Germany’s Deepseek Demand: A Closer Look at Data Transfer Concerns
Introduction On June 27, 2025, Germany’s data protection commissioner, Meike Kamp, took a significant step by requesting that Apple and Google remove the Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their app stores in Germany. This action stems from concerns that DeepSeek is unlawfully transferring user data to China, violating the European Union’s stringent data protection regulations. […]
The Trump Administration Vs European Tech Legislation: A Closer Look – Part III
Introduction On June 27, 2025, President Trump suspended trade negotiations with Canada. This action targeted Canada’s proposed Digital Services Tax. President Trump characterized this tax as an attack on American innovation. Furthermore, he threatened retaliatory tariffs in response. This dispute reflects a broader strategic pattern, with the Trump administration viewing international digital regulations not as […]
The Trump Administration vs European Tech Legislation: A Closer Look – Part II
In Part 1, we analysed the EU’s early regulatory efforts in the 2010s to curb US tech giants’ dominance through privacy and antitrust laws, setting the stage for transatlantic tensions. In this part, Ronin Legal traces the EU’s evolving tech regulations from 2020 onward, examining the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Digital Services Act (DSA), digital […]
The Trump Administration vs European Tech Legislation: A Closer Look – Part I
On January 23, 2025, President Donald Trump criticized the European Union at the World Economic Forum in Davos, stating, “They took billions from Apple and Google through the courts, and now they’re after Facebook for billions. These are American companies the EU is taxing unfairly.” This accusation reflects a growing clash between US tech giants […]
VARA 2.0, Tokenisation and the Future of Digital Assets: A Closer Look
The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), established in 2022 under Law No. (4) of 2022 Regulating Virtual Assets in Dubai, serves as the dedicated regulator for virtual assets across the Emirate of Dubai. Operating as an affiliate of the Dubai World Trade Centre Authority, VARA is mandated to regulate, supervise, and oversee all Virtual Asset […]
OpenAI Enters Social Media: A Closer Look
In 2025, an unexpected player is stepping into the world of social media – OpenAI. The company is reportedly prototyping a new social feed tied to its image generator, as part of a broader move to scale multimodal AI by doing what competitors like Meta and X have already been doing for a while now. […]
The TAKE IT DOWN Act: A Closer Look
In April 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, a bipartisan effort to curb the growing threat of AI-generated deepfake pornography. Officially, the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, it’s poised to reshape how the U.S. tackles nonconsensual intimate visual depictions (NCII). […]
A Closer Look: India’s Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules
On 3 January 2025, India’s long-simmering data protection law took another tentative step towards actualization, as the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MEITY”) released the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (“Draft Rules”). The Draft Rules are the much-awaited subordinate rules for the implementation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), 2023, […]
OpenAI’s Seeks to Consolidate Copyright Lawsuits: A Closer Look
As we’ve covered in several earlier articles (AI & Ownership Part 3: All Out War, AI & Ownership: IP, Competition Law, and Publicity Rights in a Changing World – Part 2, and Raw Story Media & AlterNet Media Inc. V. OpenAI), companies developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, and OpenAI in particular, are currently battling a […]
FTC Takes Action Against Sale of Location Data
Background In the week ended December 6, 2024, the FTC announced settlements in two significant enforcement actions, targeting American companies that trade in sensitive location data – namely data analytics provider Gravy Analytics, Inc. and data broker Mobilewalla, Inc. Gravy Analytics Inc. On December 3, 2024, the FTC issued a decision and order against Gravy […]
