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Deal on EU tech rules possible by June, key lawmaker says

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Deal on EU tech rules possible by June, key lawmaker says

EU lawmakers and countries could reach agreement by the end of June on proposed technical rules that would force online platforms to better regulate the internet despite differences in their approaches, lawmakers leading the talks said on Monday.

The Digital Services Act (DSA) proposed by EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager forces Amazon, Apple, Alphabet Inc subsidiary Google and Facebook owner Meta to do more to deal with its Illegal content on the platform or face a fine turnover of up to 6% globally.

Vestager’s proposal, the first of its kind in the world, needs the consent of EU countries and lawmakers to become law.

“I’m optimistic that we can reach a deal by the end of June,” MP Christel Schaldemose said in an interview.

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Her comments came ahead of a second meeting on the issue with French digital affairs minister Cedric O and EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Tuesday. The third is scheduled for March 15.

Schaldemose said lawmakers want to expand what online platforms have to do, ban dark patterns that mislead people into giving personal data to online companies, and continue to keep companies regulated in their locations.

“We go into the business model of the platform. The committee is reluctant to go that far,” she said, citing the dark mode divide.

“The council wants the ban to be only for online markets. The council wants to ban all platforms.”

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Countries such as Ireland, where Apple, Facebook and Google have headquarters in Europe, and Luxembourg, where Amazon is headquartered, should continue to regulate these companies on a “country of origin” basis, Schaldemose said.

“We stick to the country of origin principle, not the Council,” she said, adding that the European Commission could also have a say, and EU countries wanted a bigger role for the EU executive.

EU lawmakers also want to ban targeted advertising to minors and ads based on sensitive data such as sexual or political orientation in order to comply with EU privacy rules, while EU countries have taken a less stringent stance overall.

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)

Tom signs Nolan’s next

This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.

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Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).

Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.

Tom’s busy schedule

Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.

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