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6th Jun 2023

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MEPs call for tighter Facebook regulation after leak

Two MEPs have called for tighter regulation of tech firms after a Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen, who is to testify in senate Tuesday, leaked papers showing it abused users' data. Haugen showed we must "not let large tech companies regulate themselves," Danish centre-left MEP Christel Schaldemose, who is rapporteur on the EU's new digital services law, said. "We need to regulate the whole system," German Green MEP Alexandra Geese added.

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Final steps for EU's due diligence on supply chains law

Final negotiations on the EU due diligence law begin this week. But will this law make companies embed due diligence requirements in their internal processes or incentive them to outsource their obligations to third parties?

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