PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH 3x EU data centre capacity target ~23% Irish electricity used by data centres
Ireland
digital sovereignty
Ireland chairs the EU's Cloud and AI Development Act talks while hosting the US hyperscaler infrastructure the law targets — and its own grid can't support more of it.
2026-07-15
RESEARCH Aug 10, 2026 EU standstill deadline 130–21 Assembly ban vote
France
2026-07-15
The EU's July 6 opinion doesn't reject France's age ban — it rejects letting Arcom monitor and report platforms directly...
RESEARCH 141 Dermatologists in substantiation survey 35 Days between the two ARB rulings
South Africa
2026-07-15
ARB's May 2026 La Roche-Posay ruling holds brands liable for a gifted dermatologist's own wording, not just disclosure f...
RESEARCH 5% Estonia revenue reinvestment ~140K Netflix subscribers in Estonia
India
2026-07-15
Estonia will force streamers to fund local film; India's draft OTT rules impose content curbs but no investment mandate ...
RESEARCH 25% China standard commission $562B China App Store billings 2025
China
2026-07-15
48 Chinese iOS developers want SAMR to force Apple's hand on commissions, but China lacks the legislative floor the EU u...
RESEARCH ~6 of 67 Fabricated policy citations Nov 2026 Cabinet resubmission target
South Africa
2026-07-15
Research ICT Africa wants Pretoria's redrafted AI policy to close 'openwashing' loopholes — but the fix could deter the ...
RESEARCH 11 Guiding principles in decree 4 EU-style AI risk tiers
Argentina
2026-07-15
Kicillof's Decree 742/2026 regulates AI in provincial government while Congress and Milei leave national AI law unresolv...
RESEARCH July 10, 2026 Complaint filed $1.5B Anthropic's piracy settlement
US
2026-07-15
Hachette, Elsevier, Cengage and Scott Turow sue Google over Gemini, but the case's strength rests on alleged piracy and ...
RESEARCH 50 MW+ Threshold for covered projects ~12 GW Data center load in NYISO queue
US
2026-07-15
Executive Order No. 62 pauses permits for 50MW+ data centers while regulators study grid strain, but the open-ended time...
RESEARCH 12am-6am Default curfew window 300+ Pilot households surveyed
UK
2026-07-15
DSIT's midnight-to-6am default curfew for 16-17s is a defaults-based nudge, not a ban — but its evidence base is thinner...
RESEARCH 22 platforms warned Jul 13 blocking deadline
Indonesia
2026-07-15
Komdigi's final warning to 22 unregistered platforms shows Indonesia's PSE regime hasn't loosened since 2022 — it has br...
RESEARCH 2,756-3-3 NPC passage vote 56 Ethnic groups covered
Taiwan
2026-07-15
NSB Director Tsai Ming-yen says China's vaguely worded July 1 statute lets Skynet and Sharp Eyes surveillance justify de...
RESEARCH 60 days Compliance deadline 2 hours NCII removal window
Brazil
2026-07-15
Decrees 12,975 and 12,976 require a Brazil-based legal entity for every platform and codify 'systemic failure' liability...