EU top court upholds consumers' withdrawal rights for streaming subscriptions
20 July 26
Olha Hruba
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on the application of the Consumer Rights Directive to subscription streaming services. The court clarified both consumers' withdrawal rights and how providers may be compensated when consumers withdraw after using the service within the 14-day withdrawal period.
EU Digital & Media Weekly Report
19 July 26
Javier Huerta Bravo
This edition features news about the state of implementation of the Cyber Resilience Act in 19 EU countries; recommendations for the European Commission to implement an EU-wide access restriction to social media for children under 13; Commission's decisions preliminarily finding Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA), and accepting X’s corrective measures to address DSA infringements; Commission’s decisions further specifying Google's interoperability and search data access obligations under the Digital Markets Act; and a European Court decision finding that the liability exemption does not apply to YouTube for channels under partnership agreements. No relevant events were identified this week. This is the last EU Digital & Media Weekly Report until September 2026, when discussions in Brussels around the different EU digital policy and regulatory initiatives will resume after the summer holiday period.
DNA: resilience and preparedness provisions may overlap with cybersecurity rules, say telecoms regulators
17 July 26
Martin Schraa
BEREC points out the complexities of the new regulatory goals and capacities proposed under the draft Digital Networks Act (DNA).
Digital Markets Act: European court confirms Apple designation as gatekeeper in relation to its App Store and iPhone operating system
14 July 26
Javier Huerta Bravo
The EU General Court dismissed Apple’s action on the illegality of the hardware/software interoperability obligation in article 6(7) of the Digital Markets Act. This issue is however likely to be addressed by the court in the future in another ongoing case. The court also dismissed the company’s action against the classification of iMessage, Apple’s messaging app, as a number-independent interpersonal communications services (NI-ICS).
EU Digital & Media Weekly Report
12 July 26
Alessandra Vaes
This edition features news about the Commission’s action against four member states for late transposition of the NIS2 Directive; the Commission's action plan to strengthen the EU’s AI capabilities in cybersecurity while reducing technological dependencies; the European Parliament’s proposed amendments to reinstate rules on voluntary detection of child sexual abuse by messaging apps; an update on guidelines adopted by the European Data Protection Board; a European court decision confirming Apple’s designation as a gatekeeper in relation to its App Store and iOS operating system under the Digital Markets Act; the Commission’s announcement that a proposal for an EU-wide social media “delay” (ban) will be adopted; and the Commission’s criticism of France’s proposed social media ban. It also lists events taking place this week.
Digital Omnibus: European Parliament co-rapporteurs propose amendments to the data-sharing framework
08 July 26
Miljana Todorovic
The co-rapporteurs left untouched the Digital Omnibus’s proposed consolidation of the EU framework for data access, sharing and re-use into the Data Act. However, they proposed amendments aimed at preserving, and in some cases strengthening safeguards from the existing data-sharing framework that the Digital Omnibus proposal would modify. In particular, proposed changes concern data intermediation service providers, third-country data access requests, government-to-business (G2B) and business-to-government (B2G) data sharing provisions.