US EditionItaly's privacy watchdog, scourge of US big tech, hit by corruption probe
Prosecutors probe alleged excessive spending and corruption by Italy's data protection agency leadership, risking its enforcement role on AI and Big Tech, agency fined OpenAI and blocked DeepSeek.
- On Jan 15, Italian finance police searched the Garante's Rome headquarters as part of an inquiry into possible corruption and embezzlement, Reuters reported with bylines crediting Marco Roberti, Gavin Jones and Susan Fenton.
- Allegations of excessive spending prompted Rome prosecutors to probe Pasquale Stanzione, Garante president, and three other Garante board members over possible corruption behind agency decisions.
- As a leading EU enforcer, the Garante has fined and briefly banned OpenAI's ChatGPT and blocked China's DeepSeek, reflecting its role as one of the bloc's most proactive AI regulators.
- Political pressure rose as the 5-Star Movement said the agency's credibility was undermined and called for Pasquale Stanzione to resign, while he told reporters he was `absolutely serene` and declined to comment on stepping down.
- Last week the Garante warned users and providers of AI tools, including Elon Musk's Grok chatbot, about deepfake risks, while Reuters' coverage highlights ongoing media scrutiny of the probe.
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Easy expenses and free airplanes at the screening of the pm of Rome. Guided by Lo Vi, to which the government took away the privilege of State flights.Pd and M5s shout at the scandal. But the authority elected them. The opposition calls for the dissolution of the Guarantor, but forgets to do self-criticism: the current composition was chosen during the Giallorossi government. In fact, in case of resignation, the appointment would be for the majo…
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Report holder: Incompetents and prone to politics. The Guarantor used as an armed arm against journalists.
Searches by the Guardia di Finanza at the headquarters of the Guarantor of Privacy in the framework of a survey of the Public Prosecutor's Office in Rome that has investigated the president of the Authority, Pasquale Stanzione and the other members of the Authority. Peculated and corruption the crimes hypothesized. During the meeting in direct streaming of the editorial staff of Ilfattoquotidiano.it, journalist Thomas Mackinson, who has dealt wi…
The experts of the Pef group of Finance in the offices of the Data Protection Authority on behalf of the Public Prosecutor of Rome. With the president of the Authority, also investigated Guido Scorza, Agostino Ghiglia and Ginevra Cerrina Feroni
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