Round-up of the latest news EU prepares to ban social media for children Italy busts streaming piracy ring Malaysia introduces age restrictions for online platforms Canada triples financial contributions from US streamers European Court confirms publisher’s rights to ‘fair compensation’ EU legislators reach agreement on AI Omnibus Read more
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Regulatory Watch – April 2026
Round-up of the latest news European Commission awards tender for sovereign cloud Mythos AI model raises security concerns Delays to US datacentres threaten AI expansion EU’s verification app is ready as momentum for under 16 social media ban grows Meta AI access fee challenged by EU Australian teenagers avoiding social media ban See more
Regulatory Watch – March 2026
Round-up of the latest news Federal AI law moves closer as White House proposes ‘light touch’ regulation European Commission’s ‘credibility on the line’ over Google investigation Anthropic sues US government for calling it a risk India’s national ID app meets resistance over pre-loading North Korea using AI to deploy ‘fake workers’ Read more
Regulatory Watch – February 2026
Round-up of the latest news ’48 hours to remove abusive images’ under new UK law US reaffirms opposition to global governance of AI Digital euro to cost banks ‘4-6 billion euros’ 5G Americas winds down operations Chinese AI labs targeting products over frontier dominance See more
Regulatory Watch – January 2026
Round-up of the latest news Australian social media ban ‘is not improving teen safety’ X under continued pressure over Grok’s sexualised image generation Polish president vetoes the EU’s Digital Services Act EU to mandate exclusion of ‘high-risk’ suppliers OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT See more
Regulatory Watch – December 2025
Round-up of the latest news Australia’s under-16 social media ban comes into force UK Government pushing for nudity-blocking software Datacentres in space Executive order expected to end ‘patchwork of AI laws’ in the US EU launches investigation into Google’s training of its AI models See more