Digital Policy Digests
An overview of the latest digital policy developments from Digital Policy Lab member countries.
Digital Policy Lab: Policy Digest #22
August 9, 2025
Australia
- Federal Court dismisses X’s appeal to comply with a transparency notice issued to Twitter.
- Minister for Communications designates platforms subject to new age-restriction rules.
European Union
- Multiple obligations under the EU AI Act come into effect.
- European Commission issues preliminary DSA findings on Temu and AliExpress.
- European Commission advances DSA enforcement with new guidelines, data access, and transparency obligations.
France
- Authorities launch investigation into alleged foreign interference with X’s algorithm.
Germany
- Data protection authorities warn Apple and Google about the DeepSeek AI app violating GDPR.
Ireland
- Data Protection Commission launches inquiry into TikTok’s transfers of EEA user data to China.
Italy
- Competition authority opens investigation into Meta over WhatsApp AI integration.
United Kingdom
- High Court dismisses Wikimedia’s challenge to the Online Safety Act (OSA).
- Ofcom investigates 4chan for OSA breaches and issues a provisional notice of contravention.
- Ofcom investigates pornography websites under OSA age-check rules.
- Data (Use and Access) Act, Stage One, comes into effect.
United States
- Senate Judiciary Committee opens investigation into Meta’s AI regarding explicit interactions with minors.
- Representative Jimmy Patronis introduces bill to enforce “woke AI” restrictions in federal agencies.
United Nations
- Launches draft framework for Global Dialogue on AI Governance and an Independent Scientific Panel on AI.
