Delano: Luxembourg real estate calculator and mortgage simulator . “Luxdata, a data analytics platform in Luxembourg, has partnered with Delano and Paperjam to produce a series of data dashboards on the grand duchy’s housing market ahead of this year’s elections.”
SolarPower Europe: New EU27 Country Level Solar Target Database. “SolarPower Europe has launched a National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) database. Our interactive tool sets out the true scope for solar ambition in the EU, country by country.”
UPI: European Parliament urges member nations to adopt TikTok ban. “The European Parliament is advocating for a ban of the popular social media app TikTok across all of its 28 member states. The governing body cited the possibility of foreign interference through the short-form video hosting service, in a report issued Thursday.”
Wall Street Journal: Twitter to Face Stress Test This Month, Top EU Tech Regulator Says. “A team of roughly five to 10 digital specialists from the EU plan to put Twitter, and possibly other companies, through their content-policing paces during a visit to San Francisco in late June, Thierry Breton, the bloc’s commissioner for the internal market, said in an interview.”
Reuters: Twitter likely to quit EU code against disinformation, EU official says . “Twitter is likely to pull out from a voluntary EU code of practice to tackle disinformation, but the move does not mean it will quit Europe, an EU official said on Thursday.”
Reuters: EU, Google to develop voluntary AI pact ahead of new AI rules, EU’s Breton says. “Alphabet and the European Commission aim to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) pact involving European and non-European companies before rules are established to govern the technology, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Wednesday.”
Agenda Georgia: New website on Georgia’s travel destinations, events launched by national body for visitors. “The new gateway features around 3,200 articles in both Georgian and English about significant tourist attractions, a calendar of interesting tourist events throughout Georgia as well as a centralised platform for intercity transport, plans for hikes and walking adventures, the Administration said.”
World Health Organization Europe: Physical activity in the EU: policies that make people happier. “WHO/Europe has created a new database in its European Health Information Gateway that shows what WHO-recommended policies have been implemented in the EU. Overall, there are 23 policy indicators for countries in the database, ranging from physical activity promotion policies for vulnerable social groups, through awareness campaigns, to funding.”
European Commission: EU Fishing Authorisations website launched. “Today, the European Commission has launched a new website on EU Fishing Authorisations. Users can now search for data on fishing authorisations that have been granted during the last 10 years for EU vessels fishing outside EU waters and for non-EU vessels fishing in EU waters.”
Reuters: EU draft rules propose tougher cybersecurity labelling rules for Amazon, Google, Microsoft. “Amazon, Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft and other non-European Union cloud service providers looking to secure an EU cybersecurity label to handle sensitive data can only do so via a joint venture with an EU-based company, according to an EU draft document seen by Reuters.”
AFP: ‘No time to waste’ on AI law, says EU’s Vestager . “The European Union needs to speed up work on artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, Commission vice president Margrethe Vestager said Monday, as policymakers wrestle with the risks from the emergent technology.”
The Verge: OpenAI’s regulatory troubles are only just beginning. “OpenAI managed to appease Italian data authorities and lift the country’s effective ban on ChatGPT last week, but its fight against European regulators is far from over.”
TechCrunch: How to ask OpenAI for your personal data to be deleted or not used to train its AIs . “While there are lots of reasons why individuals might want to shield their information from big data mining AI giants there are — for now — only limited controls on offer. And these limited controls are mostly only available to users in Europe where data protection laws do already apply. Scroll lower down for details on how to exercise available data rights — or read on for the context.”
Europol: International art trafficking sting leads to 60 arrests and over 11 000 objects recovered. “Law enforcement has arrested 60 people, and recovered 11 049 stolen artefacts as part of a major international art trafficking crackdown across 14 European countries.”
TechCrunch: EU warns Twitter over disinformation after Musk policy shifts found to boost Kremlin propaganda. “In a pair of tweets sent out today, Vera Jourova, the EU’s values and transparency VP, warned of ‘yet another negative sign’ by Twitter — accusing the platform under Musk of ‘not making digital information space any safer and free from the Kremlin #disinformation & malicious influence’.”
