This episode delves into crucial regulatory developments impacting AI governance and digital market regulations, including the Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, and the e-Privacy Directive. We cover significant legal and supervisory changes shaping platform accountability and AI use across Europe and beyond.

The European Commission has preliminarily identified TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook as violating the Digital Services Act due to addictive design mechanics like infinite scroll and autoplay, highlighting the need for thorough risk assessments and mitigation strategies. This signals a strict legal focus on platform design choices affecting users, especially vulnerable groups.

In Italy, a new legislative decree aligns national law with the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), establishing the Garante as the supervisory authority for high-risk AI systems in sensitive sectors and setting key limits on AI use in judicial and healthcare contexts to prevent algorithmic discrimination.

Additionally, the Council of Europe has adopted recommendations addressing equality in AI and technology-facilitated violence against women and girls, emphasizing comprehensive accountability frameworks across legal and regulatory domains.

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Articles mentioned:

1. Joint Statement on the EU-U.S. Joint Financial Regulatory Forum
2. Main findings from the ECB’s recent contacts with non-financial companies
3. Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of a renewed Interim Regulation to detect child sexual abuse online
4. Addictive Design and Digital Platforms: When Engaging Users Crosses a Regulatory Line
5. 中央网信办、应急管理部部署开展汛期灾害事故违法不良信息集中清理整治
6. Audizione del Presidente del Garante - Esame dello schema di decreto legislativo recante adeguamento della normativa nazionale alle disposizioni del Regolamento (UE) 2024/1689 che stabilisce regole armonizzate sull'intelligenza artificiale, in materia di poteri delle autorità nazionali e di utilizzo dell’intelligenza artificiale nella formazione (AG. n. 421)
7. 市场监管总局指导行业协会发布肉制品行业自律公约
8. 17.07.2026 - Council of Europe Recommendations on AI and technology-facilitated violence against women and girls are now available in Ukrainian
9. NAIC Member Discusses AI Trends and Supervision at East Asia Pacific Insurance Forum
10. Central Bank and Commercial Bank Contact Centres Strengthen Cooperation