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AML/OFAC enforcement against banks and fintech — 455 penalties documented 455 AML/OFAC penalties documented across 177 countries and 401 regula… CNMC Spain · the Digital Services Coordinator g… — 6 documented milestones 6 milestones in Spain's DSA Coordinator rollout; as of May 2026 still… Corporate data breaches: from incident to response — 7 breaches documented 7 corporate data breaches documented by notification conduct and outc… Digital regulatory risk index by country — 16 countries profiled 16 countries profiled by digital regulatory risk (coverage expanded w… DMA · designated gatekeepers and real compliance — 8 documented DMA acts 8 acts in the DMA gatekeeper regime: 7 designated, first final fines … Global election risk 2026: democracy and digita… — 22 elections profiled 22 2026 elections profiled by political regime (EIU) and digital envi… Electoral digital integrity 2026 — 13 elections profiled 13 elections profiled by digital integrity; 5 with transparent politi… Documented electoral disinformation 2026 — 5 documented campaigns 5 electoral disinformation campaigns or patterns documented with open… GDPR · which national authority really sanctions — 9 authorities profiled 9 national authorities profiled; ~€7.1bn in GDPR fines since 2018, bu… Digital political ad spending 2026 — 5 country-platform observ… 5 observations of digital political ad spending in 2026 elections, me… US · the state AI regulation patchwork — 8 laws and milestones 8 laws and milestones in the US AI patchwork; with no comprehensive f… Climate: the gap between pledge and action — 12 countries assessed 12 countries assessed by the Climate Action Tracker: 10 with insuffic… Power and corruption in the courts in Ibero-Ame… — 29 documented cases 29 senior officials prosecuted for corruption across 19 countries, wi… Crypto industry: collapses, sanctions and convi… — 10 documented cases 10 crypto-sector collapse, sanction and conviction cases across 4 cou… Content moderation: appeals and reversals — 19 documented decisions 19 appealed and reviewed moderation decisions, with their policy, ori… AI harms in court — litigation, rulings and set… — 100 documented cases 100 litigated AI-harm cases across 25 jurisdictions on 5 continents, … Public AI spending — global government contracts — 50 documented contracts 50 public AI contracts across 15 jurisdictions on 5 continents (45 wi… Scandal → conviction gap — — milestones logged Series starting — Odebrecht/Lava Jato as base case Technology ↔ regulation gap — 25 regulatory milestones 25 milestones across 11 jurisdictions; gaps from 0 to 22 years; Chile… Campaign promises → fulfillment — 29 term evaluations 29 terms evaluated across 25 countries on five continents Digital fines actually imposed — 60 sanctions recorded 60 high-value sanctions across 17 jurisdictions and 6 continents; cov… EU AI Act — designation of national authorities — 3 / 27 Member States Art. 70 deadline expired 2 Aug 2025 — process still open AI Act · Notified bodies for conformity assessment — 1 body with AI-specific a… Designation process opened 2 Aug 2025 · high-risk deadline Aug 2026 AI Act · Sanctions regime and its actual enforc… — 0 documented AI Act fines… Only 3 of 27 MS with both authorities designated by early 2026 EU · Consolidated DSA enforcement decisions — €120M first DSA fine · X · 5 … 5 Member States referred to CJEU for insufficient DSC implementation LATAM · Digital spending in 2026 electoral camp… — $14.794M COP · highest declared … Only 8 of 13 campaigns had reported in Cuentas Claras by mid-May Ibero-America · documented public contracts wit… — 3 contracts verified with… DC registry kickoff · ongoing monthly manual sweep LATAM · Internet shutdowns and platform blocks — 7 documented events · 202… Venezuela concentrates the region's most severe blocks LATAM · Judicial and regulatory sanctions on pl… — $5,2M USD · fine on X Corp. i… X complied with the orders and was reinstated after 39 days of suspen… Commercial spyware: documented cases worldwide — 22 documented cases 22 verified commercial-spyware cases across 12 countries on four cont… RSF · Press freedom in Latin America — 144 worst regional rank (Pe… AR -11 · PE -14 · SV -8 · EC -31 · USA -7 LATAM · AI bills in legislative process — 150+ bills identified Niubox January 2026 — only 4 Iberoamerican countries with law in force AML/OFAC enforcement