European Union

Engineering work to redesign the cloud has already started, according to the company

AI systems that pose a clear threat, including those that manipulate human behaviour, opinions or decisions or enable 'social scoring' will be prohibited under the guidelines

If not, France will 'have to draw some conclusions about the European data protection framework'

The draft proposal would also ban algorithms that judge people's trustworthiness based on their social behaviour

Tech firms and industry bodies say planned antitrust legislation may arrive too late

Adding "friction" to online sharing could help to prevent the fast spread of fake news

The EU says a significant amount of data was stolen in the attack, which compromised German Chancellor Angela Merkel's emails

The bloc is reportedly creating a 'hit list' of 20 companies that will be subjected to stricter regulation

The European Union says the powers it wants, including the ability to break up large tech firms, would only be used in extreme circumstances

There are just four months to go before the system, which will police UK-EU trade, is set to be in use