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In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we discuss the EU's recent decision to be the first to regulate artificial intelligence. Some parties, however, were not completely happy with the final compromise.

The European Parliament has passed the first draft of the AI Act, paving the way for a ban on police use of live facial recognition technology in public places.

Attempts to regulate artificial intelligence and biometrics continue around the world, but consensus on how to do it appears to be elusive.

The agreement among the leading groups in the European Parliament on the AI regulation is dead, opening the door for amendments from both sides of the aisle.

European Union lawmakers have criticized the British government's updated privacy bill over concerns that it fails to adequately protect European citizens'

European Union lawmakers have criticized the British government's updated privacy bill over concerns that it fails to adequately protect European citizens'

There may be an entire commission behind the push to mandate client-side scanning in the European Union, but there's one truly propulsive force behind it: Commissioner Ylva Johansson, the person in charge of the Home Affairs office. Johansson is the one who penned a largely incoherent defense of the proposal back in August 2022, long…

On April 23, the German politician Patrick Breyer uploaded a meme to his Mastodon account. “Big Sister is Watching You”, it warned in big white letters,…

The EU's AI Act is one step closer to the finish line, after it was approved by two European Parliamentary committees. The Act bans live facial recognition.

A proposed European law that could require communications companies, including WhatsApp, Signal, and Facebook Messenger to scan the contents of private and encrypted messages for child abuse material are likely to be annulled by the European Court of Justice, according to the EU’s own internal legal advice. The controversial EU law, known as ‘chat control’ will allow governments to serve “detection orders” on technology companies requiring them to scan private email...