| By Josie Koehler | The European Union Council approved a digital identity initiative to create an EU Digital Identity Wallet (EDIW) enabling identity verification and document sharing via smartphones.
China EU Privacy Social Media TikTok
March 7, 2024
TikTok and Twitter/X Draw EU Scrutiny Under New Rules
| By Loc Le | The EU opened an investigation into TikTok, the social media platform owned by Chinese internet technology company, ByteDance, for potentially breaching the Digital Services Act.
BYD China EU EV
March 3, 2024
China’s BYD Denies Subsidies Created Unfair Edge in EU
| By Linyi Zheng | The European Commission is investigating BYD and other Chinese EV companies to determine if tariffs should be imposed for alleged Chinese state subsidies.
EU Germany Italy Sustainability
March 2, 2024
Germany and Italy Halt EU Sustainability Agreements
| By Josie Koehler | The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive faces a setback just before the final adoption vote as Germany and Italy stopped the process.
China EU Privacy Social Media TikTok USA
March 1, 2024
TikTok Targeted in US and EU Election Year Scrutiny
TikTok is taking action to promote the app’s trust and credibility amidst US and EU election year scrutiny of disinformation and data privacy on social media.
AI EU Innovation Technology
February 7, 2024
EU Embraces AI to Achieve Digital Goals
| By Eliana Pisons | The EU has seen a significant surge in the adoption of AI among its firms with over a third of EU companies incorporating AI as the region works towards its digital goals.
Climate Environment EU Sustainability
January 24, 2024
New EU Law Empowers Consumers to Combat Greenwashing by 2026
| By Linyi Zheng | The European Parliament approved the new Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition to protect consumers from misleading marketing practices and aid them in making better purchasing decisions by prohibiting deceptive environmental claims.