On 27 July 2026, the Digital Omnibus on AI, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, entered into force just three days after publication in the Official Journal, and less than a week before the AI Act's original high-risk compliance deadline was due to go in effect. The AI Act sets out rules [...]
‘Digital sovereignty’ has become one of the most-used phrases in Brussels and one of the more debated ones. At its core, it refers to Europe's ability to control the technologies, data, and infrastructure it depends on, reducing dependency on non-European providers and strengthening the EU's capacity to set its [...]
As online safety debates intensify in Congress and across state legislatures, policymakers are increasingly grappling with how to balance privacy, personalization, and the protection of children online. Against this backdrop, the IAPP hosted its Global Privacy Summit 2026, an annual gathering of privacy and AI professionals focused on policy [...]
As the use of technology expands to ever more parts of our daily lives, policymakers are working to address the challenges of how to protect children online, especially their privacy and data, without hindering technological and business development. On June 25, 2026, Morgan Reed, president of the Association for [...]
The small business voice is often hardest to hear in debates over “Big Tech” regulation. That was the central takeaway from ACT’s July 2 Hill briefing, AICOA is Back: What “Big Tech” Platform Regulation Means for Small Businesses. The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) hosted the packed briefing, with more [...]