Digital Governance

What Herta Security Reveals About Europe's AI Governance and Global Deployments The European Union has positioned the AI Act as the world's first comprehensive legal framework for regulating artificial intelligence. Built around the principles of trust, transparency and fundamental rights, the Act goes beyond managing technological innovation - it defines what Europe considers acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI. Certain AI practices are classified as posing an "unacceptab

Policies on user liability in the generative search era. Thinking about user liability in the context of generative search. A recent ruling in Germany that Google may be liable for harmful information created by its AI Overviews has sparked a conversation that's spreading across the globe of how governments will regulate AI in the future. The court has established precedent by describing AI-driven summarizations as Google's own in a way that suggests that the responsibility f

Google AI Overviews and the Rising differences in the EU AI Governance landscape A debate came in for a sharp focus following a recent court order against Google's AI Overviews by a German court. The Munich Regional court said in this reported case that AI-generated summaries when used in Google Search are considered as statements made by Google and thus subject the company to liability in case of false information. At the same time, in what could be a defining ruling in AI l

The European Commission (EC) recently imposed a fine of EUR 200,000 on Temu under the Digital Services Act (DSA) as one of the largest DSA enforcement actions so far. This was because Temu had not evaluated and mitigated the systemic risks arising from the sale of illegal products on its platform, thereby giving European consumers access to unsafe and illegal products. The case has garnered much discussion, particularly about the shortcomings of Temu and implications for plat

The Digital Services Act (DSA): The Online Accountability Transformative EU Law. - Co-written by Zoya Baig Digital Services Act (DSA) is a landmark regulation embraced by the European Union in order to modernize the digital services, platform, and intermediary operations in the Digital Single Market of the EU. It was formally adopted in 2022 and came into effect in 2023-2024, superseding aspects of the prior e-Commerce Directive and creating EU wide harmonised rules on onlin

In 2026, digital disinformation has moved from the periphery to the mainstream of information ecosystems. What was once confined to sporadic fake news or fringe conspiracy sites is now an industrialized, AI-powered, and deeply varied threat within digital media. The consequences are far-reaching and impacts political stability, commercial credibility, public health, and societal trust.