against banks and fintech — 455 penalties documented 455 AML/OFAC penalties documented across 177 countries and 401 regula… CNMC Spain · the Digital Services Coordinator g… — 6 documented milestones 6 milestones in Spain's DSA Coordinator rollout; as of May 2026 still… Corporate data breaches: from incident to response — 7 breaches documented 7 corporate data breaches documented by notification conduct and outc… Digital regulatory risk index by country — 16 countries profiled 16 countries profiled by digital regulatory risk (coverage expanded w… DMA · designated gatekeepers and real compliance — 8 documented DMA acts 8 acts in the DMA gatekeeper regime: 7 designated, first final fines … Global election risk 2026: democracy and digita… — 22 elections profiled 22 2026 elections profiled by political regime (EIU) and digital envi… Electoral digital integrity 2026 — 13 elections profiled 13 elections profiled by digital integrity; 5 with transparent politi… Documented electoral disinformation 2026 — 5 documented campaigns 5 electoral disinformation campaigns or patterns documented with open… GDPR · which national authority really sanctions — 9 authorities profiled 9 national authorities profiled; ~€7.1bn in GDPR fines since 2018, bu… Digital political ad spending 2026 — 5 country-platform observ… 5 observations of digital political ad spending in 2026 elections, me… US · the state AI regulation patchwork — 8 laws and milestones 8 laws and milestones in the US AI patchwork; with no comprehensive f… Climate: the gap between pledge and action — 12 countries assessed 12 countries assessed by the Climate Action Tracker: 10 with insuffic… Power and corruption in the courts in Ibero-Ame… — 29 documented cases 29 senior officials prosecuted for corruption across 19 countries, wi… Crypto industry: collapses, sanctions and convi… — 10 documented cases 10 crypto-sector collapse, sanction and conviction cases across 4 cou… Content moderation: appeals and reversals — 19 documented decisions 19 appealed and reviewed moderation decisions, with their policy, ori… AI harms in court — litigation, rulings and set… — 100 documented cases 100 litigated AI-harm cases across 25 jurisdictions on 5 continents, … Public AI spending — global government contracts — 50 documented contracts 50 public AI contracts across 15 jurisdictions on 5 continents (45 wi… Scandal → conviction gap — — milestones logged Series starting — Odebrecht/Lava Jato as base case Technology ↔ regulation gap — 25 regulatory milestones 25 milestones across 11 jurisdictions; gaps from 0 to 22 years; Chile… Campaign promises → fulfillment — 29 term evaluations 29 terms evaluated across 25 countries on five continents Digital fines actually imposed — 60 sanctions recorded 60 high-value sanctions across 17 jurisdictions and 6 continents; cov… EU AI Act — designation of national authorities — 3 / 27 Member States Art. 70 deadline expired 2 Aug 2025 — process still open AI Act · Notified bodies for conformity assessment — 1 body with AI-specific a… Designation process opened 2 Aug 2025 · high-risk deadline Aug 2026 AI Act · Sanctions regime and its actual enforc… — 0 documented AI Act fines… Only 3 of 27 MS with both authorities designated by early 2026 EU · Consolidated DSA enforcement decisions — €120M first DSA fine · X · 5 … 5 Member States referred to CJEU for insufficient DSC implementation LATAM · Digital spending in 2026 electoral camp… — $14.794M COP · highest declared … Only 8 of 13 campaigns had reported in Cuentas Claras by mid-May Ibero-America · documented public contracts wit… — 3 contracts verified with… DC registry kickoff · ongoing monthly manual sweep LATAM · Internet shutdowns and platform blocks — 7 documented events · 202… Venezuela concentrates the region's most severe blocks LATAM · Judicial and regulatory sanctions on pl… — $5,2M USD · fine on X Corp. i… X complied with the orders and was reinstated after 39 days of suspen… Commercial spyware: documented cases worldwide — 22 documented cases 22 verified commercial-spyware cases across 12 countries on four cont… RSF · Press freedom in Latin America — 144 worst regional rank (Pe… AR -11 · PE -14 · SV -8 · EC -31 · USA -7 LATAM · AI bills in legislative process — 150+ bills identified Niubox January 2026 — only 4 Iberoamerican countries with law in force
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Data · Global index · Featured

