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  • Tech Giants Reshape Europe’s AI Act While Bans on Deepfakes and Nudifier Apps Hold Firm
EU Softens AI Rules After Lobbying by Tech Giants, Ban on 'Nudifier' Apps, Deepfakes Retained
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Tech Giants Reshape Europe’s AI Act While Bans on Deepfakes and Nudifier Apps Hold Firm
Founder News Team May 9, 2026 0

The EU has reached a provisional agreement on its AI Act, originally introduced in 2021, softening earlier strict proposals following…

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EU Softens AI Rules After Lobbying by Tech Giants, Ban on 'Nudifier' Apps, Deepfakes Retained
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Tech Giants Lobbied to Weaken the EU AI Act, But These Critical Protections Survived
Founder News Team May 9, 2026 0

The EU has reached a provisional agreement on its landmark AI Act, originally introduced in 2021, softening some compliance requirements…

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EU agrees to simpler AI rules and complete ‘nudification’ ban
Founder News Team May 7, 2026 0

Businesses and citizens want to ‘feel safe’, states EU tech sovereignty VP. European Parliament lawcreaters and member states have agreed…

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Dutch giant MN Keeps weapons ban while opening door to defence tech
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Dutch giant MN Keeps weapons ban while opening door to defence tech
Founder News Team May 7, 2026 0

Catch Martijn Scholten speak at our Annual Benelux Institutional Forum Dutch pension manager MN is maintaining a ban for its…

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EU progressing ban on AI ‘nudification’ tools
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EU progressing ban on AI ‘nudification’ tools
Founder News Team May 7, 2026 0

Artificial innotifyigence “nudification” tools that can generate child sexual abutilize material and explicit images of adults without their consent are…

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European Parliament backs EU-wide conversion therapy ban
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European Parliament backs EU-wide conversion therapy ban
Founder News Team Apr 30, 2026 0

The European Union’s top court on Tuesday struck down Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ propaganda law. Hungarian MPs in 2021 approved Act LXXIX…

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Europe’s Russian gas divorce enters its first legally binding phase today with a condensate ban that redraws energy supply chains
Founder News Team Apr 25, 2026 0

The European Union’s ban on Russian LNG imports under short-term contracts took legal effect on April 25, 2026 , today…

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NSA Already Uses Anthropic’s Most Powerful AI Model “Myhtos” Despite Pentagon Ban
Founder News Team Apr 19, 2026 0

Despite an ongoing legal dispute between the US Department of Defense and AI company Anthropic, the American innotifyigence agency NSA…

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Fico: Slovakia to sue EU over Russian gas ban
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Slovakia to take EU to court over Russian gas import ban
Founder News Team Apr 17, 2026 0

The lawsuit will be filed with the Court of Justice of the European Union, he stated, criticizing the procedure applyd…

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Europe May Ban American Pickup Trucks
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Europe May Ban American Pickup Trucks
Founder News Team Apr 9, 2026 0

America’s best-selling vehicles, full-size pickup trucks, could soon face a roadblock in Europe. A new proposal from the European Union…

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