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Meta is facing further EU action over its "pay or consent" advertising model on Facebook and Instagram on the grounds that it may breach EU consumer law. The Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network has written to the social media giant in a co-ordinated EU action led by the French Directorate

Mason Hayes & Curran has published a legal review spotlighting updates to EU consumer protection and product safety law. Now in its fourth year of publication, this edition of the law firm's Products & Consumer Protection Review analyses key developments shaping the sector.

The Irish government is seeking views on EU proposals to improve the working conditions of trainees. The European Commission's proposed Traineeships Directive aims to improve and better enforce working conditions of trainees and to combat employment relationships disguised as traineeships.

EU rules on collective redundancies still apply where a business is winding down as a result of the owner's retirement, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. In Case C‑196/23 Plamaro, the court considered whether a Spanish law excluding "cases of the death, retirement or inc

Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is breaching the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) by allowing anyone to buy a "blue checkmark" previously reserved for notable figures, the European Commission has said. Following an in-depth investigation, the Commission has informed X of its pr

A senator's proposal to impose strict age verification requirements on pornographic websites is likely incompatible with EU law, the government has said. Senator Rónán Mullen's Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill passed second stage in the Seanad yesterday and will mo

Apple is now legally required to provide rival mobile wallet providers with access to the contactless payment function on iPhones. The European Commission has made commitments offered by Apple legally binding under EU antitrust rules.

New EU rules on corporate sustainability reporting have come into effect in Ireland. The European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2024 require that all large companies and all listed companies (except listed micro-enterprises) report sustainability information in accordance w

Children should be banned from using social media until the age of 16, a newly-elected Irish MEP has said. Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, Fianna Fáil MEP for Ireland South and a barrister, said the European Parliament should introduce new age-verification requirements to protect children f

The High Court has determined that there is no entitlement arising from EU law permitting the child of a migrant worker who has exercised their right of free movement to apply for Irish child benefit in their own capacity. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger confirme

Matheson partners Davinia Brennan, Anne-Marie Bohan, Carlo Salizzo, Sarah Jayne Hannah and Michael Byrne consider a recent EU court ruling on GDPR compensation claims for "identity theft". The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in joined cases C‑182/22 and C‑189/22, Scalable Capital,

Meta's "pay or consent" advertising model on Facebook and Instagram does not comply with the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission has said. The Commission yesterday informed the social media giant of its preliminary findings that the binary choice forces users to consent to the comb

Microsoft breached EU competition rules by tying Teams to its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 productivity product suites, according to a preliminary investigation by the European Commission. The Commission yesterday announced it had informed the tech giant of its preliminary view that Microsoft gave T

A secret court hearing overseen by an anonymous judge has again approved mass surveillance of the Irish public for the next 12 months. A High Court order obtained by justice minister Helen McEntee requires communications service providers to retain certain data — including user, traffic and lo

The European Commission has accused Apple of breaching the Digital Markets Act (DMA) over the rules it imposes on app developers in relation to steering and third-party app stores. Under the DMA, developers distributing their apps via Apple's App Store should be able, free of charge, to inform their