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Watch mode: planned laws
Laws a government has announced it will propose, where no legal text has been published yet. LexLint does not check code against a planned law. We watch each one, so that when its text is published it can join the LexLint law library as a proposed law.
Last read on , from the publishers' own pages.
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European Union4 planned
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Digital Fairness Act announced
European Commission. Planned: Q4 2026. Listed as “Announced” on the European Parliament's Legislative Train, as of .
Intended to address online consumer problems such as dark patterns, unfair pricing, misleading influencer marketing, addictive design of digital products and unfair personalization practices. It would also review certain consumer information requirements for businesses.
Outside the nine areas of law LexLint covers.
Read more: Legislative Train Commission work programme 2026
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Update of the EU audiovisual media rules announced
European Commission. Planned: Q3 2026. That date has passed, and no text had been published when we read the publisher's page on . Listed as “Announced” on the European Parliament's Legislative Train, as of .
Would update the EU rules on audiovisual media services. The Commission said its evaluation would give particular attention to the visibility of European works, the regulation of influencers and the protection of minors.
Would fall under content moderation law.
Read more: Legislative Train Commission work programme 2026
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European Product Act announced
European Commission. Planned: Q3 2026. That date has passed, and no text had been published when we read the publisher's page on . Listed as “Announced” on the European Parliament's Legislative Train, as of .
Would replace the EU's framework for product rules and its market surveillance rules with a single regulation. The Commission's stated aims include bringing digital tools such as a Digital Product Passport into the rules for products. The market surveillance rules it would replace include duties for the online services through which products are offered.
Would fall under content moderation law.
Read more: Legislative Train Commission work programme 2026
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Quality Jobs Act announced
European Commission. Planned: Q4 2026. Listed as “Announced” on the European Parliament's Legislative Train, as of .
Would update worker protections across the EU. The first area the Commission put to social partners is algorithmic management and AI at work: making automated decisions more transparent and human-centered, and protecting employees from excessive monitoring. Social partners may instead negotiate a joint agreement.
Would fall under privacy law.
Read more: Commission news, Legislative Train Commission work programme 2026
United Kingdom3 planned
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Safeguards on AI chatbots for children announced
The UK government. No date announced.
AI chatbot services that primarily offer sexualized content would be blocked from under-18s, and other chatbot services could not offer children features enabling sexually explicit or sexual role-playing content. Timing and instrument are not stated for this measure.
Would fall under AI law.
Read more: GOV.UK government response
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Device safeguards against nude images for under-18s announced
The UK government. Planned, in the publisher's words: “as soon as possible” (said ).
Would put legal requirements on technology companies to build stronger safeguards into devices, so that nude images are blocked for under-18s by default unless an adult verifies age. The government is also exploring a requirement on apps children use.
Would fall under age gating law.
Read more: GOV.UK press release
How this list is kept
A law is listed here when a government has announced it and published no legal text, and only where it would govern what software does. Each entry is read by a person on its publisher's own pages, and the day of that reading is the one shown above. Every week LexLint also reads the official records where a text would first appear (the European Parliament's Legislative Observatory, the UK Parliament's bills, legislation.gov.uk and GOV.UK), and a sign of a text sends the entry back to a person. A planned law with no name of its own is listed by what it would do. When its text is published it leaves this list and joins the law library as a proposed law, and when its publisher withdraws it, it leaves the list.
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