This episode delves into crucial regulatory developments impacting AI governance and digital market regulations, including the Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, and the e-Privacy Directive. We cover significant legal and supervisory changes shaping platform accountability and AI use across Europe and beyond.

The European Commission has preliminarily identified TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook as violating the Digital Services Act due to addictive design mechanics like infinite scroll and autoplay, highlighting the need for thorough risk assessments and mitigation strategies. This signals a strict legal focus on platform design choices affecting users, especially vulnerable groups.

In Italy, a new legislative decree aligns national law with the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), establishing the Garante as the supervisory authority for high-risk AI systems in sensitive sectors and setting key limits on AI use in judicial and healthcare contexts to prevent algorithmic discrimination.

Additionally, the Council of Europe has adopted recommendations addressing equality in AI and technology-facilitated violence against women and girls, emphasizing comprehensive accountability frameworks across legal and regulatory domains.

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