In recent years, the rise of new digital technologies, from social media platforms to generative AI, has posed new challenges to democracy and elections. For this reason, EPD has been working on investigating the impact that digital innovation can have on democracy and how EU policies can be the most effective in tackling the risks posed by new technologies.

Three important files shaping digital democracy are now in force in the EU: the Digital Services Act, the AI Act and the Regulation on Political Advertising. But this is just the start of a long journey. On this timeline, you can explore all the key dates, deadlines and events that will make these files fully effective.

Do you want to know more about our work on Digital Democracy? Contact our Digital Policy Manager at [email protected].

Our publications on Digital Democracy

Our work on these files is funded by Civitates and the Open Society Foundations.