Physical borders are a thing of the past, now Europe has to tear down the digital ones. At the same time as digital services are already easing the lives of millions of EU citizens the challenges of a connected continent are becoming ever more diverse, such as cyber security, digital infrastructure and superfast internet.
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A connected continent
From Yahoo to Uber, major hacks of data
The European Union's new data protection rules, which take effect on May 25, will give people more control over the way their personal information is used online.
EU: Almost half of member states could be late with new data rules
Europe's new data protection rules take effect next Friday with almost half of the Union's member states could fail to implement them.
Snapchat joins voluntary EU code of conduct to fight hate speech
According to the latest progress report on the implementation of the code of conduct, companies removed 70 per cent of illegal hate speech they were notified about.
EU wants 20-billion-euro investment in artificial intelligence
The European Union is targeting 20 billion euros ($24.36 billion) of investment in artificial intelligence by 2020
EU commissioner welcomes Twitter’s moves on political ad transparency
European Commission Vice President Ansip welcomed Twitter's intention to increase transparency in US political advertising and said he expected the same steps to be implemented in Europe.
Facebook says rolling out privacy choices under EU rules
Facebook says it will begin rolling out changes to how it handles private data this week to comply with forthcoming EU rules, with European residents seeing the measures first.