Europe is reeling from the Draghi report, which pitches heavy business regulation against competitiveness. In this new race with the US, Ireland wants to carve out a niche again.
The unprecedented set of regulations imposed on betting and its promotion was passed this Wednesday following equally exceptional efforts to influence its final shape, shown in the back-and-forth between industry, charities, and officials.
The Digital Services Act offers an opportunity for Ireland to become the home of a new entity to stop athletes at all levels from being abused online, according to the United Against Online Abuse (UAOA) in sport coalition.
Dublin start-up Ceartas recently closed a $4.5 million round and now wants to bring its AI-powered illicit content removal tech to film and TV studios.
“ESG”, “sustainable”, “impact”, “Paris-aligned”: New EU naming guidelines require funds to do exactly what they say on the tin in an effort to root out greenwashing.
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New EU legislation to protect and restore huge swathes of the region within very strict deadlines has managed to get through a number of stages in Brussels. It now faces its final hurdle in the European Council, where the opposition is mounting.
Brussels has a passion for regulation across a huge range of sectors from tech to finance and everything in between. However, there is a growing body of opinion that the policy is doing more harm than good.
The new tech watchdog is formulating its online safety code but the US-based online education multinational thinks its approach is off the mark.
The EU Digital Services Act to tackle disinformation and harmful activities online came into force at the weekend. That could mean an onslaught of cases for new media regulator Coimisiún na Meáin and its digital services commissioner John Evans.
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