
Politico Europe · Feb 23, 2026 · Collected from RSS
Countries shoot down a core part of Brussels' privacy reform at the earliest opportunity.
Ireland launches ‘large-scale inquiry’ into Musk’s AI bot Grok The country’s regulator probes Grok’s use of Europeans’ personal data to produce sexualized images. Feb 17 2 mins read EU Parliament blocks AI tools over cyber, privacy fears AI features on EU devices sent data to cloud, prompting the Parliament’s IT support to switch them off. Feb 16 2 mins read Europe’s open-border dreams meet German politics Brussels is preparing to scrutinize Germany’s border practices as Friedrich Merz’s government weighs whether to extend internal Schengen checks. Feb 13 12 mins read EU top court unblocks WhatsApp’s fight against millions in privacy fines Tuesday decision paves the way for WhatsApp’s owner Meta to challenge billions in fines. Feb 10 3 mins read