EU digital sovereignty rules may raise costs, worsen services, tech lobby warns
May 20, 2026
| Matthew Newman
The EU's push for digital sovereignty could have unintended consequences including higher costs for European companies and the need to use inferior cloud services, the head of a leading tech association said W... (more story)
EU GDPR codes of conduct better option for global data transfers, regulator says
May 20, 2026
| Matthew Newman
More work should be done on a centralized approach to codes of conduct under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation to help companies navigate international data transfer rules, an official at Norway’s Da... (more story)
EU cybersecurity rules compromise expected in early June
May 20, 2026
| Júlia Tar
The revision of the EU’s Cybersecurity Act is set to move into a new phase in early June, with Cyprus expected to present a compromise text on the EU cybersecurity agency and on certification rules, according ... (more story)
Big Tech’s data use in Australian social media ban rollout monitored by watchdog
May 20, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
Social media platforms operating in Australia are mostly using age-estimation and data-inference tools — rather than age verification with government ID checks — to enforce the social media ban for children, t... (more story)
Indonesia targets corruption, efficiency with AI push across government
May 20, 2026
| James Konstantin Galvez
Indonesia plans to expand the use of artificial intelligence across government administration, welfare distribution, procurement and financial supervision, with a senior official presenting AI as a tool to imp... (more story)
Brazil to institute tougher platform obligations on illegal content, online misogyny
May 19, 2026
| Henrique Santiago
A pair of decrees from the Brazilian government are aligned with the reinterpretation last year of the country’s Internet Civil Rights Framework by the Supreme Federal Court, MLex has learned. Since that judgm... (more story)
Google, Amazon, Microsoft face further delay in EU’s cloud and AI development bill
May 19, 2026
| Matthew Newman
Google, Amazon and Microsoft are facing another delay in the EU’s legislative proposal on cloud and AI development, marking another setback for the EU’s broader tech sovereignty agenda. OVHcloud, SAP and Deuts... (more story)
UK privacy chief's secret absence known to 'staff and stakeholders,’ letter says
May 19, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
Details of how the UK privacy watchdog is operating after Information Commissioner John Edwards stepped back pending a human resources probe have emerged in a letter to lawmakers from the authority's chief exe... (more story)