Guides
Evergreen explainers and how-to guides from Continental Brief: background that stays useful beyond the news cycle.
- EU AI Act timeline: every key date after the AI Omnibus AI Act dates as of October 2026: bans since Feb 2025, GPAI rules since Aug 2025, transparency since Aug 2026, high-risk delayed to Dec 2027 and Aug 2028.
- DSA list of very large online platforms and search engines (VLOPs) All 28 very large online platforms and search engines under the EU Digital Services Act as of October 2026, with user numbers, designation dates and fines.
- DMA gatekeepers list: 7 companies and 23 core platform services All 7 gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act as of October 2026: 23 designated services, thresholds, fines and the pending AWS and Azure case.
- EU Digital Identity Wallet: the December 2026 deadline explained Every EU country must offer a digital identity wallet by 24 December 2026. What the EUDI Wallet does, who must accept it and when, and the rollout so far.
- AI literacy under the AI Act: what Article 4 requires after the Omnibus Article 4 of the AI Act still requires AI literacy measures. What the 2026 Omnibus changed, who enforces it, fines and what companies should do now.
- How to appeal an Instagram, Facebook or TikTok ban in the EU (DSA) Banned on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok in the EU? The DSA appeal steps: free platform complaint, Appeals Centre Europe, regulators and courts.
- Chat Control explained: the EU CSAM rules in force and still in talks Chat Control explained: the interim EU scanning rules in force until April 2028, the encryption carve-out, and where talks on the permanent CSA law stand.
- EU roaming countries list: where Roam Like at Home applies in 2026 Roam Like at Home covers the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Ukraine and Moldova, but not Switzerland, the UK or Turkey. Full list and fair use rules.