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Laureline Lemoine

@laureline.eurosky.social

Digital rights, law and policy @ AWO, based in Brussels 🇺🇦🇵🇸

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@awo.agency · 2mo ago

AWO is hosting an expert briefing on 25 June bringing together policymakers, compliance professionals, academics and civil society to address the emerging regulatory framework of social media bans and age verification (1/5)

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Claes Holtzmann@claeshs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Court holds Google liable for false claims in AI Overviews. Seems significant. "A regular search engine just points to outside websites. But AI overviews generate 'independent, new, and substantive statements' by evaluating and combining content from various third-party sites" the-decoder

Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.

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michael veale@michae.lv · 2mo ago

This case brought by @awo.agency will have to deal with a few big questions: 1. how much platform input in content negates the user-to-user dimension that might usually grant intermediary shielding? 2. will English courts apply the logic of the CJEU in Russmedia or come to a different conclusion?

Jess Asato MP@jessasatomp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today, I’m launching a High Court claim against xAI, the company behind Grok. I am just one of thousands of women and even children who have been the victim of abusive and sexualised AI deepfakes. This should never have happened – and xAI must be held accountable. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

@awo.agency · 2mo ago

🚨 We’re proud to represent Jess Asato MP in the claim she filed today in against xAI in the English High Court. Ms Asato MP was one of the many women who were subjected earlier this year to the appalling manipulation of their image on X by Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot. awo.agency/articles/fir...

First claim in the UK against Grok’s nonconsensual deepfakes

Jess Asato MP launches legal claim against Elon Musk's company xAI for AI chatbot Grok creation of sexual deepfakes

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Laureline Lemoine@laureline.eurosky.social · 2mo ago

The European Commission finally published its full first DSA non-compliance decision and fine against X. Following my webinar with @disinfo.eu, I unpack the decision and look at X's pleas in front of the Court 👇👇 awo.agency/articles/x-m...

X Marks the Spot: Unpacking the EU's First DSA Fine

Explore the implications of the European Commission's €120 million fine on X for DSA violations. Discover the legal reasoning and future enforcement trends.

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Nicolas Hervieu@nicolas.eurosky.social · 3mo ago

Liberté d'expression en ligne : La sanction de l'auteur d'une vidéo devenue virale sur Tiktok ne viole pas la CEDH. Certes, la « critique politique vigoureuse » est protégée. Mais elle était ici très injurieuse. Et la Cour tient compte de l'impact viral (surtout sur les jeunes). => bit.ly/499N6cg

Non-violation de la liberté d’expression dans une affaire concernant une vidéo virale postée sur TikTok Dans son arrêt de chambre1, rendu ce jour dans l’affaire Miladze c. Géorgie (requête no 41585/23), la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme dit, à l’unanimité, qu’il y a eu : Non-violation de l’article 10 (liberté d’expression) de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme. L’affaire concernait la condamnation administrative de M. Miladze pour une vidéo qu’il avait postée sur TikTok en 2022, dans laquelle il critiquait la nouvelle politique des transports à Tbilissi et dénonçait des irrégularités commises par des agents publics. La vidéo était devenue virale. La Cour a jugé que les juridictions géorgiennes avaient procédé à une mise en balance minutieuse et modulée en l’espèce, opérant une distinction entre critique politique vigoureuse et dénigrement personnel hostile – ce dernier n’étant pas protégé par la Convention européenne. Elle a tenu compte en particulier du langage agressif et vulgaire employé et de l’incidence potentielle, en particulier sur les jeunes, des insultes personnelles sexuellement explicites proférées sur une plateforme de réseaux sociaux communément utilisée.
Jakub Jaraczewski@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner.

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David Meyer@superglaze.eurosky.social · 5mo ago

Huge trans rights ruling from the EU's top court - if someone moves to another EU country and transitions, their home country can't refuse to amend their registration details to match their lived gender identity

