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10/13/2025

Ombudswoman opens inquiry into EU Commission’s handling of AI standards

The Ombudswoman is probing the Commission’s oversight of AI harmonised standards to ensure transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability in work by CEN and CENELEC.

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10/13/2025

Denmark plans to ban social media for under‑15s

Denmark plans to ban social media for under‑15s, allow access from 13 with parental consent, and align measures with DSA-compliant national age limits amid EU calls for youth protections.

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10/13/2025

EU Commission launches twin strategies to scale trustworthy AI across industry and science

The Commission’s Apply AI and AI in Science strategies mobilize funding, infrastructure, and governance to scale trustworthy AI across EU industry and research under the AI Act framework.

10/06/2025

EU Digital Omnibus: Commission Plan for Digital Law Simplification

The EU Digital Omnibus targets technical simplification and coherence across GDPR, ePrivacy, AI Act, and other digital laws without weakening substantive rights or enforcement.

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09/26/2025

EU lawmakers propose a broad workplace algorithmic management directive

EU lawmakers propose a broad workplace algorithmic management directive with transparency, consultation, human oversight, and H&S obligations, potentially reshaping HR tech governance across the labor market.

09/26/2025

Italy Adopts Comprehensive AI Law

Italy adopts a comprehensive AI law aligned with the EU AI Act, combining cross-sector safeguards, criminal deepfake penalties, targeted copyright rules and €1.18 billion in funding.

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09/26/2025

Data Act enters into force

The EU Data Act now mandates user data access for IoT, bans unfair B2B data terms, enforces cloud switching and interoperability, enables B2G access, and sets smart contract safeguards.

09/26/2025

Apple asks EU to scrap Digital Markets Act

Apple calls for repeal or scaling back of the EU’s DMA, while the Commission rejects any rollback and intensifies enforcement under gatekeeper rules.

09/11/2025

Google drops inter-cloud data transfer fees in Europe under EU Data Act push

Google waives inter-cloud data transfer fees in the EU and UK ahead of the EU Data Act, outpacing AWS and Microsoft and lowering costs for multicloud portability and switching.

09/11/2025

General Court upholds Zalando DSA very large online platform designation

General Court upholds the Commission’s DSA designation of Zalando as a very large online platform, endorsing the 83+ million active recipients metric and rejecting legality and proportionality challenges.