Digital policy

Data Act: main discussion points

How must a fair data law be structured to get data traffic moving and promote innovation? Negotiations on the Data Act are currently underway – and the industry has formulated clear demands.

By Corinna Visser

Chips Act: Member states reach agreement

By Till Hoppe

CSAM regulation: much discussion, little progress

What may, what must providers do to take action against depictions of sexual abuse? Neither the Council nor Parliament are in any great hurry to negotiate the dossier. Too many questions surrounding "chat control" have yet to be clarified.

By Falk Steiner

AI Act still about details

By Corinna Visser

Digital Markets Act: current implementation status

The EU Commission is currently creating the internal structures to enforce the new competition rules for digital groups. Informal talks with the companies are already underway. There is little room left for national competition regulators.

By Till Hoppe

Permanent representatives to vote on AI Act today

By Corinna Visser

Digital Services Act: These are the first steps

The DSA is supposed to bring more transparency and control over what happens on major online platforms and search engines. To achieve this, the Commission needs new staff and is therefore establishing a new team of experts.

By Corinna Visser

Dark patterns – the dark side of cookies

Cookie banners and consent have been a political and legal bone of contention for years. Controversial influencing techniques, the so-called dark patterns, caused legislative activity most recently. Read what is likely to be prohibited, what operators will have to watch out for in the future against the backdrop of the DSA, and how the debate could end abruptly.

By Experts Table.Briefings

AI Act: Council prepares general approach

By Corinna Visser

EU looks on: spyware scandal in Greece

Greece is rocked by a wiretapping scandal: The Predator spyware was allegedly used against members, employees and opponents of the government. After the Pegasus revelations in Poland, France, Spain and Hungary, this is the next big scandal. The EU institutions are helpless.

By Redaktion Table