Corruption perception and the accountability gap

31 countries with Transparency International's CPI 2025, plus Diálogo Ciudadano's original layer: the distance between the scandals that surface and the convictions that actually arrive. Odebrecht case documented across four countries.

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Financial compliance · AML and sanctions MAY 26

AML/OFAC enforcement against banks and fintech

455 penalties documented
↑ 455 AML/OFAC penalties documented across 177 countries and 401 regulators, totaling over $3656.2 billion: fines, designations and shutdowns
US DOJ — comunicados de resoluciones (Office of Public Affairs)
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Spain · DSA enforcement MAY 26

CNMC Spain · the Digital Services Coordinator gap (DSA)

6 documented milestones
↑ 6 milestones in Spain's DSA Coordinator rollout; as of May 2026 still no operational sanctioning regime despite the January 2024 designation
CNMC · sección Servicios Digitales (DSA)
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Cybersecurity and accountability MAY 26

Corporate data breaches: from incident to response

7 breaches documented
↑ 7 corporate data breaches documented by notification conduct and outcome; from 'notified on time' to 'concealed it'
Autoridades de protección de datos (DPC Irlanda, AP Países Bajos, AEPD, FTC, FCC)
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Country risk · Digital governance MAY 26

Digital regulatory risk index by country

16 countries profiled
↑ 16 countries profiled by digital regulatory risk (coverage expanded with multilingual research), measuring the law↔authority↔enforcement gap
GDPR Local — AI Regulations Around the World 2026
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EU · Digital competition MAY 26

DMA · designated gatekeepers and real compliance

8 documented DMA acts
↑ 8 acts in the DMA gatekeeper regime: 7 designated, first final fines (Apple €500M, Meta €200M) and open investigations
Comisión Europea — Portal de Guardianes de Acceso del DMA
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Country risk and elections MAY 26

Global election risk 2026: democracy and digital environment

22 elections profiled
↑ 22 2026 elections profiled by political regime (EIU) and digital environment; 12 with verified digital risk
Economist Intelligence Unit — Democracy Index 2025
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Elections and platforms MAY 26

Electoral digital integrity 2026

13 elections profiled
↑ 13 elections profiled by digital integrity; 5 with transparent political advertising in an ad library
Comisión Europea — DSA, transparencia de publicidad política (Reglamento 2024/900)
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Disinformation and elections MAY 26

Documented electoral disinformation 2026

5 documented campaigns
↑ 5 electoral disinformation campaigns or patterns documented with open methodology in 2026 elections
European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) y observatorios nacionales
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EU · Data protection MAY 26

GDPR · which national authority really sanctions

9 authorities profiled
↑ 9 national authorities profiled; ~€7.1bn in GDPR fines since 2018, but Ireland concentrates over 50% of the amount while Spain leads by number
CMS GDPR Enforcement Tracker Report (7ª ed., corte 1-mar-2026)
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Electoral transparency and platforms MAY 26

Digital political ad spending 2026

5 country-platform observations
↑ 5 observations of digital political ad spending in 2026 elections, measuring the gap between what is visible in ad libraries and what escapes them
Meta Ad Library Report
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US · AI regulation MAY 26

US · the state AI regulation patchwork

8 laws and milestones
↑ 8 laws and milestones in the US AI patchwork; with no comprehensive federal law, states legislate but federal preemption and litigation slow their application
Baker Botts — US AI Law Update (ene 2026)
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Climate and accountability MAY 25

Climate: the gap between pledge and action

12 countries assessed
↓ 12 countries assessed by the Climate Action Tracker: 10 with insufficient or worse climate action against the 1.5°C limit
Climate Action Tracker (CAT)
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Accountability and corruption MAY 25

Power and corruption in the courts in Ibero-America

29 documented cases
↑ 29 senior officials prosecuted for corruption across 19 countries, with their sentence, procedural status and actual form of compliance
Tribunales y cortes supremas nacionales (sentencias públicas)
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Digital markets and regulation MAY 25

Crypto industry: collapses, sanctions and convictions

10 documented cases
↑ 10 crypto-sector collapse, sanction and conviction cases across 4 countries, with their type of action, amount and outcome
Departamento de Justicia de EE.UU. y tribunales federales (SDNY)
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Platforms and free expression MAY 25

Content moderation: appeals and reversals

19 documented decisions
↑ 19 appealed and reviewed moderation decisions, with their policy, original action and review outcome
Oversight Board — decisiones publicadas
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AI liability and harm MAY 24

AI harms in court — litigation, rulings and settlements

100 documented cases
↑ 100 litigated AI-harm cases across 25 jurisdictions on 5 continents, with their harm type, legal avenue and procedural outcome
Tribunales federales y estatales de EE.UU. (PACER / CourtListener)
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Public money and technology MAY 24

