Tag: Gafa
Meta group’s social networks accessible again after global outage
Meta’s social networks and messaging services – Facebook, Instagram and Messenger – were affected this Tuesday, March 5, since 3:30 p.m. UT, by a series of outages worldwide. This is…
the Digital Services Act now extends to all companies in the information space
In 2022, the European Commission adopted the Digital Services Regulation, better known as the Digital Services Act or DSA. This European regulation, which comes into force on February 17, imposes…
competition between web giants is intensifying
Competition between Gafam (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft) regarding artificial intelligence is intensifying. Amazon announced on September 25 that it would invest four billion dollars in Anthropic, an American…
The European Union takes on internet giants and strengthens competition rules
This Tuesday, the European Commission published the names of the six companies that will have to comply with the new operating rules on the internet. Among them are Bytedance, the…
The US Supreme Court rules in favor of the tech giants in the face of victims of attacks
This is a file that was very followed in the American tech sector. Google, Facebook and Twitter cannot be sued by victims of attacks who accuse them of having helped…
Apple invests one billion euros in the design of electronic chips in Germany
Apple will inject an additional billion euros to expand its chip design center in Munich. This is where the American tech giant set up the headquarters of its “Silicon Design…
Joe Biden calls for unity against Gafa abuses
The American president is calling for bipartisan unity to better regulate the technology sector. Joe Biden wants to better control the giants of the sector and he writes about it…
YouTube, Meta and Microsoft pledge to expand their fight against online extremism
Big tech companies have pledged to take further action to counter extremism online by removing more violent content and promoting media literacy among young users. As part of a summit…
fear of the use of personal data collected on the Net
After the US Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to revoke the federal right to abortion, elected officials and associations have called on major technology platforms to better protect personal data.…
Amazon, Google, Facebook … In the United States, the organized struggle of the Gafa against the unions
“It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” Despite the disappointment, Christian Smalls wants to keep his head held high. On Monday May 2, the emblematic leader of the Amazon Labor Union…