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Regional activity

Policy
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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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Other operating condition, nes

122

Authorisation of goods or services

57

Local operations requirement

36

Artificial Intelligence authority governance

34

Cybersecurity regulation

16

Organisational requirement

13

Mandatory software installation requirement

7

Patent protection regulation

6

Data protection regulation

5

Business registration requirement

4

Unilateral conduct regulation

4

Copyright protection regulation

3

User identification requirement

3

Infrastructure compensation regulation

2

Content moderation, nes

2

Design requirement

2

Local content requirement

2

Age verification requirement

2

User speech right

1

Operational license requirement

1

Complaint or feedback mechanism requirement

1

Prohibition of goods and services

1

Data localisation requirement

1

Policy instrument dynamics over time

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Total changes 29 0
Other operatingcondition, nesLocal operationsrequirementOrganisationalrequirementMandatory softwareinstallationrequirementInfrastructurecompensationregulation
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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 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 0 5 6 0 1 0 7 6 0 0 0 24 3 0 2 0 18 2 1 0 0 10 6 0 0 0 17 3 0 0 0 13 4 0 0 0 7 2 0 2 0 12 5 0 1 1 23 3 0 2 1 7 3 0 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 4 7 2 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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