Paula Ortiz, lawyer and executive advisor in Digital Regulation is the guest of a new episode of Digital Talks, in which she discusses the future of digital regulation to be addressed in the coming years.
In recent times, significant changes are brewing in the digital sphere with the aim of establishing regulations that not only reflect the speed of the technological revolution, but also provide a competitive and secure environment both domestically and internationally. Digital regulation stands as a key piece in this puzzle, essential to maintain balance and ensure ethical and responsible use of digital services and Artificial Intelligence.
In this new episode of the Digital Talks by t2ó podcast they have counted with the presence of Paula Ortiz, lawyer and executive advisor in Digital Regulation with more than 18 years of experience in the sector, to address this issue.
Currently, the whole world is in a reality where it has begun to address the redefinition of tax regulations that regulate strictly current areas such as the advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Contextualizing the conflict, Paula talked about the Brussels effect, a phenomenon whereby EU policies and regulations have a domino effect in other countries, as happened with the General Data Protection Regulation.
“At the national level, something curious has happened to us in Spain, and that is that we have anticipated the application of this regulation and Spain has already brought out an agency, let’s say, for the supervision of artificial intelligence that will be based in A Coruña.
We also have some proposed regulations to regulate AI and algorithms, therefore, well, this would be at the Artificial Intelligence level and on the other hand, regarding the Digital Services Law and the Digital Markets Law, these laws have already been approved since last year and what is called in the legal environment a vacatio legis has been given, which is a time for companies to adapt and, for example, the Digital Services Law will start to be applied in February next year”, he explains.
How will it affect users and companies?
In order to fully understand the impact of this tax regularization, it is important to first understand how the laws that are intended to be applied work. Within this area, the Digital Services Act stands out, which, as Paula Ortiz explains, “focuses on the responsibility of online platforms, including content moderation, for example, and the fight against disinformation”. On the other hand, the DMA, the Digital Markets or Digital Markets Act “seeks to address and eliminate this dominant position of the large companies of what are called gatekeepers”. These types of laws aim to combat disinformation, illicit content or systemic risks that can be caused by large technology companies.
“From the users’ point of view, the idea or purpose of the Digital Services Act is that we can understand, to put it a little plainly, what goes on behind the scenes on the Internet,” the expert said.
In addition, she also highlighted the opportunities that can be generated by other laws such as the Digital Markets Law. “For example, it gives companies the option to request data from these gatekeepers to Google, Meta, Amazon, the big companies. In other words, in the end, this cake will be shared a little bit more. And here I think that companies will have to see to what extent they can take advantage of this opportunity. And then, with respect to the suppliers, it really creates a path of different obligations that go from lesser to greater obligations”, he concludes.
