The European Union will clamp down on Big Tech companies such as Facebook and Google thanks to landmark digital rules agreement aimed at regulating online 'gatekeepers' that was agreed to late Thursday.
The European Union will clamp down on Big Tech companies such as Facebook and Google thanks to landmark digital rules agreement aimed at regulating online"gatekeepers" that was agreed to late Thursday.
The act, which continues to require other approvals before becoming law, would force the tech companies to have more stringent restrictions on how people's information is used for targeted online ads while also requiring different platforms to work together to make users online experience more seamless.
The new digital rules are a key sign of Europe's attempt to take the lead in restraining the power of the tech giants through stricter regulations on data privacy, antitrust investigations, and new rules pertaining to growing technologies such as artificial intelligence.
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