EU leaders push Big Tech crackdown


(From left) Romania's President Klaus Werner Iohannis, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arriving for a roundtable meeting on the first day of a European Union summit in Brussels on Oct 1. — AFP

BRUSSELS: EU leaders will on Oct 1 back plans to impose unprecedented rules against big tech, promising to make Europe a global rule-maker against the likes of Google, Facebook and Amazon.

The leaders meeting at a summit in Brussels are setting the groundwork for an EU "Digital Services Act", a massive legal proposal expected in December that will overhaul the regulation of Internet platforms.

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