The European Commission has recently designated OpenAI’s ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine (“VLOSE”), whilst Roblox and Reddit have been designated as Very Large Online Platforms (“VLOPs”), making all three subject to the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) . Having each exceeded an average of 45 million monthly users throughout the European Union (“EU”), the newly designated services now have four months (until January 2027) to comply with all additional requirements mandated by the DSA for both VLOSEs and VLOPs. This is particularly noteworthy in the case of ChatGPT, which has now joined the two other VLOSEs, 'Bing' (operated…
In August 2026, Mr Ian Deguara, the former Maltese Information and Data Protection Commissioner, joined Mamo TCV Advocates as Senior Regulatory Advisor. Mr Deguara’s term at the Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) came to an end in March 2026. Mamo TCV Advocates’ Managing Partner, Dr Joe Borg Bartolo, welcomed Mr Deguara to the firm, describing his appointment as an important milestone for both the firm and Mr Deguara as he begins this new chapter of his distinguished career in the field of privacy and data protection. Dr Claude Micallef Grimaud and Dr Antoine Camilleri, both partners heading the…
In a recent press release, the Council of the European Union announced that a provisional agreement on the Digital Omnibus Regulation on AI (hereinafter the “Omnibus”) was reached, introducing certain amendments to the EU AI Act (hereinafter the “Act”). Most notably, the provisional agreement revises the timeline for the applicability of certain provisions of the Act, particularly concerning the obligations applicable to high-risk AI systems. In this respect, the application of the obligations with respect to high-risk AI systems listed under Annex III of the Act would be postponed to 2 December 2027. For high-risk AI systems which are embedded…
