In a landmark step for digital regulation, the European Commission has issued its first major enforcement decision under the Digital Services Act (DSA), imposing a €120 million fine on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. Announced in early December 2025, the decision signals that the European Union’s ambitious regulatory framework for online platforms is actively…
1. The EU signs the UN Cybercrime Convention in Hanoi: A moment to celebrate At the official – yet “contradictory” (Cf. Tennant, 2025) – ceremony held in Hanoi (Viet Nam) on the 25th-26th October 2025, the European Union (EU) signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (UN Cybercrime Convention or UNCC). By doing so, the…
The EU signs the UN Cybercrime Convention in Hanoi: A moment to celebrate At the official – yet “contradictory” (Cf. Tennant, 2025) – ceremony held in Hanoi (Viet Nam) on the 25th-26th October 2025, the European Union (EU) signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (UN Cybercrime Convention or UNCC). By doing so, the EU…
On November 19, 2025, the European Commission introduced the Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal (hereafter “Omnibus”) to simplify the EU digital legal framework, including revisions to data governance regulations such as the Data Governance Act (DGA) and the Data Act. The proposal responds to the 2024 Draghi report’s goal of narrowing the technological gap with the…
MediaLaws is pleased to share the call for papers for the international conference “AI, Communication and European Democracy: Challenges and Future Developments” organized by Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence AI-CoDED of the Università di Napoli L’Orientale (12-13 February 2026). The initiative invites scholars and experts to contribute to an interdisciplinary research project addressing the challenges…
