European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen has hinted that banning TikTok in the EU is not off the table.
Speaking at a debate ahead of the bloc’s 2024 election, von der Leyen said that the Commission was “the very first institution worldwide to ban TikTok on our corporate phones,” reports Politico, adding: “We know exactly the danger of TikTok.”
👉🏾 @EDPS announced EU voice is closing
👉🏾 @EU_Commission has 100,000 followers
👉🏾 #EuropeanCommission social #ActivityPub account will primarily be on Threads
👉🏾 EU Voice should ask citizens & local businesses in #Europe for instance funding help
The successful #Mastodon and #PeerTube instances for #EU institutions run by @EDPS will be shut down on May 18th 😥
It seems that the #EuropeanCommission and #EVP have no interest in promoting independent, #bigtech-free and low-surveillance European platforms and thus a free and democratic discourse…
Unfortunately, the new software would merely "underpin" #OpenResearchEurope (#ORE), not replace it. ORE is proprietary software owned by #TaylorAndFrancis. When the EC called for bids on ORE, it did not require open code despite many calls to do so.
After months of wrangling, the #European Commission says it has decided to renew the license for the #weedkiller compound #glyphosate, approving its use in #EuropeanUnion countries for ten more years
@EU_Commission@EC_DIGIT R1 is looking to recruit a temporary agent AD5/7 for the IT Portfolio officer position.
The successful candidate will join a dynamic team that coordinates and supports the digital transformation activities in DIGIT, also having a strategic, bird's-eye view and coordination role on the of the directorate’s IT landscape.
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As von der Leyen visits Israel, is the European Commission overstretching its powers?
Since the horrific attack by Hamas on innocent Israeli civilians last weekend, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has expressed unambiguous support for Israel, without member states’ mandate, and apparently regardless of how Israel chooses to respond.
The future of Europe's wolf population is under scrutiny by the European Commission after a surge in wolf attacks on livestock across numerous countries.
A resolution adopted by the European Parliament late last year stated there were 680 farm animals killed by wolves in Austria in 2021, but in France in 2020 there were 12,000 livestock killed and in Germany nearly 4,000.
98 % der Europäer leben in Gebieten, in welchen der Grenzwert für Luftverschmutzung der WHO überschritten wird. Die Ursachen, Folgen und Lösungen einfach erklärt:
I — an #Android developer that is interested in #multiplatform development via #KMP — am looking forward to a future where I can easily sideload my small & free apps on iOS devices & distribute them through other stores w/o having to pay 100USD/year for an Apple dev account that I otherwise don't need.
Et voilà, c’est fait ! La Commission Européenne vient de désigner les contrôleurs d’accès (gatekeeper) du numérique, qui doivent tous d’ici six mois implémenter tout un tas de règles et de contrôles pour s’assurer qu’ils n’entravent pas la concurrence d’autres acteurs.
Bref, d’ici six mois (avant le 6 mars 2024), on pourra notamment installer une app sans passer par l’App Store d’Apple en Europe.
#EuropeanCommission study : “Over the course of 2022, the audience and reach of #Kremlin-aligned #socialmedia accounts increased substantially all over #Europe [...] The reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts has grown further in the first half of 2023, driven in particular by the dismantling of #Twitter ’s [now #X ] safety standards.” #Facebook , #Instagram and #Telegram are also critized.
The proposed appointment of Dutchman Wopke Hoekstra as European commissioner causes a stir.
The current Dutch foreign minister and commissioner appointed by the Netherlands to replace Frans Timmermans – the former vice-president of the commission – will discuss his future responsibilities today.
Hoekstra, who could be given the climate action portfolio, has been criticised for his lack of sensitivity to environmental issues.
Frans Timmermans, the man tasked with spearheading the EU's ambitious climate policies, has resigned from the Commission to return to Dutch politics in the hope of becoming the country's next prime minister.
Timmermans is to helm an alliance between the Greens (GL) and the Labour Party (PvdA) in the early general elections scheduled to be held on 22 November.
“We are ready to strengthen the cooperation with the #Philippines on #MaritimeSecurity in the region by sharing information, conducting threat assessment and building the capacity of your national #CoastWatch center and your #CoastGuard,” #vonDerLeyen told Marcos as she read a joint press statement. #SouthChinaSea