quelle est la méthode de l’UE pour réguler #TikTok et les grandes plateformes? 📲 Réponse avec Thierry Breton dans un grand entretien + dossier L'Express ⤵️🇪🇺 lexpress.fr/economie/high-…

⚠️ Following a civil society complaint, in March we asked #LinkedIn to explain how they comply with the DSA ban on #TargetedAds based on sensitive personal data — like sexual orientation, political opinions, or race. 👉❌ As a result, LinkedIn has just announced voluntarily

“Act different” should be their new slogan🍏 For too long Apple has been squeezing out innovative companies — denying consumers new opportunities & choices. Today we are taking further steps to ensure AppStore & iOS comply with #DMA

The #DMA is here to give back 🇪🇺 users the power to decide over their #data #Meta has forced millions of users across EU into a binary choice : “pay or consent”. In our preliminary conclusion this is a breach of the DMA. Today we take an important step to ensure Meta complies.

Digital policy is about both daily enforcement and long-term vision 🇪🇺 Priorities of the #DigitalDecade to come: 🔹More investments 🔹Cross border cooperation 🔹Digital Single market 🔹Boosting take up of key technologies such as #AI and #Quantum ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

Back in the day, #BlueChecks used to mean trustworthy sources of information✔️🐦 Now with X, our preliminary view is that: ❌They deceive users ❌They infrige #DSA X has now the right of defence —but if our view is confirmed we will impose fines & require significant changes.

Le temps de cerveau disponible des jeunes Européens n’est pas une monnaie d’échange pour les réseaux sociaux⏳🧠 Nous avons obtenu le retrait définitif du programme de «récompenses» #TikTokLite qui aurait pu avoir des conséquences très addictives. C’est aussi ça, l’effet #DSA🇪🇺

The available brain time of young Europeans is not a currency for social media—and it never will be ⏳🧠 We have obtained the permanent withdrawal of #TikTokLite “rewards”program, which could have had very addictive consequences. The #DSA effect in full swing 🇪🇺

#TikTokLite 📲⏳🧠 Comment Bruxelles (feat. Thierry Breton) a signé une victoire éclair contre le chinois ByteDance. Décryptage Le Figaro Tech👇 lefigaro.fr/medias/tiktok-…

Le #DSA à soufflé hier sa première bougie 🎂👶🏻 Et il n’a pas attendu son anniversaire pour obtenir des résultats! 💬 “En un an, le DSA a produit ses premiers effets auprès des très grandes plateforme” Dossier Les Echos (feat. Thierry Breton) ⤵️ lesechos.fr/tech-medias/me…

Guess: who is on TIME's 100 most influential people in #AI list? Hint: “Few European leaders have spent more time thinking about the risks and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence than Thierry Breton ” Answer: Thierry Breton 👓👇#TIME100AI time.com/7012811/thierr…