Politique

The British government is cautiously backtracking on one of its most controversial proposals regarding AI and copyright. In areport published on March 18 on AI and copyright, London…

The AI Digital Omnibus is moving full steam ahead in Brussels. But the rushed timeline and the limited space given to parliamentary input are raising questions about the…

The “digital fitness check” turns into group therapy for digital industry players Launched to assess whether European digital law is still fit for purpose—if it ever was—the Commission’s…

Adopted by a large majority, Axel Voss’s own-initiative report on artificial intelligence and copyright sends a clear political signal to the European Commission. Faced with arguments from technology…

In the Netherlands, a legal study on AWS’s sovereign cloud has sparked an unexpected debate. Deemed too lenient by some critics of American hyperscalers, it led the Ministry…

The AI Act simplification project is bogged down in the European Parliament. According to our information, political groups are now considering splitting the vote on the text in…

While several member states and European institutions are now considering restricting minors’ access to social media, warnings are mounting. International institutions, researchers, NGOs, and young people themselves are…

The European Commission wants to protect public debate. But by creating a Center for Democratic Resilience with a platform bringing together the media, it is opening up a…

With the mandatory review of the 2019 directive approaching, the European Parliament is stepping up its initiatives on AI and protected works. Between the Voss report in JURI,…

Faced with international governance of artificial intelligence that too often marginalizes cultural issues and copyright, a large majority of States Parties to the 2005 Convention support the development…

Disinformation exists, foreign interference has been documented, and social media raises real political questions. But the most robust scientific studies show that their effects on opinions and polarization…

While artificial intelligence now accounts for more than half of global venture capital, the European Union as a whole weighs barely as much as the United Kingdom alone.…

Two years after it came into force, the Digital Services Act has resulted in 50 million moderation decisions being overturned and increased accountability for platforms. But the data…

At a time when the use of protected works to train AI models has become one of the most defining—and explosive—issues in the global debate, the AI Impact…

By considering classifying ChatGPT as a very large search engine, the European Commission would shift the focus of the Digital Services Act. Designed to regulate the public circulation…

Presented as a simple simplification exercise, the Digital Omnibus on the AI Act reveals a much more strategic ambition on the part of the Commission: to regain control…

2025 was not the year of the predicted shift, but rather a period of consolidation in which, under regulatory pressure, legacy engines and networks held their ground, with…

Despite repeated pro-European declarations in Brussels and other capitals, a much more fundamental debate is taking hold: should integration be deepened further to boost competitiveness, should the regulatory…

Originally designed to counter foreign interference, the European fight against disinformation has gradually expanded and become structured around an institutionalized ecosystem combining public funding, certified expertise, and partnerships…

Digital regulation no longer pits Brussels against platforms, but also pits directorates-general against each other. With TikTok, DG Connect is using the DSA to intervene in service design.…

As the European Union moves toward widespread bans and age verification on social media, the question is not whether these practices pose problems, but whether the available evidence…

Over the past 20 years, many European services have seen their lead eroded by international platforms, mainly American, which are better equipped to deploy network effects, capital, and…

The DSA did not go far enough. With the future Digital Fairness Act, the Commission is exploring a large-scale age verification system, possibly via the digital identity wallet,…

The European Parliament’s Internal Market and Civil Liberties Committees recommend that the EU accede to the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI, which is considered compatible with…

The « better law-making » report adopted yesterday by the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee seems less like a turning point than an attempt at narrative de-escalation. The…

The revision of the Cybersecurity Act proposed by the Commission shifts cybersecurity towards a logic of systemic risk management and control of « high-risk » cloud providers, triggering…

Unable to conceive of the digital world as a normal arena for political debate, European institutions treat it as a pathology that needs to be regulated. From the…

The Digital Networks Act is coming before Parliament and the Council, which is already burdened with disputes. Behind the stated goal of simplification, the text focuses on two…

The European Commission wanted to move quickly to adjust the AI Act. The European Parliament, however, has chosen to take its time. The LIBE and IMCO committees have…

AWS today formalized its European sovereign cloud announced at the end of 2025, providing an operational response to European injunctions on digital sovereignty. A concept of sovereignty redefined…