Category: Digital rights
Children are vulnerable consumers and need more protection on TikTok
It is good that the Italian competition and consumer authority (AGCM) has fined TikTok €10 million for dissemination of harmful content. More action is now needed.
Five Meta myths – what the tech giant gets wrong about pay-or-consent
Meta is unwavering in its efforts to justify how its pay-or-consent model serves consumers' best interests. Frithjof Michaelsen, from our French member UFC-Que Choisir, dismantles five of Meta's most pervasive myths on the subject.
Digital Markets Act: Is big tech attempting to thwart new EU rules?
Big tech 'gatekeepers' will have to comply with the EU's new DMA on 7 March 2024. But there are already signs some big tech companies might be trying to thwart the rules, writes Frithjof Michaelsen from our French member, UFC-Que...
Bursting the crypto bubble – why it’s time to act against social media platforms
The misleading promotion of crypto is rife on social media. BEUC's Andrew Canning explains why it's time to take action against the platforms in order to protect consumers.
Will consumers be able to choose what happens to their health data through the European Health Data Space?
From our latest medical prescriptions to our exercise habits, everything related to our health says something about us.
If Amazon is not a ‘Very Large Online Platform’, who is?
Last year, the EU adopted a landmark regulation which aims to create a safer and more accountable online environment for consumers, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA). But internet giant Amazon seems to be playing legal tricks to delay...
One year on from our complaints against Google and its fast track to surveillance
It is now one year since BEUC and ten of its members alerted about Google’s ‘Fast Track to Surveillance’ when consumers create a Google account, but little has happened since, write Maryant Fernandez Pérez and Sébastien Pant.
Does the Cyber Resilience Act protect consumer devices enough?
We live at a time when much of what we buy – watches, phones, fridges – is connected to the internet. That has also made us more vulnerable.
How to ensure consumer protection keeps up with the digital revolution
Updating consumer rights in changing times is essential, writes digital team policy officer Claudio Teixeira.
Why exempting small and medium-size marketplaces from checks on online traders is a bad idea
Laws in the EU that require seat belts to be installed in passenger cars do not exempt car manufacturers from the rules based on their size. That parallel might be worth remembering now the EU applies the finishing touches to...