Italy: IT and Internet

Digital platforms have evolved from neutral intermediaries into powerful economic regulators, wielding algorithmic systems that determine visibility, market access, and competitive survival. As automated enforcement mechanisms increasingly operate through opaque, inconsistent logic, legitimate operators face a paradoxical reality where transparency becomes vulnerability and compliance no longer guarantees protection.

In the policy update released in spring 2018, Google announced that it would prohibit all apps that allow binary options trading.

In recent years, the Data Protection Authorities in several member states of the European Union have voiced their concerns to a number of leading search engines.