Public AI spending — global government contracts

50 documented contracts
↑ 50 public AI contracts across 15 jurisdictions on 5 continents (45 with disclosed amount); amounts in original currency, with their outcome
USAspending.gov — contratos federales de EE.UU.
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Institutions · Impunity MAY 23

Scandal → conviction gap

milestones logged
→ Series starting — Odebrecht/Lava Jato as base case
ICIJ — Bribery Division (investigación Odebrecht)
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Technology and regulation MAY 23

Technology ↔ regulation gap

25 regulatory milestones
↑ 25 milestones across 11 jurisdictions; gaps from 0 to 22 years; Chile regulated neurotech before its mainstreaming
EUR-Lex — Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea
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Institutions · Accountability MAY 23

Campaign promises → fulfillment

29 term evaluations
↑ 29 terms evaluated across 25 countries on five continents
PolitiFact (Poynter Institute) — promise trackers
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Compliance and enforcement MAY 23

Digital fines actually imposed

60 sanctions recorded
↑ 60 high-value sanctions across 17 jurisdictions and 6 continents; covers GDPR, DSA, DMA, antitrust, FTC/COPPA, CCPA, LGPD, PIPA and more, with their outcome
Autoridades de protección de datos de la UE (DPAs)
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EU · AI Regulation MAY 22

EU AI Act — designation of national authorities

3 / 27 Member States
↑ Art. 70 deadline expired 2 Aug 2025 — process still open
Future of Life Institute · AI Act national implementation plans
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EU · AI Act · Notified Bodies MAY 21

AI Act · Notified bodies for conformity assessment

1 body with AI-specific accreditation (biometrics)
↑ Designation process opened 2 Aug 2025 · high-risk deadline Aug 2026
European Commission · NANDO database (New Approach Notified and Designated Organisations)
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EU · AI Act · Penalties (Art. 99) MAY 21

AI Act · Sanctions regime and its actual enforcement

0 documented AI Act fines · regime in force since Feb 2025 (Art. 5)
→ Only 3 of 27 MS with both authorities designated by early 2026
AI Act · Capítulo XII · Art. 99 (Penalties)
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EU · DSA enforcement · Commission + 27 DSC MAY 21

EU · Consolidated DSA enforcement decisions

€120M first DSA fine · X · 5 Dec 2025
↑ 5 Member States referred to CJEU for insufficient DSC implementation
European Commission · DG CONNECT · Digital Services Act
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LATAM · 2026 elections · Ad transparency MAY 21

LATAM · Digital spending in 2026 electoral campaigns

$14.794M COP · highest declared spend (Cepeda) as of 11 May 2026
↑ Only 8 of 13 campaigns had reported in Cuentas Claras by mid-May
Cuentas Claras · Consejo Nacional Electoral de Colombia
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Ibero-America · Public AI MAY 21

Ibero-America · documented public contracts with generative AI

3 contracts verified with official publication
↑ DC registry kickoff · ongoing monthly manual sweep
TED · Tenders Electronic Daily · Diario Oficial UE Suplemento S
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LATAM · Digital freedom · Shutdowns and blocks MAY 21

LATAM · Internet shutdowns and platform blocks

7 documented events · 2024-2025 · 4 countries
↑ Venezuela concentrates the region's most severe blocks
Access Now · #KeepItOn coalition
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LATAM · Platforms · Sanctions and litigation MAY 21

LATAM · Judicial and regulatory sanctions on platforms

$5,2M USD · fine on X Corp. in Brazil (2024)
→ X complied with the orders and was reinstated after 39 days of suspension
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression · The Case of the X Ban in Brazil
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Surveillance and digital rights MAY 21

Commercial spyware: documented cases worldwide

22 documented cases
↑ 22 verified commercial-spyware cases across 12 countries on four continents, with their tool, victims and attribution level
Citizen Lab · Munk School · University of Toronto
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LATAM · Press freedom APR 30

RSF · Press freedom in Latin America

144 worst regional rank (Peru)
↓ AR -11 · PE -14 · SV -8 · EC -31 · USA -7
RSF · 2026 Index: press freedom at a 25-year low
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LATAM · AI regulatory convergence JAN 31

LATAM · AI bills in legislative process

150+ bills identified
↑ Niubox January 2026 — only 4 Iberoamerican countries with law in force
Niubox · Informe Regional: Desafíos Regulatorios de la IA en Latinoamérica
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