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Europe denies dropping AI liability rules under pressure from Trump
The European Union has denied that recent moves to row back on some planned tech regulation -- principally by ditching the AI Liability Directive, a 2022
The European Union has denied that recent moves to row back on some planned tech regulation — principally by ditching the AI Liability Directive, a 2022 draft law which had been aimed at making it easier for consumers to sue over harms caused by AI-enabled products and services — were made in response to pressure from the Trump administration to deregulate around AI. In an interview with the Financial Times on Friday, Henna Virkkunen, the EU’s digital chief, claimed the AI liability proposal was being scrapped because the bloc wanted to focus on boosting competitiveness by cutting bureaucracy and red tape. The Commission published its 2025 work program the day after Vance’s speech — touting a “ bolder, simpler, faster ” Union.
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