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 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.

Google has officially rejected the European Union 's (EU) demand to include fact-checks in its Search results and YouTube videos. The tech giant also said it will not modify or remove content based on fact-checking results, Axios reported.

The new Code of Conduct by the EU aims to improve how social media platforms deal with content that violates hate speech laws in the EU countries as well as other countries

Google has reportedly conveyed to the European Union (EU) that it will not add fact-checking features to search results and YouTube videos. This clearly indicates that Google will not commit to implementing measures against misinformation as demanded by the EU.

Google’s Irish and US arms succeeded in obtaining an injunction preventing judgments obtained against them in Russia from being enforced in any jurisdiction except Russia.

If NATO countries sent their troops to the line of demarcation in Ukraine, the country would de facto become an Alliance member, states diplomat and advisor to the National Institute for Strategic Studies Andrii Veselovskyi in a comment to the RBC-Ukraine YouTube channel.

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During a recent appearance at the World Economic Forum, US President Donald Trump criticizes the EU for target US companies like Apple.

Hungary wants the European Union to persuade Ukraine to resume gas transit from Russia to Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday, signalling a tough debate as the EU seeks to extend its sanctions against Russia over the coming week.

The European Union has abandoned a plan to hold a leaders' retreat on defence policy at a chateau in the Belgian countryside and will hold the event in Brussels instead for security reasons, officials said on Thursday.