The EU Ombudswoman opened an inquiry into the Commission’s failure to reply to a submission on ethical concerns about generative AI systems’ compliance with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The central issues of the inquiry include the failure to follow the law (Art. 4 ECGAB) and failure to deal properly with requests for information (Art. 22 ECGAB).
Author: Vilma Margarit
EU court adviser rejects Meta’s fight against EU antitrust demands for Facebook data
“In his opinion, Advocate General Athanasios Rantos proposes that the Court of Justice dismiss both appeals and uphold the judgments of the General Court”, the court said in a statement, adding that Rantos said in his non-binding opinion that the General Court “did not err in law in assessing the necessity of the information requested or in examining the safeguards for its provision.”
Source: EU court adviser rejects Meta’s fight against EU antitrust demands for Facebook data
German NGOs sue Elon Musk’s X again over election research data access
X (formerly Twitter) is being sued in Germany by NGOs over Digital Services Act obligations, for a second time. Researchers want access to platform data before the key Hungarian parliamentary election in April.
Source: German NGOs sue Elon Musk’s X again over election research data access
MEPs push to improve public access to documents across the EU institutions
MEPs want citizens to have clearer, fairer and more proactive access to EU documents to strengthen transparency, accountability and public trust.