Bloomberg Google, Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc need to continue to boost efforts to combat disinformation on their platforms, the European Union said, as it repeated warnings it could introduce legislation. The companies’ actions helped limit interference in the European Parliament elections in May and provided greater transparency around political ads, the European Commission, the bloc’s executive body said. But ...

Bloomberg The co-founder of China’s SenseTime Group Ltd was visiting New York to encourage more collaboration with the US on artificial intelligence when he heard the news: The Trump administration had blacklisted his company. So much for more cooperation. Xu Bing, the 29-year-old co-founder, knew SenseTime was at risk given rising tensions between China and the US, but the timing ...

Bloomberg Pakistani traders and top opposition political parties are protesting separately against prime minister Imran Khan’s move to raise taxes, including by monitoring some transactions. Traders and retailers closed shops and businesses nationwide as part of the two-day strike, after talks with the federal authority over tax measures failed, local television channels reported. All businesses in port city of Karachi ...