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Covering Digital Markets Act, Regulation, e-Privacy Directive, Digital Services Act, Addictive Design. Explore key regulatory updates on the Digital Services Act's stance on addictive design, Italy's AI Act adaptation, and new Council of Europe recommendations addressing AI equality and technology-facilitated violence. Includes Digital Markets Act and e-Privacy Directive insights.
Weekly news, analysis, and insights from AI regulation updates the world over
Welcome to This Week in AI Regulations for July 27, 2026.
We begin with significant regulatory developments in the European Union and Italy concerning artificial intelligence governance. The European Commission has preliminarily found TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook in breach of the Digital Services Act due to addictive design features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and highly personalised recommender systems. These platforms were found to have inadequate risk assessments and ineffective mitigation measures. The European Commission emphasizes that platforms must properly assess the risks of addictive design on users, including minors and vulnerable adults, signaling that platform design choices are now under strict legal scrutiny in the European Union.
In Italy, the President of the Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali, Italy’s data protection authority, presented the legislative decree adapting national law to the European Union’s AI Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. This decree defines governance structures and the use of AI in employment relations, and establishes the Garante as the supervisory authority for high-risk AI systems in sectors such as law enforcement, border control, justice, and democracy. Key provisions include limiting AI use to support rather than replace human decision-making, especially in judicial processes, prohibiting algorithmic discrimination in healthcare and other services, and granting the Garante powers to issue guidelines, recommendations, and best practices. This adaptation ensures Italy’s compliance with the European Union AI regulations and protects fundamental rights against discriminatory or erroneous AI decisions.
The Council of Europe, covering the European Union and Ukraine, has adopted two new recommendations addressing equality in AI and technology-facilitated violence against women and girls. These recommendations, now available in Ukrainian, establish legal, institutional, and regulatory frameworks to combat discrimination and violence facilitated by technology. They call for prevention and combat of discrimination throughout the AI system lifecycle, enhanced legal and regulatory responses to technology-facilitated violence, and a comprehensive notion of accountability extending beyond criminal law to civil and administrative fields.
Turning to the United States, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, or N-A-I-C, discussed AI trends and supervision at the East Asia Pacific Insurance Forum. The presentation highlighted regulatory updates related to digital insurers and market innovation, focusing on AI supervision. Insurers are advised to be aware of AI adoption trends and evolving regulatory supervision tools, and to engage with regulatory bodies on AI system evaluation and pilot programs.
Finally, the European Union and United States Joint Financial Regulatory Forum provided updates on digital finance, including the use of AI. The Forum emphasized ongoing communication and cooperation on regulatory and supervisory issues, with a focus on monitoring and addressing risks related to digital finance such as tokenisation and AI use. They also discussed implementing and updating prudential regulations consistent with Basel III final components.
That wraps up today's regulatory updates. Visit carveragents.ai for more information.