EU/UK News & Views
The European Union continues to push for increased regulation on all fronts. All the way from privacy to UX design, their influence is far-reaching. Keep up with the decisions that impact you most and what we’re doing to help shape better tech policy.
Recent News From The EU and UK
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Developers Alliance Joins Call for EU Policymakers to Swiftly Adopt the Extension of the Interim ePrivacy Derogation
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins Call for EU Policymakers to Swiftly Adopt the Extension of the Interim ePrivacy DerogationDevelopers Alliance has co-signed, together with 52 tech associations and child rights organizations, a statement calling on the European Parliament to support the Commission and the Council commitment to swiftly…
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Developers Alliance’s Reaction to the Political Agreement on the New EU Law on Liability for Defective Products
Read more: Developers Alliance’s Reaction to the Political Agreement on the New EU Law on Liability for Defective ProductsThe European Parliament and the Council of the EU have reached a political agreement on the updated directive on liability for defective products, which for the first time will specifically…
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A Busy Regulatory End of the Year in Europe
Read more: A Busy Regulatory End of the Year in EuropeThe November & December 2023 European Policy Update Artificial Intelligence Act EU lawmakers have struck a deal on the AI Act after 36 hours of intense negotiations over three days….
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Open Source Liability is Coming
Read more: Open Source Liability is ComingNo good deed goes unpunished (at least in Europe) Those who know me know I wrote my first code in the early 80s, and though I never made a career…
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Developers Alliance Co-sign, Alongside Five Other Tech Industry Associations, a Joint Statement on the Latest Developments of the Negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act)
Read more: Developers Alliance Co-sign, Alongside Five Other Tech Industry Associations, a Joint Statement on the Latest Developments of the Negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act)The statement addresses concerns about the direction of the latest proposals to regulate General Purpose AI (GPAI) systems and AI Foundation models. The current proposals do not take into account…
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UK’s Online Safety Act Is Live, While the EU Sends the First Formal Warnings to Very Large Online Platforms
Read more: UK’s Online Safety Act Is Live, While the EU Sends the First Formal Warnings to Very Large Online PlatformsThe October 2023 European Policy Update Content regulation Source: Ofcom (https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2023/safer-life-online-for-people-in-uk) The Online Safety Act, the UK’s framework content law, has received Royal Assent and will be implemented by Ofcom…