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Online regulation in Europe

European countries are implementing new online rules and regulations, including platform obligations and child safety measures

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Jan 19, 2026

How have foreign regulators used preservation orders or platform probes to build cases involving AI-generated deepfakes?

Foreign regulators have paired formal preservation or retention orders with platform probes to capture evidence, force corporate cooperation and test emergent liability rules as they build cases aroun...

Jan 11, 2026

Do European countries have stricter social media laws than the US, and how do they enforce them?

European countries—principally through EU-wide laws like the Digital Services Act (DSA) and longstanding rules such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)—have built a regulatory framework t...