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Development Of Digital Legislation In Europe: Focus On Cybersecurity
The European Union has introduced three major cybersecurity frameworks—NIS2, DORA, and the CRA—that significantly expand regulatory obligations across critical sectors and financial entities. These overlapping directives create a complex compliance landscape for organizations operating in the Benelux region, requiring careful navigation of technical requirements, incident reporting duties, and supply-chain security measures.
European Union Media & IT
LL
Loyens & Loeff
Podcast
Podcast: Inside The AI Act: Barry Scannell And John O’Connor On The Transparency Obligations
As the EU AI Act's Article 50 transparency obligations approach their 2 August 2026 enforcement date, organizations face critical requirements to disclose AI interactions, label deepfakes, and mark synthetic content. This session examines the practical implications of these transparency mandates, drawing on the European Commission's recently published Guidelines and Code of Practice to help stakeholders prepare for compliance.
Ireland Technology
WF
William Fry
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Same NPC, Different Rules: How A Player’s Age Changes Their Responsibilities Under The AI Act
The EU AI Act's Article 50 introduces age-dependent disclosure requirements for AI-powered NPCs in video games, creating a new compliance framework where the same generative character may require explicit labeling in one context but not another. This provision intersects with emerging consumer protection regulations and child safety standards, fundamentally changing how gaming studios must assess their AI implementations based on actual player demographics rather than abstract user models.
Poland Technology
WP
WH Partners
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Draft Bill Regulating Minors’ Access To Social Media: What Companies Need To Prepare For
France has definitively adopted Bill No. 339, establishing a general prohibition on access to online social networking services for children under fifteen years of age. The legislation, part of a broader international movement to regulate minors' access to social networks, creates significant compliance challenges for online platforms that must now determine whether their services fall within the law's scope and implement age-verification mechanisms that integrate safety by design.
France Media & IT
AO
A&O Shearman
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Dutch Court Rejects Request To Suspend Prohibition On Public Interest Concerns Of Solvinity Acquisition
A Dutch court has dismissed an interim relief request seeking to suspend a government prohibition on Kyndryl's acquisition of Solvinity, a Dutch IT services provider that hosts the DigiD digital identity platform. The ruling addresses concerns about potential US access to sensitive government data while criticizing the State Secretary's handling of transparency and document disclosure during the proceedings.
Netherlands Government
LL
Loyens & Loeff
Article
ECB Requires Significant Institutions To Address AI-enabled Cybersecurity Threats
The European Central Bank has issued an urgent directive to major financial institutions requiring comprehensive action plans to counter rapidly evolving cybersecurity threats powered by frontier artificial intelligence models. With an October 2026 deadline looming, banks must demonstrate concrete measures across vulnerability management, monitoring capabilities, and third-party risk controls as AI-enabled attacks compress the timeline between threat discovery and exploitation. This supervisory escalation s
European Union Compliance
AO
A&O Shearman
Article
Must Meta Open WhatsApp To Competing AI Assistants?
The European Commission has imposed interim measures requiring Meta to restore third-party AI assistant access to WhatsApp's Business API, marking a significant enforcement action under Article 102 TFEU. This decision addresses Meta's alleged abuse of dominant position by excluding competing AI assistants while maintaining access only for its own Meta AI. The case raises critical questions about competition enforcement in emerging digital markets and whether early foreclosure effects can irreversibly streng
Belgium Anti-trust
SJ
Steptoe LLP
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EU Cybersecurity Act 2 Advances Amid Member States’ Concerns Over EU Competence
The European Union's revised Cybersecurity Act advances through legislative procedures while facing significant Member State concerns about EU competence limits in cybersecurity matters. The proposed framework would empower the European Commission to exclude high-risk suppliers from the EU market, but questions arise about whether the EU has authority to act in areas traditionally reserved for national security.
European Union Media & IT
JD
Jones Day
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