Why the EU will not remain the world’s digital über-regulator

EUROPE hopes AIEUDSADMADMAto become the promised land—in the digital realm, at least. Harmful posts on social-media platforms will be rapidly removed. Texts will fly between rival messaging apps. You will be able to get apps from all over the internet, not just from your phone’s app store. And artificial intelligence () models will be trained exclusively on data free of bias.This is the noble aim of a set of new digital laws in the . Implementation of the Digital Services Act (), which regulates social media, and the Digital Markets Act (), which aims to keep big tech firms from competing unfairly, is entering a critical phase. Earlier this month, the European Commission designated what it calls “gatekeeper” firms, ranging from Alphabet to Microsoft, which will have to follow the ’s rules or risk vast fines.