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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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Entropy: Hacking the law!

April 18, 2025

"We must put ourselves in a position to seize the convergence of circumstances when they appear." Discover our portrait of Adrien Basdevant #LaRelève (The Next Generation). A performative force seems to drive Adrien Basdevant, partner and founder of Entropy, a law firm specializing in disruptive technologies. Drawing inspiration from figures such as Larry Lessig, Gilles Deleuze, and even Kobe Bryant, he envisions digital law as a creative universe where individual freedoms remain to be transposed.

Leading the Way in Data, AI, Cybercrime, and Digital Rights: Recognition for Early Expertise

March 31, 2025

This year’s recognition highlights our growing practice in data, AI, cyber criminality, and digital rights.

Dual-Use Items: understanding recent changes in European Union and China Jocelyn Pitet

December 12, 2024

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 exporting cyber-surveillance items without knowing It?Jocelyn Pitet

December 4, 2024

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.

NIS 2: France and 22 other Member States served notice by the European Commission Jocelyn Pitet

December 2, 2024

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!

NIS 2 and digital service providers: How to comply with the European Commission's requirements ?Jocelyn Pitet

October 21, 2024

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.

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.