Google announced its intention Thursday to flout European Union standards for digital fact-checking, opting not to build an internal department to moderate and verify YouTube content despite requirements from a new law.

The pushback comes as the emboldened leaders of US tech companies, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, have been courting President-elect Donald Trump, with Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg urging him directly to combat EU regulatory enforcement.

Google rejects EU's fact-checking requirements for search and YouTube, defying new disinformation rules. Google has reportedly told the EU it won’t add fact-checking to search results or YouTube videos, nor will it use fact-checks to influence rankings or remove content. This decision defies new EU rules aimed at tackling disinformation.

If the trend becomes entrenched, the Commission would need to reconsider its fact-checking demands, a source told Euractiv

Two of America’s Big Tech companies are opening the door to more “free expression,” even if it means more hateful content. But in Europe, Big Tech companies are voluntarily cracking down.

The World Economic Forum, colloquially called "Davos" after the location at which it's hosted in the Swiss mountains, is a yearly meeting of elites.

The European Commission is investigating the extent to which EU rules on crypto assets protect the redemption rights of the bloc's investors in identical e-money tokens (EMTs), the value of which is pegged to that of a single official currency.

Euro zone consumer confidence rose by 0.3 points in January from the December number, figures released on Thursday showed.

Membership to Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention would be ‘something we could consider’, says post-Brexit negotiator

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has formally launched an antitrust investigation into Apple and Google's strategic market status.

The chief executive of British Airways owner IAG has said it was poised to step up its pursuit of Portuguese flag carrier Tap...