On 10 July 2026, the European Commission announced that it had preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for the “addictive design” of Instagram
and Facebook. Infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and the platforms’ personalised recommender systems, the Commission says, were not adequately assessed [...]
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major news and developments over the weekend. Here’s today’s news: IRAN WAR Over the weekend,
President Trump formally notified Congress that fighting between the United States and Iran has resumed amid tit-for-tat attacks by both sides in recent days, according [...]
Am 6. September 2026 wählt Sachsen-Anhalt einen neuen Landtag, am 20. September folgen Berlin und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Ein Blick auf die aktuellen Wahlumfragen macht klar:
Die Regierungsbildung im Anschluss an den Wahltag wird aller Voraussicht nach nicht einfach. [...]
Marine Le Pen’s presidential campaign began not with a rally but with a court judgment. By announcing her candidacy in a prime-time television interview within hours of the
Paris Court of Appeal largely upholding her criminal conviction, the leader of the Rassemblement National has placed one of Europe’s oldest constitutional democracies [...]
[Alexandria Virginski is a legal scholar whose research explores the intersections of human rights, international law, and security. She holds a JD from the University of
Wisconsin Law School and BA degrees in International Relations and Spanish from Michigan State University] The number of armed conflicts globally has reached levels [...]
Guest post by Professor YEO Tiong Min, Yong Pung How Chair Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University Much has been in the news about governmental
endeavours to protect children from the ills of social media, which has partially eclipsed the equally important issue of social media being used to cause online [...]
—Gabriel de Moraes, PhD Candidate in Law at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) Brazilian constitutionalism has always learned from abroad. Now, to be fair, comparative
borrowing is not, in itself, a problem. The danger begins when foreign constitutional symbols are detached from their institutional history and reattached to a different [...]
In mid-June 2026, the European Parliament gave its final approval to the amendments to the European Union’s policy on the return of third-country nationals staying irregularly
on Union territory. With 418 votes in favour, 218 against, and 30 abstentions, the new Return Regulation, which replaces Directive 2008/115/EC, formally aims to “speed [...]