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This edition features, among others, the Commission's work programme for 2027; an analysis of the main amendments proposed by the Council to the data sharing provisions of the Digital Omnibus proposal; Commission’s preliminary conclusions that TikTok is in breach of the risk mitigation requirements under the Digital Services Act; a non-binding opinion of the Advocate General of the EU top court supporting text and data mining for AI training and limiting chatbots’ reuse of news; and a Commission-led implementation dialogue on the application of the Political Advertising Regulation. It also lists events taking place this week.
The Andean court found that Colombia's must-carry regime violated broadcasters' exclusive right to authorise retransmission of their signals.
The package could include the review of the Digital Decade Policy Programme, the review of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and a targeted legislative initiative addressing AI-related copyright issues and online piracy of live and time-sensitive content.
Advocate General Maciej Szpunar delivered his non-binding opinion in the first generative AI case to reach the Court of Justice of the EU. The opinion addresses two main issues: the use of copyright-protected material to train large language models (LLMs), and the circumstances in which an LLM-powered chatbot may infringe the press publisher’s right when retrieving and reusing online news content.
The European Commission is preparing technical guidelines on the advertising repositories that providers of very large online platforms and search engines must provide on their interface under article 39 of the Digital Services Act. A public consultation is open until 2 December 2026 to gather stakeholders’ feedback.
This update provides an analysis of the recent consultation on the reform of media law. The consultation puts forward a set of innovative solutions to address the financing of the media sector and to bring AI under media law. It also proposes new rules on prominence, new obligations for companies that exercise a dominant influence over public opinion and more.
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