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The European Union has adopted a delegated regulation updating its control list of dual-use items. This revision strengthens export controls on sensitive technologies — in particular quantum computing and semiconductors — and calls on companies to review and adjust their compliance procedures accordingly.

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The European Union Updates Its Control List of Dual-Use Items: Focus on Emerging Technologies Jocelyn Pitet

October 27, 2025

Resilience Bill (NIS2, DORA, CER): adoption in committee and strengthened encryption!Jocelyn Pitet

September 10, 2025

The special committee of the National Assembly has adopted the “Resilience” Bill, transposing NIS 2, a directive accompanying DORA, and CER. An amendment prohibits any form of backdoor. Next step: examination in a public session, within an already busy parliamentary schedule.

And what if we finally stopped filling out three notification forms for a single cyber incident?Jocelyn Pitet

September 17, 2025

Between GDPR, NIS 2, DORA, eIDAS and the OIV regime, every cyber incident can trigger a cascade of notifications. The European Commission is finally proposing to simplify this regulatory maze: a unique opportunity to ease the burden on companies without undermining collective security?

Towards the generalization of online age control. Deciphering the legal stakes. The case of pornographic sites Virgile Servant Volquin

September 9, 2025

Since the early 2020s, international regulation has taken a new turn: access to certain online services - pornography, social media, e-commerce - is subject to age verification. Zoom in on the case of pornographic websites.

Starting September 9, the National Assembly is opening the debate on NIS 2… and on the future of encryption.Jocelyn Pitet

September 8, 2025

At the heart of the ‘Resilience’ bill, which is meant in particular to transpose the NIS 2 directive, one question has entered the debate: should encryption be sacrificed in the name of public security, or safeguarded to protect cybersecurity for all?

AI Agents: Beyond the "Buzzword," What Are the Impacts?

April 18, 2025

AI agents could challenge several fundamental legal principles around delegated legal capacity, attribution of errors, and auditability of decisions... Foundation models are becoming a commodity, and attention is now focused on the application layer. From Silicon Valley to private laboratories, the goal is no longer just to generate text or images, but to create systems capable of taking action. For decision-makers, these issues are not theoretical; they are already shaping the integration of AI in business today. An Expert Opinion by Adrien Basdevant, lawyer specializing in data and AI issues and co-founder of Entropy, a digital law firm.

Media appearances & debates

'Je le jure' Spécial IA Générative - Doctrine

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.

AI and value share: What slice of the pie for the players?

Watch Adrien Basdevant's speech at the Accor Arena during BIG 2024, the largest business gathering in Europe organized by Bpifrance.

Artificial Intelligence: Will France Pay for Its Prudence?

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.

Press

The Paris Court of Justice orders the blocking of the WatchPeopleDie website

In a noteworthy decision, the Paris Court of Justice granted ARCOM's request against several ISPs to block the American website WatchPeopleDie.

Suspected Violations by 𝕏 of Article 26(3) of the Digital Services Act

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.

"For algorithmic pluralism!"

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.

Events

Adrien Basdevant at B-Smart

Tune into Adrien Basdevant's latest interview on the B-Smart show, with a special focus on the rise of new generative AI models.