CJEU press release: Member State legislation which does not permit the amendment of the gender data of one of its nationals who has exercised his or her right to freedom of movement is contrary to EU law A Bulgarian national was registered at birth as being male, with a name, personal identification number and identity documents corresponding to that sex. She currently lives in Italy, where she has begun hormone therapy, and now presents herself as a woman. She instituted proceedings before the Bulgarian courts seeking a declaration that she is a female person and to have her civil status data amended on her birth certificate. Despite the medical opinions and legal assessments confirming the gender identity claimed, her request was rejected. According to national legislation, as interpreted by the plenary assembly of civil chambers of the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation, the term ‘sex’ must be understood in its biological sense, excluding any amendment of the particulars relating to sex, name and identification number. The public interest, based on the moral and/or religious values of Bulgarian society, thus prevails over the interests of transgender persons. Hearing the dispute, the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation has doubts as to the compatibility of that legislation with EU law and has referred the matter to the Court of Justice. In its judgment, the Court holds that EU law precludes legislation of a Member State which does not permit the amendment of the gender data in the civil status registers of one of its nationals who has exercised his or her right to move and reside freely in another Member State. The Court emphasises first of all that, while the issue of identity documents falls within the competence of the Member States, they must exercise that competence in compliance with EU law...
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Meta’s second major trial of 2026 over alleged harms to children begins today. The "jury trial in Santa Fe pits the New Mexico attorney general’s office against the social media giant. The state alleges that the company knowingly enabled predators to use Facebook and Instagram to exploit children."

‘Marketplace for predators’: Meta faces jury trial over child exploitation claims

New Mexico attorney general accuses Meta of failing to safeguard children against trafficking and sexual abuse

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Antton Rouget@anttonrouget.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Depuis novembre, le groupe français Capgemini 🇫🇷, qui bénéficie de nombreux contrats étatiques, accompagne la police anti-immigration #ICE 🇺🇸pour une mission de «skip-tracing» (localisation des étrangers), rapporte France 2. Plus de 365 millions $ en jeu, avec part variable en fonction des résultats.👇

Simonetta Vezzoso@wavesblog.eurosky.social · 7mo ago

"Lorsqu’un algorithme permet de déshabiller des femmes, il ne s’agit pas d’une simple dérive, mais du résultat d’un choix délibéré de conception et d’un échec manifeste de conformité et de responsabilité des acteurs concernés" www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

« L’intelligence artificielle réinvente la domination masculine »

TRIBUNE. Les technologies d’IA qui permettent de déshabiller ou de transformer le corps de femmes sans leur consentement contribuent à une nouvelle forme de contrôle, contre laquelle les responsables ...

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)@corporateeurope.org · 7mo ago

🎁 Just before the holidays, the EU Commission granted Big Tech its Christmas wish-list: an unprecedented attack on our digital rights. Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we have mapped how the Digital Omnibus closely matches Big Tech lobby demands. 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a...

Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU’s roll-back of digital rights | Corporate Europe Observatory

In a new analysis we trace Big Tech's fingerprints on the Digital Omnibus proposals - a major deregulation of EU digital laws including the GDPR and the AI Act. They are helped in this attempt by the ...

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Laureline Lemoine@laureline.eurosky.social · 8mo ago

Strong statements from those affected: the travel ban is "an authoritarian attack on free speech and an egregious act of government censorship". The actions of administration officials are "immoral, unlawful and un-American”. Full support and solidarity ✊ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The US ‘sanctions’ 5 individuals for involvement in #DSA, platform regulation and content moderation, including fmr Commissioner Breton and NGO leaders. Oppressive state behavior by the US, disguised as free speech fighting. Appalling. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

European Ombudsman@ombudsman.europa.eu · 9mo ago

We have found unreasonable that @ec.europa.eu applied a general presumption of non-disclosure to a risk assessment report drawn up by the social media platform X under the Digital Services Act #DSA. 🧵 1/3

Commission should analyse risk assessment report of social media firm X for possible disclosure, says Ombudswoman

European Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho has found maladministration in the European Commission’s refusal to analyse a 2023 risk assessment report drawn up by ...

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Max von Thun@maxvonthun.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New @lobbycontrol.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org data highlights tech lobbyists' tightening grip on EU policymaking: 📈 Total lobbying spend up by a third in 2 years 💼 There are now more tech lobbyists than MEPs 🗣️ Big Tech meets EU officials every single day corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/b...

Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory

New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was already considerable firepower.

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Nick Botton@nickbotton.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My colleagues @laurelinelmn.bsky.social and @mathver.bsky.social shared some thoughts on the DSA's application to OpenAI with TPP! See also their great analysis on the topic here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Assessing the Extent to Which Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Falls Within the Scope of the EU's Digital Services Act: an Initial Analysis

This paper is an initial attempt to assess the extent to which generative AI applications fall within the scope of the Digital Services Act (DSA, both as self-s

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Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

OpenAI’s ChatGPT has crossed 120 million EU users for its search feature and may fall under the Digital Services Act. Ramsha Jahangir breaks down what this could mean for regulation of AI chatbots in Europe.