Cybersecurity and Data Protection

Denmark picks up the Council leadership baton at a moment of geopolitical volatility.

Trump is back — and with him, the risk that the U.S. could unplug Europe from the digital world.

A group tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted the capital of Tirana in retaliation for Albania hosting around 3,000 Iranian dissidents.

Defense alliance plans extra security budget boom — but who will benefit is still up in the air.

Organizations across the country are stepping up their vigilance as the conflict between Iran and Israel widens.

The 90-day extension marks the third delay in enforcing the law, as Beijing uses the popular app as leverage in ongoing trade negotiations.

Both Israel and Iran have powerful cybersecurity capabilities.

European Union is speeding up sluggish GDPR enforcement with “steroids shot” law.

Industry, lawmakers and safety campaigners begin new lobbying scramble as AI laws are revisited.

France faces a tricky legal and technological challenge to make a social media prohibition for under-15s happen. 

French president dials up pressure on EU over age verification.

French government also wants to ban websites selling knives to children.

Musk’s satellite internet company is in 130 countries, thanks in part to White House support. If he’s on the outs, then what?

EU to train with militaries, industry and NATO to better fend off large-scale cyberattacks.

Chief prosecutor’s email issues have spurred fears in Europe that Trump could trigger a “kill switch” through U.S. tech giants abroad.

Copenhagen sees stronger online protections for minors as a top EU priority.

Porn industry giant protests Paris’ measures to verify the age of users.

John Miller discussed exporting a sensitive encryption device from the U.S. to China in a blender, U.S. authorities said.

Beijing’s espionage on Dutch semiconductors and other high-tech areas is “intensifying,” Ruben Brekelmans tells Reuters at Shangri-La Dialogue security forum.

EU also slams Beijing for “malicious cyber campaign.”

The EU wants to compete with the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence. But critics say policymakers haven’t planned for the sector’s extreme water demand.

Calls for tightening of bloc’s sanctions regime after Kontron was able to export millions in sensitive telecoms tech to its Russian arm in late 2023.

Attacks ramped up after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

The EU executive is creating a new category of “small mid-cap” companies as it continues a deregulation push.