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Is it time to add a Chief AI Officer to your board?

City Voices: Boardrooms must have the skills to grapple with significant regulatory developments in the field of AI

Evening Standard

EU ChatGPT Taskforce: a road to GDPR enforcement on AI?

The EU ChatGPT Taskforce has just shared the preliminary findings of its year-long scrutiny of OpenAI—and the results aren't promising for the AI giant.

TechRadar

Meta Shouldn't Force Users To Pay For Data Protection: EU Watchdog

Facebook owner Meta and other online platforms must not force users to pay for the right to data protection enshrined in EU law when offering ad-free subscriptions, the European data regulator said Wednesday.

International Business Times

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EU consumers challenge Meta paid service as privacy 'smokescreen'

Consumer groups from eight EU countries lodged complaints against Meta on Thursday, accusing the Facebook and Instagram owner of illegally processing user data and using its "pay or consent" system as a "smokescreen" for privacy breaches.

Radio France Internationale

European Consumers Challenge Meta Paid Service As Privacy 'Smokescreen'

Consumer groups from eight EU countries lodged complaints on Thursday against Meta, accusing the US company of illegally processing user data and using its "pay or consent" system as a "smokescreen" for privacy breaches.

International Business Times

EU urged to stop Meta offering an ad-free subscription service in the EU

While nothing new amongst online news and smaller social networks, the largest social media company in the world offering something like this sets a worrying, normalising precedent for a ‘consent or pay’ model when it comes to data privacy.

TechRadar

EU Watchdog Urged To Reject Meta 'Pay For Privacy' Scheme

Civil rights groups on Friday called on an EU watchdog to rule against Facebook owner Meta's scheme to let Europeans pay to opt out of data tracking, which they say violates EU law.

International Business Times

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Europe bans use of personal data for targeted ads on Facebook, Instagram

The EU's data regulator has banned Facebook and Instagram from using personal data for targeted advertising without explicit consent from users. To make up for an anticipated drop in revenue, parent company Meta will be offering paid subscriptions for an ad-free service.

Radio France Internationale

Meta fined $1.3bn over transfer of EU user data to the US

Facebook, Instagram owner says ruling ‘flawed, unjustified, sets a dangerous precedent for countless other companies’.

Al Jazeera

Meta hit with $1.3 billion privacy fine and told to stop sending Europeans' data to U.S.

The company could have to pull Facebook and Instagram out of Europe.

Fortune

Meta hit with record 1.2-billion-euro fine over EU data rules

Dublin (AFP) - Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced on Monday.

AFP

EU to launch AI task force as ChatGPT probed for alleged data breaches

The European Union's central data regulator has announced it is forming a task force to help countries deal with popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, ramping up the pressure on its US maker OpenAI.

Radio France Internationale

Twitter’s eToro deal gives a boost to #FinTwitter, but the deeper benefits remain fuzzy

Meanwhile, there’s significant news in Europe for Meta and OpenAI.

Fortune

EU privacy watchdog sets up ChatGPT task force

Paris (AFP) - The European Union's central data regulator said Thursday that it was forming a task force to help countries deal with wildly popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, ramping up the pressure on its US maker OpenAI.

AFP

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