Fight fire with fire: how open source AI models can help EU’s cybersecurity
Europe can have sovereign AI to achieve its goals for security and safety, but it needs to boost open source to make it happen.
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Competing for AI influence: China, the US & the middle powers
The US-led Pax Silica and the Chinese-led WAICO are increasingly competing for global attention. While the Global West remains somewhat divided, China's WAICO builds on years of experience in influencing current & future policymakers and locking local infrastructures into Chinese tech.
French social media bans for minors stalls, but EU-wide decisions don't
The French Constitutional Council has blocked the law prohibiting minors under 15 from using social media and digital services; however, the needle may move in Brussels this fall if the EU member states agree on EU-wide rules that may trump the local law.
Ensuring the safety of smart glasses: constructive solutions vs. virtue signaling
The German digital rights group filed a criminal complaint against Meta/Ray-Ban smart glasses, raising concerns about proportionality, applicability of the very same idea in other EU Member States, and existing issues with law enforcement.
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Poland's feud with SpaceX over Starlink pricing poses a risk to SpaceX itself [updated]
Poland's feud with SpaceX over Starlink pricing posed reputational risks to SpaceX in Eastern Europe; however, Poland's reinstatement to the European region for Starlink roaming services ended speculation that the previous move was targeted at Ukraine.
How to prepare for the EU's new transparency and marking rules for AI
We break down the new EU’s 51-page transparency and marking guidelines for AI systems and AI-affected content.
Applying GenAI across the EU: matching ambition with outcomes
The EU has a difficult task ahead: facilitating the use of AI across the public and private sectors, while ensuring that EU funding does not spark a wave of “AI-washing” projects, similar to the “innovation-washing” projects of the past - where funding fails to yield tangible outcomes.
Protecting minors online in the EU: hard rules for platforms, soft expectations for parents
As global policymakers rush to regulate online child safety, the focus remains on platform accountability, design, and age-verification solutions. Yet major gaps persist: technical bypasses, data privacy risks, and the missing element of shared parental responsibility.
EU Member States' influence in Brussels: fit for neither the present nor the future
As the EU speeds up lawmaking, many Member States - especially smaller ones - are struggling to keep pace due to a lack of manpower and outdated practices. To avoid becoming mere observers, countries must urgently rethink how they work in Brussels - and at home.
EU orders Google to share search data with third-parties
The EU has ordered Google to share its search data with rivals by January 2027 under the DMA. But as concerns grow over data privacy and loopholes, a new survey reveals that 71% of Europeans have no idea their data will be shared.
Forever isn't a spectrum policy: how the DNA gets spectrum licensing wrong
As the EU discusses proposals for the Digital Networks Act (DNA), opinions on future spectrum policy are divided.
What can the EU do to improve lawmaking?
The Consumer Choice Center Europe's new report “Wiser regulation” evaluates the Commission's EU rulebook communication, identifies structural flaws in legislative processes, and offers tech-forward, actionable recommendations for EU institutions and member states.