The EU leads in virtual worlds research and has the capacity to attract seed funding but faces challenges in venture capital and market growth. Since the launch of the EU strategy to lead on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds, adopted in July 2023, the European Commission has launched a structured approach to monitor the Virtual Worlds …
On 2 August 2025, the AI Act’s governance has to be in place. This includes the EU-level advisory bodies and the national competent authorities. The Commission has already launched the AI Act’s key advisory bodies. The European AI Board, composed of EU Member States, is fully operational. The Commission has adopted the rules to create the Scientific …
The EU’s digital strategy has the ambition to foster Europe’s ‘Digital Decade’ with strengthening its digital sovereignty and set global standards for digital data, technology, and infrastructure. Under the Digital Europe Programme, HaDEA is funding projects that build the strategic digital capacities of the EU and facilitate a wide deployment of digital technologies. To evaluate project proposals submitted …
The Commission has launched a public consultation and a call for evidence to support the development of the EU Action Plan against cyberbullying, expected for early 2026. Around 1 in 6 adolescents report being victims of cyberbullying, while 1 in 8 admit to perpetrating it. The Commission is committed to combatting cyberbullying and building a …
The European Commission has launched a call for proposals with a budget of €7.4 million to support independent reporting on EU affairs by European-level newsrooms. As the need for a European public sphere debate remains pressing, this call offers support to media that wish to report together on European affairs and offer Europeans a cross-border …
The Commission published guidelines on the scope of obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models under the AI Act. The aim is to provide legal certainty to actors across the AI value chain by clarifying when and how they are required to comply with these obligations. These guidelines are part of a broader package tied …
The European Commission has received the final version of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, a voluntary tool developed by 13 independent experts, with input from over 1,000 stakeholders, including model providers, small and medium-sized enterprises, academics, AI safety experts, rightsholders, and civil society organisations. The Code is designed to help industry comply with the AI Act’s rules on general-purpose …
The European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud has published a roadmap highlighting the role of open-source cloud, edge and Internet of Things (IoT) in EU’s digital sovereignty and competitiveness, as well as the Alliance’s input on common trust principles. A new thematic roadmap released on 8 July 2025 by the Cloud-Edge Industrial Working …
The delegated act on data access under the Digital Services Act enables researchers to obtain unprecedented access to platforms’ internal data to contribute to a safer online world. On 2 July 2025, the Commission published a delegated act outlining rules granting access to data for qualified researchers under the Digital Services Act (DSA). This delegated act enables access to the …
New rules harmonising transparency reporting format, content, and reporting periods now apply under the Digital Services Act. As of 1 July 2025, the Implementing Regulation detailing the rules and templates for transparency reporting by providers of intermediary services under the Digital Services Act (DSA) starts to apply. The new rules represent a significant step towards harmonised …