Regulations on dual-use items are evolving rapidly in the European Union and China, imposing new constraints on exporting businesses. Whether you are a startup or a multinational corporation, understanding these changes is crucial to secure your exports. In this article, we explore recent regulatory updates while providing practical advice to safeguard your operations.
Are you a software publisher or active in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) or cybersecurity? You may be exporting cyber-surveillance items without knowing it. Following the publication of new guidelines by the European Commission, this article explains how to identify these items and the actions to take starting today.
The European Commission has issued formal notices to 23 Member States, including France, for their delay in transposing the NIS 2 Directive into national law. While only Belgium and Italy have met the prescribed deadlines, France is significantly behind schedule. This article assesses the situation in France and the concrete actions your company can undertake. Do not be caught off guard by the upcoming transposition!
The NIS 2 Directive imposes specific requirements on Digital Service Providers, such as Cloud Service Providers, Data Centers, or Social Networks. These rules are defined by the European Commission. This article explains why and presents the security obligations imposed, as well as solutions to help companies comply with them.
The NIS 2 Directive imposes new cybersecurity obligations on essential and important entities in the European Union. Their service providers and suppliers are also affected. This FAQ in 10 questions explains how to determine if your organization is impacted, what your obligations are, and the penalties for non-compliance. Get ready now.
In February, Mozilla and the Columbia Institute of Global Politics brought together over 40 leading scholars and practitioners working on openness and AI for the Columbia Convening. These individuals, among which Adrien Basdevant — spanning prominent open source AI startups and companies, nonprofit AI labs, and civil society organizations — focused on exploring what “open” should mean in the AI era.
There is no such thing as good or bad technology… What matters is how we use it. These are the words of Adrien Basdevant in this episode of “Je le jure”. As a specialist in the societal impact of algorithms, he argues that lawyers, when enhanced by technology, have more reason than ever to play a vital role in today’s debates. Why? Quite simply because their mission remains the same: to “preserve the irreducible uniqueness of every individual.
Watch Adrien Basdevant's interview on the set of "Parlons Vrai chez Bourdin" on Sud Radio, discussing a hot current topic: artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on France.
Together with other 8 civil society organisations, Entropy has lodged a formal complaint with the competent regulatory authorities concerning potential violations of Article 26(3) of the Digital Services Act (DSA) by 𝕏 (formerly Twitter). This complaint is jointly submitted by AI Forensics, Centre for Democracy and Technology Europe, Entropy, European Digital Rights (EDRi), Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF), Global Witness, Panoptykon Foundation, Stichting Bits of Freedom, and VoxPublic. Based on research and evidence compiled by AI Forensics, and per the right to lodge a complaint under Article 53 of the DSA, we express our deep concern regarding the use by 𝕏 of users’ sensitive personal data for targeted advertisementsIn response, we call on the relevant Digital Services Coordinators and the European Commission to protect individuals and communities from discriminatory or exploitative profiling that undermines their rights by promptly investigating 𝕏’s potential breach of Article 26(3) of the DSA.
The day after the restitution of the États généraux de l'information (General Assembly on Information) and on the occasion of the event "Numérique en commun(s)," around sixty public figures, associations, and companies, both French and international, are calling in an op-ed in *Le Monde* for the opening of social networks and the restoration of choice for users.