Apr 13, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-04-13

This week's most significant tech policy developments center on two major fronts: the ongoing battle between U.S. federal and state governments over AI regulation authority, and the EU's continued struggle to implement its landmark AI Act amid Big Tech pressure and implementation delays. The United States and European Union saw the most policy activity, with fresh analysis illuminating how fragmentary and contested the global AI governance landscape has become.

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Apr 9, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-04-09

This week, global AI governance fragmented further as governments clashed over regulatory control, with the EU's compliance window narrowing sharply ahead of August deadlines, and the US federal-state AI preemption battle intensifying. The EU and US dominated activity, while Brookings flagged a critical vacuum in national AI oversight frameworks. Regulatory stalemates risk ceding control to a handful of Big Tech actors.

7 min read/15 sources

Apr 5, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-04-05

The European Union continued to dominate global tech policy headlines this period, with fresh scrutiny over its AI Act delays allowing high-risk systems to evade oversight and EU proposals to "simplify" tech laws drawing sharp criticism from human rights groups. Meanwhile, China's AI models are spreading rapidly across global workloads, raising new national security concerns that are prompting calls for policy responses in the United States and allied nations.

6 min read/15 sources

Apr 4, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-04-04

The EU AI Act implementation crisis deepened this week as TechPolicy.Press confirmed key safeguards for high-risk systems remain delayed, while the AI industry ramped up its influence over the 2026 U.S. midterm elections through campaign contributions. Meanwhile, EU and UK AI hiring laws are creating fresh legal exposure for American companies operating across borders, with a law firm warning that U.S. employers face significant liability risk.

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Apr 3, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-04-03

U.S. state-level AI legislation surged this week, with Tennessee signing an AI therapy bot ban and Nebraska and Georgia advancing chatbot safety bills, even as the federal preemption debate intensifies. The EU continues to grapple with delays in its AI Act's high-risk oversight provisions, while critics warn that proposed "simplification" reforms could roll back digital rights. The patchwork of AI rules across more than 35 active U.S. state legislatures is creating unprecedented compliance complexity for enterprises.

4 min read/15 sources

Apr 2, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-04-02

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order regulating AI on April 2, directly challenging the Trump administration's push to block state-level AI laws. The EU's AI Act is facing fresh scrutiny, with a new report revealing that key oversight rules for high-risk systems have been delayed, allowing dangerous applications to dodge regulation. Amnesty International has also sounded the alarm on EU "simplification" proposals, warning that deregulatory rollbacks will erode digital rights in favor of AI development.

5 min read/15 sources

Apr 1, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-04-01

As April begins, U.S. states are openly defying the Trump administration's push to pre-empt state-level AI rules, while the EU's AI Act compliance clock ticks louder — with a new industry report revealing that 78% of enterprises remain unprepared for upcoming obligations. Transatlantic tensions over tech regulation are also escalating, with the U.S. formally raising concerns about the Digital Markets Act's impact on American companies.

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Mar 31, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-03-31

European debate over AI competitiveness intensified on March 31 as a new Fortune analysis questioned whether the EU's regulatory posture is costing it ground in the global AI race, while Brookings published a pointed critique of the Trump administration's national AI framework — calling it structurally empty. Meanwhile, CDT Europe released its March 2026 tech policy brief cataloguing a busy month of AI Act amendments, CSAM scanning gaps, and digital infrastructure proposals across the continent.

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Mar 30, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-03-30

The EU Parliament has voted to delay AI Act compliance deadlines, adding fresh urgency to trilogue negotiations on the Digital Omnibus package as the August application window approaches. In the United States, frustration is mounting among state lawmakers who argue that federal inaction has forced them to fill the regulatory vacuum — even as the White House pushes Congress to pass a unified national AI framework. Asia-Pacific governance frameworks are also maturing, with Japan's financial regulator updating its AI guidance for the financial sector.

4 min read/15 sources

Mar 29, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-03-29

Tech policy activity remains focused on the transatlantic divergence between the US push for light-touch federal AI preemption and the EU's ongoing effort to finalize its Digital Omnibus amendments to the AI Act. A Trump administration adviser signaled this week that bipartisan support for a federal AI bill is achievable, while EU trilogue negotiations on the Digital Omnibus package are advancing toward an August deadline. Fresh data from the past 24–48 hours is limited, so this issue is intentionally concise.

4 min read/15 sources

Mar 28, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-03-28

The European Parliament this week took a decisive step on AI Act reform, formally endorsing a package that delays high-risk system deadlines and bans AI "nudifier" apps, clearing the path for trilogue negotiations ahead of the August 2026 application date. In the United States, the White House's March 20 National AI Legislative Framework continues to generate detailed legal analysis, with law firms and the National Governors Association publishing fresh assessments of its state-preemption implications. Meanwhile, compliance practitioners are wrestling with a split-timeline problem as EU and US regulatory clocks tick at different speeds.

5 min read/15 sources

Mar 24, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-03-24

This week's most consequential tech policy developments center on two major legislative pushes reshaping AI governance on both sides of the Atlantic. In the US, Congress advanced a bipartisan bill to regulate AI use in federal courts, while the EU Parliament's committees voted overwhelmingly to delay key AI Act compliance deadlines to 2027–2028. Critics are warning that Europe's omnibus simplification drive risks watering down hard-won AI protections.

5 min read/15 sources

Mar 22, 2026

Global Tech Policy Tracker — 2026-03-22

The Trump White House dominated tech policy headlines this week, releasing a sweeping National AI Legislative Framework on March 20 that calls on Congress to preempt state-level AI laws and take a deliberately light-touch approach to federal regulation. Meanwhile in Brussels, the European Parliament advanced a proposal to delay and simplify parts of the EU AI Act, setting up a transatlantic divergence in regulatory philosophy that will reshape compliance strategies for companies worldwide.

5 min read/15 sources

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