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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13433

18 June 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 38
SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital
Meta abandons utilising users’ personal data to train its AI model
Brussels, 17/06/2024 (Agence Europe)

Ten days after complaints were filed in eleven EU countries by Noyb, the Austrian privacy protection association (see EUROPE B13428A11), the Meta group announced in a press release on Friday 14 June that it was suspending the development of its artificial intelligence model.

From 26 June, the platform planned to utilise its users’ public messages, posted photos and other personal browsing data to train its future AI technology.

Noyb, for its part, considered that Meta could retrieve...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
EP2024: end of June target for an agreement at European Council on senior European posts
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: Council of European Union formally adopts regulation on nature restoration
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council adopts position on soil monitoring directive to make soil healthy by 2050
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council adopts position on Waste Directive
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council adopts its position on green claims directive
CLIMATE: 2040 target, EU ministers support ambition, emphasising competitiveness, just transition and regulatory simplification
CLIMATE: more than 400 stakeholders call on European leaders to place ‘Green Deal’ high up on their strategic agenda for new mandate
SEA: EU ready to ratify UN High Seas Treaty
TRANSPORT: maritime safety, river information and rail capacity on agenda of European Council of Ministers
TRANSPORT: EU Council validates revision of TEN-T network guidelines
MIGRATION: according to European Union Agency for Asylum, Member States have better managed increase in asylum applications lodged in 2023
DIGITAL: Meta abandons utilising users’ personal data to train its AI model
RESEARCH: ERAC puts forward four main recommendations to make European Research Area a reality
HEALTH: EU Council calls for a mechanism to monitor demand and supply of medical radioisotopes
COHESION: CoR President asks President von der Leyen to clarify her intentions regarding Cohesion Policy
REGIONS: thirteen EU capital cities and regions want to influence debate on cohesion policy
AGRICULTURE: oriGIn EU calls for institutional support for GIs to be considered as strategic products for EU
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: Member States agree in principle on negotiating frameworks for Ukraine and Moldova
CHINA: EU recommends that China reassess its national security framework to ensure respect for human rights
CHINA: Beijing opens anti-dumping investigation into European pork meat
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: more than 80 states and international organisations underline their support for respect for international law
CRIMEA: EU extends sanctions linked to illegal annexation of Crimea for another year
ECONOMY: G7 countries formalise additional $50 billion in loans to Kyiv
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: support for Ukraine, Orbán pledges support for Rutte as NATO Secretary General in exchange for Hungary’s non-participation in NATO efforts
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: green light for €570 million Italian measure to offer cleaner energy to ships at berth
EP2024
EP2024: falsely historic European elections bring little change, says FEPS
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Michael O’Flaherty calls on Finland not to adopt draft act on instrumentalised migration
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Committee of Regions commission for natural resources meets with chairman of strategic dialogue on future of agriculture
HUMANITARIAN AID: Hadja Lahbib describes Israeli army’s announcement of pause in operations as “first step”
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Finland nominates Henna Virkkunen as candidate for post of European Commissioner
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Slovakia renominates Maroš Šefčovič as candidate for European Commissioner post
ECONOMY: EU Council asked to approve revised Irish recovery plan
ECONOMY: establishment of Ukraine Facility Audit Board
IRAN: EU welcomes release of Johan Floderus
MEDIA: Commission grants €9.5 million to extend EU news coverage
DIGITAL: two positions still to be filled on Commission’s AI Office
SOMALIA : entry into force of new European sanctions against three members of Al-Shabaab
YEMEN: EU condemns detention of members of United Nations, NGOs and diplomatic missions by Houthis