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Regional activity

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between
01 Jan 2020
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23 Nov 2024
Most active jurisdictions Number of policy changes

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Most frequent policy instruments Number of policy changes

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Fair marketing and advertising practice requirement

304

Quality of Service requirement

195

User/subject right

173

Age verification requirement

110

User identification requirement

45

Non-discrimination requirement

15

Consumer protection authority governance

13

Consumer protection, nes

7

Design requirement

2

Testing requirement

1

Unilateral conduct regulation

1

Content moderation authority governance

1

Data protection regulation

1

Policy instrument dynamics over time

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Total changes 166 0
Fair marketing andadvertising practicerequirementQuality of ServicerequirementUser/subject rightAge verificationrequirementUser identificationrequirement
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2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
4 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 3 2 5 5 4 3 0 0 4 4 2 1 3 12 3 5 1 2 6 3 1 5 6 11 8 2 9 13 10 12 3 3 11 5 14 1 4 12 15 8 1 5 31 17 20 4 5 34 23 21 16 3 31 39 25 18 4 28 25 17 11 5 47 38 31 13 3 58 24 34 31 8 42 35 16 19 8 48 18 18 16 8 31 9 7 14 1
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 6 11 9 10 5
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