“Maybe prohibiting certain practices such as microtargeting at certain times, I think that’s the debate that we need to have on political ads.”
– Renate Nikolay, Head of Cabinet of Commission Vice-President Jourova.
Top Story: The use of microtargeting for online political advertising could come in for new rules as part of legislation being readied by the European Commission, it has been revealed. Read on for more.
Podcast: This week, we take a look at the Commission’s plans for protecting the future of platform workers in the EU. You’ll hear from Commission representatives on the EU’s future objectives in this field, and we also speak to Ludovic Voet, Confederal Secretary at European Trade Union Confederation on the need to better protect the workers of the gig economy in Europe.
An EU member state review
– Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President for Digital, European Commission.
Story of the week: Online platform giants will be forced to abide by a broad range of obligations as part of ambitious new plans laid out by the European Commission in its Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA) on Tuesday.
Under a new set of obligations as part of the Digital Markets Act rules, platforms will be banned from using data gathered on their core service to offer other services in competition with rivals and there will be prohibitions on certain self-preferencing activities.