Policy & Regulation
Digital policy, data sovereignty, tech regulation and government digitalization in Algeria and the region.
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AI Chip Export Bans 2026: Who Can Buy What and Why It Matters
The Most Consequential Trade Policy You Have Never Heard Of On October 7, 2022, the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued export control regulations that sent shockwaves through the global technology industry. The regulations restricted the export of advanced
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Child Online Safety Laws: A Global Crackdown on Big Tech in 2026
The Generation That Grew Up Online Is Paying the Price The evidence has been accumulating for over a decade. Adolescent mental health has deteriorated significantly since the widespread adoption of smartphones and social media.
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Crypto Regulation Global Map 2026: From MiCA to the GENIUS Act
The End of the Regulatory Vacuum For over a decade, cryptocurrency existed in a regulatory gray zone. Bitcoin launched in 2009.
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Platform Liability 2026: Section 230, the DSA, and the Global Battle Over Internet Rules
Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act of 1996 contains what legal scholars call the most consequential sentence in internet history. This single provision created the legal foundation for user-generated content platforms.
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The AI Liability Gap: Who Is Responsible When an AI System Harms Someone?
When Nobody Is Responsible, Nobody Is Accountable In the landmark case Mobley v. Workday, Derek Mobley — an African American man over 40 with a disability — applied to more than 100 jobs through companies using Workday's AI-powered screening platform.
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Algeria’s Startup Law: The Complete Guide to the Regulatory Framework in 2026
Introduction Algeria made a decisive turn toward startup-driven economic development with Executive Decree No. 20-254 of September 15, 2020, which established the national startup labeling system — the centerpiece of what is commonly called the Startup Law.
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E-Commerce in Algeria: The .com.dz Domain Requirement, Trade Registry
Introduction Algeria's e-commerce sector is growing. With 33.49 million internet users as of early 2024 — a 72.9% penetration rate, up 3.9% year-on-year — and a young, mobile-first population increasingly comfortable with online transactions, the market fundamentals are compelling.
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Algeria’s National Cybersecurity Strategy 2025-2029: A Deep-Dive Analysis
Introduction On December 30, 2025, President Tebboune signed Presidential Decree No. 25-321, formally approving Algeria's National Cybersecurity Strategy for 2025–2029.
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Open Source AI: The Policy Battle That Will Define the Next Decade of Technology
When Meta released Llama 3 in April 2024 with open weights — making the model's parameters freely downloadable by anyone — it ignited one of the most significant policy debates in AI history. When DeepSeek followed with R1 in January 2025, demonstrating that Chinese
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The Global Privacy Map in 2026: 140+ Countries, One Digital Economy, Zero Consensus
In 2018, when the EU's General Data Protection Regulation took effect, many predicted it would either become a global privacy standard or collapse under its own complexity. Eight years later, the verdict is in: it did both.
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Big Tech on Trial: The Global Antitrust Wave Reshaping the Tech Industry in 2025-2026
The dream of Silicon Valley's golden era — that technology companies could grow without limits, displace entire industries, and operate by their own rules — is colliding with a global regulatory reckoning in 2025 and 2026. Antitrust authorities in the United States, European
