Join us in Bergen (Norway) for a conference packed with great speakers: Europe’s Digital Agenda: Is the AI Act the Final Act? In Search of Common Principles (early September), uib.no/fg/innovasjons…

Hungary seeks invalidation of EMFA

Pasting the wrong app URL for a different App Store storefront (basically different versions of the App Store for different countries; notice "us" in the URL) is enough for Apple to consider it invalid for DSA reporting purposes. Not only is reporting not accessible from the

DPAs are pitching themselves as the leading national enforcers of the #AIAct, arguing that they could provide a single point of contact & independent oversight, have experience developing guidelines, & are skilled in data computing & fundamental rights. edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2…

King's Speech announced a 'Digital Information and Smart Data Bill' (DISDA, really Bernard Keenan?) — perhaps it's planned to be uncontentious parts of the fallen Data Protection & Digital Information Bill? Could improve e-Privacy while it's at it in better way than DPDI tried.

The European Parliament just confirmed Ursula von der Leyen as the next president of the European Commission for the next five years. What did she promise to do on tech policy, in particular vis-a-vis large platforms? Seven highlights below 👇🧵

German DSC now making moves (despite open questions around 2025 budget) Hiring + requesting studies on systemic risks:

The Kids Online Health and Safety task force released its report today. Here are the *default* settings that we think social media companies should adopt to protect teen mental health online.

The DSA Red Line piece has been now published in the Journal of Media Law, see "Husovec, The Digital Services Act’s red line: what the Commission can and cannot do about disinformation" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Save the Date for the upcoming public event at LSE in November: European Platform Regulation after Two Years (+ Book Launch) husovec.eu/2024/07/save-t…

Greatly looking forward to this. Hope to catch up with many of you there! #OnlineSafetyAct #DSA

Microsoft says Bing stopped crawling Reddit after Reddit updated its robots.txt file on July 1 (Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land) searchengineland.com/microsoft-conf… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240724/p40#a24…

That's Thierry Breton's letter/post: x.com/ThierryBreton/… That's the statement by ARTICLE 19 article19.org/resources/eu-p… That's the statement by Access Now accessnow.org/press-release/… Catalina Goanta Daphne Keller Martin Husovec Eliška Pírková Eddy Wax ✍️ daria mosolova Júlia Tar Cynthia Kroet

The Telegram CEO arrest in France seems unsurprising, and like something that also could have happened under U.S. law. 1/

I can't express how unutterably tired I feel after reading this absurd 3rd Cir ruling. It denies TikTok 230 immunity for a claim that is (very thinly) framed as liability based on algorithmic promotion, instead of liability based on user content. 1/ cases.justia.com/federal/appell…

Principles of the Digital Services Act / Martin Husovec (Oxford) global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Finally out! husovec.eu/book/

I had the privilege of a preview of the edition by Martin Husovec and I can confirm that it is excellent. Definitely one for the library.

In the infamous words of DJ Carl Cox: “oh yes, oh yes!” Martin Husovec congrats!

Breton won't be in the next Commission