(Un)fairness by design: what an Age Appropriate Design Code audit reveals about GenAI in EdTech
1. Children’s data in GenAI EdTech Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools are increasingly embedded in…
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Parental Responsibility in the Digital Age: A Comparative Analysis between UK, Italy and Australia
1. Introduction Digitisation has not only multiplied the risks minors face online (from harmful content…
Do children have the right (not) to use social media? Shining a new light on social media restrictions
Across EU Member States, initiatives are being proposed to restrict children’s access to social media…
Platform responsibility under the DSA and the OSA: two regulatory models
Introduction Comparisons between the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) and the Online Safety Act 2023 (“OSA”)…
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS | Editable World: Law, Policy, and Governance in “Phygital Realities”
MediaLaws is pleased to share the call for abstracts for the expert workshop “Editable World:…
Queer Children’s Digital Rights and Commission v Hungary
The internet, especially social media, plays a crucial role in children’s lives, while, at the…
When the brain is the target: Considerations on the impact of AI-driven chatbots and social networks on fundamental rights
The scenario In October 2025, OpenAI’s CEO announced that ChatGPT would be rolling out an…
Talking Toys: AI Companions, Children’s Safety and Data, and the Limits of the New EU Toy Safety Regulation
What is the new EU Toy Safety Regulation? Toys and games are vital tools for…
Are Tech-Free Schools in the Best Interest of the Child?
In today’s formal schooling environments in the UK and Europe, children typically need to use…
Playing by the Rules: Governing AI Toys in the European Union and the United States
A Toy Story: The Rise of AI-Powered Toys and Fundamental Rights Concerns The recently released…
Parents’ Duty to Govern Children’s Digital Lives
Under Italian law, parents are constitutionally required to educate, guide and supervise their children. Even…
Below the Giants: How EU Platforms Handle Age Assurance across Three Stages of the User Journey
Article 28(1) of the Digital Services Act (DSA) requires every provider of an online platform…
Cloud Concentration is a Media Freedom Problem
The impact of social media platforms on traditional media outlets and formats has been long…
Tainted Training Data and AI: A Case-by-Case Approach
1. When unlawful data enters the AI supply chain Artificial intelligence systems are insatiable consumers…
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Bookshop Bookshop Books and research outputs on media law, artificial intelligence, privacy, digital constitutionalism, digital…
Allucinazioni dell’IA e trasparenza verso il consumatore: i procedimenti AGCM contro DeepSeek, Mistral e NOVA AI
1. AI generativa e il fenomeno delle “allucinazioni” I sistemi di intelligenza artificiale generativa sono…
AI Made in Europe? Tra norme, ambizioni e realtà
1. Dall’Effetto Bruxelles alla Politica Industriale: un cambiamento di paradigma A un anno dal lancio…
Can the right of access be abused? Lessons from case law of the Court of Justice
Abuse of rights is frequently invoked by controllers in the context of requests for access…
Biotech Act: a reading through the lens of the Joint Opinion 3/2026
The European Biotech Act is one of the most ambitious recent attempts to reorganize the…
NEWS | Report “Making Data Protection Fit for the Age of AI”
MediaLaws is pleased to share a new report by Marco Bassini and Cristiana Firullo titled…
Does Vietnam’s AI Law signal a new model of AI governance for ASEAN?
This article argues that, while borrowing the EU’s formal risk-based architecture, Vietnam’s AI Law reconfigures…
CALL FOR PAPERS | 11th Academic Days on Open Governments & Digital Issues
MediaLaws is pleased to share the Call for Papers for the 11th Academic Days on…
AI… and the legal profession
This short article will focus on the most intrusive, pervasive, transforming and revolutionary change that…
Pennellate sull’inserimento della IA nel Senato spagnolo
La profonda evoluzione dell’istituzione parlamentare e della funzione legislativa non ha sempre trovato riscontro in…
La nuova EU Inc. tra digitalizzazione e armonizzazione del diritto societario europeo
1. La necessità di un quadro armonizzato di diritto societario europeo Il 18 marzo 2026, la…
5G Infrastructure, National Security and EU Constitutionalism: Reflections on Advocate General Ćapeta’s Opinion in Elisa Eesti (C-354/24)
The Opinion of Advocate General Ćapeta in Case C-354/24, Elisa Eesti AS v Vabariigi Valitsuse julgeolekukomisjoni…
AI-Driven Dismissal: Hangzhou and Rome
Two concurrent rulings, one question Within five months, two courts from legal traditions commonly portrayed…
Roundtable | The Future of the AI Act: exploring the DigitalOmnibus on AI
The next Media Laws roundtable, titled ‘The Future of the AI Act: Exploring the Digital…
Crossing the Rubicon: alternative readings to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) overbroad interpretation
On the 24 and 25 of March, two US courts embarked on a path to…
GEMA v OpenAI: AI Memorisation Reconsidered
1. Introduction On 11 November 2025, the Munich Regional Court issued a landmark ruling in GEMA v OpenAI (LG…
Designed for Privacy? The Bartone v. Meta Litigation over AI Smart Glasses
1. Overview The factual scenario at the heart of Bartone and Canu v. Meta Platforms…
How to interpret the duties of media service providers on the disclosure of media ownership information under Article 6 of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)?
Introduction Article 6(1) and (2) of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) outline obligations related…