{"id":2780,"date":"2025-11-20T14:55:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T14:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2025-11-20T14:55:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T14:55:26","slug":"eu-moves-to-ease-ai-privacy-rules-amid-pressure-from-big-tech-trump-business-and-economy-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2780","title":{"rendered":"EU moves to ease AI, privacy rules amid pressure from Big Tech, Trump | Business and Economy News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Bloc proposes delaying strict rules for \u2018high-risk\u2019 AI until 2027 in bid to address concerns about lagging innovation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jp-1730786685-rotated.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 20 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">20 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The European Union has moved to scale back its sweeping rules governing artificial intelligence and data privacy in a bid to boost lagging innovation within the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission\u2019s unveiling on Wednesday of what it is calling the \u201cDigital Omnibus\u201d marked the culmination of a showdown between tech companies aggravated by red tape and privacy advocates fearful of an erosion of digital rights.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Under the reform package, the bloc would delay the introduction of stricter risk-management and oversight rules for \u201chigh-risk\u201d AI until 2027, and allow tech firms to use anonymised personal data to train AI models.<\/p>\n<p>The reforms, which amend the AI Act and several other privacy and tech-related laws, would also cut back on website pop-ups asking permission to use cookies and reduce documentation requirements for small and medium-sized businesses.<\/p>\n<p>EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said the changes, which need to be approved by representatives of the 27 EU member states, would boost European competitiveness by simplifying rules about AI, cybersecurity and data protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have talent, infrastructure, a large internal single market. But our companies, especially our start-ups and small businesses, are often held back by layers of rigid rules,\u201d Virkkunen said.<\/p>\n<p>Lobby groups for tech giants in the United States, where President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has been a vocal critic of Europe\u2019s regulatory approach, welcomed the move, while lamenting that the measures did not go far enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, the Omnibus misses critical opportunities to raise the outdated compute threshold for identifying AI models which pose a \u2018systemic risk\u2019, and fails to fix problematic wording on the extraterritoriality of copyright provisions, which conflicts with EU and international principles,\u201d said the Computer &amp; Communications Industry Association, whose members include Google, Apple and Meta.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, privacy rights advocates assailed the reforms as a capitulation to Big Tech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the biggest attack on Europe\u2019s digital rights in years,\u201d said Max Schrems, the founder of Vienna-based rights group NOYB \u2013 European Center for Digital Rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the commission states that it \u2018maintains the highest standards\u2019, it clearly is incorrect. It proposes to undermine these standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gianclaudio Malgieri, an associate professor of law and technology at Leiden University in the Netherlands, said the proposals marked a shift away from a rights-based approach to tech regulation that had distinguished Europe from the US.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf adopted as they stand, these reforms risk moving the EU model closer to a more permissive, industry-driven approach to AI and data use, at the very moment when the world is watching Europe to see whether it can offer a real alternative,\u201d Malgieri told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloc proposes delaying strict rules for \u2018high-risk\u2019 AI until 2027 in bid to address concerns about lagging innovation. 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