EU to Introduce Regulations on Illegal Content for Online Platforms

The European Union plans to introduce in coming weeks new proposals aimed at changing behavior — and, in some cases, business models — at large online platforms, reasserting the bloc’s role as global tech cop. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, is completing regulatory plans outlining how online platforms should remove illegal content quickly and refrain from using their power to quash rivals or push their own products on their sites.