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Build, don't block — what the compute market says about EU AI sovereignty
On 27 May 2026, after delays, the European Commission is expected to propose the Cloud and AI Development Act (CAIDA), the centrepiece of its Tech…
May 18
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
Meta AI's Incognito Chat: a new bar for confidential AI
Meta has launched Incognito Chat with Meta AI, a way to talk to an AI assistant on WhatsApp and the Meta AI app under privacy guarantees that, as Mark…
May 14
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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March 2026
The Digital Omnibus Won’t Work Without Enforcement Reform
Now that I’m emerging from a slower period of paternity leave, you can expect more regular programming.
Mar 13
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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December 2025
Comments on the interplay of the EU DMA and the GDPR
The European Commission and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) are preparing guidelines on the interplay of the Digital Markets Act with the EU’s…
Dec 5, 2025
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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November 2025
Podcast with Eric Seufert on the EU’s GDPR/AI reform package
I joined Eric Seufert again on the Mobile Dev Memo podcast to talk about the European Commission’s newly unveiled “digital omnibus” package and what it…
Nov 26, 2025
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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Europe is not “so back:” why cookie banners are here to stay (despite the reform) and the hard route not taken
“Europe is so back. No more cookie banners.” Alas, no. Cookie banners are staying. But the banner is just an irritating symbol of the fact that European…
Nov 22, 2025
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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AI privilege and ChatGPT encryption
Technical protections of chat confidentiality should strengthen the case for legal protections
Nov 14, 2025
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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Leaked GDPR reform: some good ideas but what about enforcement?
I’ve been arguing that the EU’s data protection law—the GDPR—needs to be reformed, mostly due to the absolutist approach taken to its interpretation by…
Nov 9, 2025
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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September 2025
Why is Meta offering cheaper and simpler "pay or consent" in the UK?
Meta announced today the introduction of a cheaper and simpler than in the EU version of “pay or consent” (subscription for no ads) for Facebook and…
Sep 26, 2025
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
Apple’s new DMA criticism, EU-only feature delays, and what’s next
Apple has issued a sharply critical statement regarding the impact of the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) and its impact on Apple products in the EU.
Sep 25, 2025
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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Debating the EU "pay or consent" decision against Meta
In a new webinar convened by Oles Andriychuk (University of Exeter), I debated two competition law scholars (Simonetta Vezzoso, University of Trento…
Sep 2, 2025
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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July 2025
The Washington Effect: will the Brussels bureaucracy bend?
Much has been said about the so-called “Brussels Effect”—that is, the European Union’s animating conceit that its mission is to make rules for the…
Jul 31, 2025
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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