{
  "id": 12441758,
  "title": "Apple's Tim Cook praises EU over efforts to protect children online",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/apples-tim-cook-praises-eu-over-efforts-to-protect-children-online",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-06T18:33:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apples-tim-cook-praises-eu-over-efforts-to-protect-children-online/articleshow/134748682.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Apple's former CEO Tim Cook visited the European Parliament in Strasbourg to express Apple's commitment to safeguarding children online. Cook praised the European Union's efforts to protect minors and highlighted the significance of a harmonised, Europe-wide framework to ensure children's safety in the digital sphere. He welcomed the EU's KIDS Act proposal and the constructive conversation it has sparked among policymakers. Cook's visit comes after a clash between Apple and the EU over digital competition rules and follows Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's meeting with Cook in California, where he sought tech backing for child online safety laws and greater AI regulation.",
  "summary": "Apple executive chairman Tim Cook on Tuesday pledged the US giant would protect children online and praised the EU's efforts to ensure minors' safety after a visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The Apple chairman met European Parliament President Roberta Metsola earlier on Tuesday as well as EU lawmakers focused on children's safety.",
  "key_points": [
    "Tim Cook visited European Parliament to discuss child online safety.",
    "Cook praised EU's efforts to protect minors online.",
    "Cook welcomed KIDS Act proposal and EU's constructive conversation."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Tim Cook sold nearly $63.9 million in Apple shares this month",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/tim-cook-sold-nearly-63-9-million-in-apple-shares-this-month",
        "published": "2026-10-06T20:11:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}