European UnionAmends the Directive on administrative cooperation in taxation to require crypto-asset service providers to report their users' crypto-asset transactions to tax authorities, with automatic exchange of that information between member states.
NevadaRequires election communications that include synthetic media to disclose that the image, video or audio has been manipulated and lets depicted candidates seek an injunction.
European UnionAdds harmonised procedural rules for how national data protection authorities cooperate and handle complaints in cross-border GDPR cases.
VietnamProvides a legal framework for Viet Nam's digital technology industry, including semiconductors, AI, digital technology parks and digital assets.
ChinaSets out the certification route for transferring personal information out of China, including which handlers may use it, the certification bodies and process, and supervision of certified transfers.
MontanaCreates a property right in an individual's name, voice and visual likeness, including digital depictions, and sets penalties for unauthorized use.
Hong KongImposes statutory cybersecurity obligations on designated critical infrastructure operators in Hong Kong, covering organizational measures, preventive security measures and incident reporting, overseen by a new Commissioner's Office.
MassachusettsWould set consumer protection requirements for interactions with AI systems.
New YorkWould have required consent before processing health information, given individuals access and deletion rights, and restricted sales of health data.
United States (federal)Would set a national AI policy framework and a temporary moratorium preempting certain state laws that restrict AI models and systems.
JapanSets government guidelines under the AI Promotion Act on the steps AI developers, providers and users should take to ensure AI is researched, developed and used appropriately.
JapanRegulates designated providers of key smartphone software such as operating systems and app stores, barring self-preferencing and unfair treatment of app developers and requiring more open platforms, enforced by the Japan Fair Trade Commission.
United States (federal)Annual defense authorization law for fiscal year 2026, which includes artificial intelligence provisions for defense and intelligence community programs.
MassachusettsWould set consumer protections for people interacting with AI chatbots.
United NationsUpdates the General Assembly's call for a human rights based approach to the design, development, deployment and use of digital technologies, including artificial intelligence.
United NationsThe Global Digital Compact, annexed to the Pact for the Future, sets shared objectives on closing digital divides, an inclusive and safe digital space, data governance and international AI governance, including the decision to create a scientific panel and global dialogue on AI.
United States (federal)Would repeal Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934, which shields online platforms from liability for most user content.
United NationsOutcome of the General Assembly's 20-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society, which makes the Internet Governance Forum a permanent UN forum and schedules the next overall review for 2035.
United States (federal)Would bar the use of federal funds to implement the December 2025 executive order on a national policy framework for AI.
United States (federal)Sets a policy of a minimally burdensome national AI standard, creates a Justice Department task force to challenge state AI laws and conditions some federal funding on state AI policies.
MarylandRequires state agencies and the University of Maryland to analyze the environmental, energy and economic impacts of data center development and report to the General Assembly; cross-filed with HB 270.
DenmarkDanish law supplementing the EU Data Act by designating the Agency for Digital Government as competent authority, giving it powers to request information and issue orders, and allowing fines for violations.
United States (federal)Would require app stores to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent before minors download apps.
United States (federal)House version of the Kids Online Safety Act requiring covered platforms to adopt safeguards and parental tools for minors.
New YorkRequires prior consent before a deceased performer's digital replica is used in audiovisual works, sound recordings or live performances.
New YorkRequires advertisements to conspicuously disclose when they include an AI-generated synthetic performer, with civil penalties for violations.
United States (federal)House version of COPPA 2.0 extending online privacy protections to teens.
United States (federal)A House bill in Congress, now in committee. Latest step: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
United States (federal)A House bill in Congress, now in committee. Latest step: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
United States (federal)OMB memo implementing Executive Order 14319 by setting how agencies apply unbiased AI principles when buying large language models.
UruguayTasks the digital government agency AGESIC with designing a national data and artificial intelligence strategy, reporting to Parliament with recommendations for AI regulation, and promoting controlled testing environments for innovative projects.
UruguayRegulates articles 74 and 75 of Law 20.212 by setting rules for controlled testing environments (sandboxes) for innovative projects, especially those using data and artificial intelligence.
United States (federal)The court found Google unlawfully maintained a monopoly in general search and later imposed remedies that bar exclusive distribution deals and require some data sharing, without ordering a Chrome divestiture.
District of ColumbiaWould create misdemeanor and felony offenses for nonconsensual distribution of sexually explicit images, video or audio created or altered with digital technology, including AI.
ColombiaGovernment framework bill to regulate the development and use of artificial intelligence in Colombia with a risk-based approach that protects fundamental rights, filed by the President with a message of urgency.
United States (federal)A Senate bill in Congress, now in committee. Latest step: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
AustraliaSets out the Australian Government's plan to build AI capability and infrastructure, spread the benefits of AI, and keep Australians safe, including establishing an AI Safety Institute.
United NationsReaffirms that international law applies throughout the life cycle of AI in the military domain, takes note of the Secretary-General's report under resolution 79/239 and decides to convene informal exchanges among States in Geneva on its conclusions.
United NationsThird General Assembly resolution on lethal autonomous weapons systems, calling on parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons to complete the elements of an instrument under development in the Group of Governmental Experts with a view to future negotiations.
United NationsDemands that human control and oversight be maintained over nuclear weapons command, control and communications systems that integrate artificial intelligence, and urges nuclear-weapon States to publish policies affirming this.
United States (federal)Launches the Genesis Mission, a Department of Energy led effort to build an AI platform using federal scientific datasets to accelerate research.
FloridaBars social media accounts for children under 14, requires parental consent for 14 and 15 year olds, and requires age verification for websites with material harmful to minors.
United States (federal)Would require the Department of Homeland Security to assess threats posed by terrorist use of generative AI.
European UnionCreates a framework for reusing certain protected public sector data, regulates data intermediation services, and sets rules for data altruism organisations.
United States (federal)A House bill in Congress, now in committee. Latest step: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
United States (federal)The court ruled for Meta, rejecting the FTC's claim that Meta illegally maintained a personal social networking monopoly through its Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions.
United States (federal)House subcommittee hearing on the risks and benefits of AI chatbots for consumers and minors.
IndiaSubstitutes rule 3(1)(d) of India's IT Rules 2021 to change how intermediaries must act on court orders and government notices under section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act to remove unlawful information.
MexicoReplaces Mexico's 2010 private-sector data protection law and moves its oversight from the dissolved INAI to the Secretaria Anticorrupcion y Buen Gobierno.
MexicoReplaces the 2017 general law governing personal data held by public authorities and other obligated subjects, following the dissolution of INAI.
Legislationsby Glyph