Peter Chapman

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, speaks during a report on children's safety online with co-chairs of the Special Panel Maria Melchior, right, and Jörg M. Fegert, left, at EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Marius Burgelman)

Europe's Summer of Digital Services Act Enforcement Targets Platform Design

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Marie Seck

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a report on children's safety online at EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Marius Burgelman)

Does the EU's Special Panel Succeed in Charting a Third Path for Child Safety?

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A group of people walking around at the National Conference of State Legislatures. 

The 2026 National Conference of State Legislatures in Chicago. Photo by Justin Hendrix.

At NCSL, Geoffrey Hinton Warns State Lawmakers Not to Buy Big Tech's Anti-Regulation Pitch

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Daniela Alvarado Rincón

Telegram on App Store displayed on a phone screen and French flag displayed on a screen in the background are seen this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 3, 2023. 

(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP)

What a Growing Telegram Disinformation Network Reveals About the DSA

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The X logo is being displayed on a mobile phone with the European Commission logo seen in the background, in this photo illustration. Taken in Brussels, Belgium, on 8 December 2025. (Jonathan Raa / Sipa USA) (Sipa via AP Images)

X's Data Access Remedies Are a Win for Researchers Only If They Last

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Alice Palmieri

The EU flag with an image of the X logo. 

What X's Corrected Action Under the DSA Fixes on Data Access, and What's Left Open

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How the Digital Omnibus Could Unravel Europe’s Digital Safeguards

Audrey Hingle

Julia Kamin

A brightly coloured mural which can be viewed in any direction. It has several scenes within it: people in front of computers seeming stressed, a number of faces overlaid over each other, squashed emojis, miners digging in front of a huge mountain representing mineral resources, a hand holding a lump of coal or carbon, hands manipulating stock charts and error messages, as well as some women performing tasks on computers, men in suits around a table, someone in a data centre, big hands controlling the scenes and holding a phone, people in a production line. Motifs such as network diagrams and melting emojis are placed throughout the busy vignettes.


Making the Case for Actionable Prosocial Design Research

Ramsha Jahangir

European Union flag displayed on a screen and AliExpress, Temu and Shein icons displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on July 1, 2026. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP)

EU Turns to Online Marketplaces After Record AliExpress Fine

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The AI Sovereignty Problem, from Brussels to Bengaluru

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during the Defence Industry Forum at the 36th NATO (OTAN) Heads of State and Government Summit in Ankara, Turkiye on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Alexis Jumeau/Sipa via AP Images)

EU Child Safety Panel Tests Von der Leyen's Ban Resolve

Maria Buza

Tommaso Giardini

Image of map and computer language over binary codes on server racks in server room.

Global Digital Policy Roundup: May 2026

Thomas Hughes

A photo of four EU flags billowing in the wind with a blurred office building behind them.  

The DSA’s Sleeping Giant is Waking Up

The undying sun hangs in the sky, as people gather around signal towers, working through their digital devices.

Digital Nomads Across Time by Yutong Liu & Digit / 