Commission services sign cooperation arrangement with Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to support the enforcement of digital platform regulation
Australia's eSafety Commissioner is a named participant in related EU-led digital platform cooperation, but AI is not the subject.
Key points
- EU and Japan signed a cooperation arrangement on digital platform regulation, covering the DSA and Japan's platform act.
- Australia's eSafety Commissioner is mentioned as a party to a separate but related trilateral age assurance cooperation group.
- This item is primarily about online platform and content regulation, not AI governance - low signal for APS AI readers.
Summary
The European Commission and Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications have signed a cooperation arrangement on digital platform regulation, focusing on transparency requirements and notice-and-action mechanisms under the EU's Digital Services Act and Japan's Information Distribution Platform Act. The arrangement mirrors similar arrangements with the UK's Ofcom and Australia's eSafety Commissioner. A trilateral cooperation group on age assurance has also been established with those three authorities. AI is referenced only in a linked press release headline about broader EU-Japan digital cooperation and is not the substance of this item.
"Commission services sign cooperation arrangement with Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to support the enforcement of digital platform regulation" Source: EU Digital Strategy – News Published: 5 May 2026 URL: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-services-sign-cooperation-arrangement-japans-ministry-internal-affairs-and The European Commission and Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications have signed a cooperation arrangement on digital platform regulation, focusing on transparency requirements and notice-and-action mechanisms under the EU's Digital Services Act and Japan's Information Distribution Platform Act. The arrangement mirrors similar arrangements with the UK's Ofcom and Australia's eSafety Commissioner. A trilateral cooperation group on age assurance has also been established with those three authorities. AI is referenced only in a linked press release headline about broader EU-Japan digital cooperation and is not the substance of this item. Retrieved from SIMS, 18 May 2026.