The EU Digital Services Act's reporting obligation for intermediary services officially enters into force this year, Prighter Partner Andreas Mätzler, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, and Privacy Professional Katharina Jokic write. However, Mätzler and Jokic indicate the reporting obligation "differs greatly for the various types of intermediary services." The European Commission has yet to issue a template for platforms to submit their transparency report, they said, and are free to use an open format when filing their first report.
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Australia made waves in 2024 after it passed an amendment to the Online Safety Act of 2021, which introduces a legal minimum age of 16 to create and use an account for certain social media platforms in Australia. It also requires platforms within scope to implement age-gating practices.
As Australia's first eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman-Grant, whose agency administers the Online Safety Act and the Social Media Minimum Age amendment, has been at the forefront of regulating online safety since her appointment in 2017. With a background in the private sector, including stints at Microsoft, Twitter and Adobe, Inman-Grant has a wide-ranging view of the online space and the harms within it.
IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy caught up with Commissioner Inman-Grant to discuss her work in online safety, what’s currently underway regarding age-gating requirements for social media and the effects AI will have for online safety and harms.
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Australia made waves in 2024 with an approved amendment to the Online Safety Act that introduced a legal minimum age of 16 for Australians to create and use accounts for certain social media platforms. The amendment also requires platforms within scope to implement age-gating practices. As Australia's first eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman-Grant has been at the forefront of regulating online safety since her appointment in 2017. IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy caught up with Inman-Grant to discuss her online safety work, what's currently underway regarding the new age-gating requirements and AI's potential online safety impacts.
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The IAPP Research and Insights team updated the Key Dates 2025 resource. The calendar includes key dates for the entry into force of some of the more significant legislative requirements, regulatory consultation periods, major anniversaries and IAPP events.
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Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, said users of the spyware Graphite from Paragon Solutions may be violating privacy laws if they are not using it for security and criminal investigation purposes. It also issued a warning to the Società Editoriale Il Fatto for publishing political leaders' communications, saying further publication could violate confidentiality rules.
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Australia's Department of Home Affairs released its Resilient Digital Infrastructure framework that could restructure current cloud security policy to bolster digital safeguards, IT News reports. The framework will undergo feedback from stakeholders to ensure the RDI creates "an overall uplift in the security and resiliency of IT infrastructure underpinning digital government services."
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Children's online safety legislation remains a top priority for the 119th U.S. Congress, but consensus frameworks between the Senate and House are not as clear. The Senate is already working to pick up where it left off last year, when it overwhelmingly passed the proposed Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act before watching it fizzle in House consideration. IAPP News Editor Joe Duball reports on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary restarting the upper chamber's children's dialogue in earnest.
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In a 21-19 vote, the Virginia Senate passed House Bill 2094 containing requirements for the development and deployment of high-risk AI systems while assigning civil penalties for violations. The bill previously passed the House 4 Feb. and now heads to Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., for potential enactment. It has a 1 July 2026 effective date.
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Members of the European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee voted to continue work on the AI Liability Directive after the European Commission withdrew the proposal, Euronews reports. However, the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee has not made a decision to continue pursuing the directive. Meanwhile, CNBC reports Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson said the EU digital landscape needs "less regulation" and "more access to capital and talent" to avoid the bloc becoming outdated and "a museum."
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Organizations must ensure their AI policies are adaptable to navigate risks and address issues associated within development and use. Alteryx Privacy Senior Counsel Anjella Shirkhanloo, CIPM, analyzed the shift from a compliance-driven approach to an "adaptive, living governance model" that will help "mitigate risk, avoid regulatory blind spots and build trust."
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