This edition maps a landscape where the gap between regulatory ambition and real-world enforcement remains the central storyline. From the European Commission’s long-awaited decision on X under the DSA to the arrest of Dutch intermediaries linked to the Doppelganger operation, accountability is slowly but visibly catching up with those exploiting Europe’s digital infrastructure for hybrid purposes. Health disinformation networks are meanwhile recycling COVID-era playbooks to exploit hantavirus fears, the Digital Fairness Act signals fresh regulatory ambition on addictive platform design, and progress on DSA data access for researchers remains frustratingly slow.
