European Union: Media, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

Since early 2026, Malta has introduced the Pre-Departure Course as a core part of its updated labour migration framework. The programme officially launched on 05 January 2026, when the Skills Pass portal opened...

The Statistical Service announces that the number of building permits authorized during October 2025 stood at 855. The total value of these permits reached €447,6 million and the total area 356,2 thousand square metres.

Malta's tourism sector continued its strong upward trajectory in 2025, registering record levels of total visitor spending and one of the fastest rises in overnight stays among European Union destinations.

On 19 February 2026, the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport (the "Minister") announced Government approval to publish the Media Regulation Bill 2026 (the "Media Regulation Bill").

With the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at center stage, Milan is well placed to highlight a fashion innovation that is already accelerating in the city: technical textiles and smart textiles...

In modern professional football, the management of a sports club necessarily entails highly complex economic, contractual and regulatory dynamics. Transfer market transactions, relationships with agents and intermediaries...

Following recent legislative developments in Australia, which introduced a ban on social media access for users under the age of sixteen from December 2025...

Open TikTok at any moment and you will scroll past a mix of dance routines, cooking hacks and cats in sunglasses.

Les débats autour du contrôle de l'âge en ligne continuent d'animer la sphère numérique et juridique. Avec la loi SREN du 21 mai 2024...

To celebrate World Consumer Rights Day, the William Fry Technology team prepared a three part series highlighting key EU consumer law developments set to shape consumer digital contracts in 2026.

The application underlying the discussed decision concerns a method for selecting online content to present to users based on their content consumption behavior on a social media platform.

On the 6th of February 2026, the European Commission issued preliminary findings indicating that a major social media platform's design, specifically its use of infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications and a highly‑personalised recommender system, may breach the Digital Services Act (DSA). This through fostering compulsive use and undermining users' mental and physical wellbeing, with particular concern for minors and vulnerable adults.