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The former Facebook employee is seeking to raise up to $5 million to create a group focused on social media accountability.

By making the new rules voluntary, the EU is reliant on the companies upholding standards they can walk away from whenever they want.

Voluntary rules to be announced Thursday will force Big Tech to take further steps to tackle online falsehoods, but smaller platforms like Telegram have yet to sign up.

The Moscow-funded trip was cancelled after widespread criticism in Rome.

In the select committee’s first hearing, lawmakers tried to connect the former president’s actions with escalations of violence during the Capitol attack.

In one corner of the EU, Putin’s propaganda machine is going strong.

From artillery strikes to Zoom calls, the tech billionaire’s internet service has become a lifeline in the fight against Russia.

If tech companies regularly fail to tackle terrorist content, they could face a fine of up to 4 percent of their global revenue. 

The chief operating officer of Meta, Facebook’s parent company, is leaving the company after 14 years of political tussles.

Boris Bondarev is the second high-ranking Russian official to quit since the war began in February.

Parliament’s security committee has opened a probe into pro-Putin disinformation being spread through news outlets.

Investigative journalists are training prosecutors. NGOs are sharing techniques. It’s a big test for Ukraine — and the world.

‘When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, we started battling on the cyber front,’ says digital chief Mykhailo Fedorov at POLITICO’s Tech 28 event.

The head of the EU executive is pressing forward with her green and digital agenda despite massive upheavals. How well is she doing?

If Musk’s offer to buy Twitter succeeds, he’ll inherit the content moderation challenges that come with a potential return of the rule-breaking former president.

Drawing the top stories around the globe.

The two-day EU-US Trade and Technology Council will focus on transatlantic pushback against the Kremlin, but tricky issues like how to deal with China have yet to be resolved.

Through YouTube and TikTok, Europe’s kitsch music contest is turning into a youth sensation.

French TV host says president got in touch after singer of the band Måneskin was accused of taking drugs.

Tell us who is shaping the power and politics of technology in 2022.

Parliament fails to approve motion to lift Róbert Fico’s immunity from prosecution on organized crime charges.

Move is designed to pile further pressure on the Kremlin.