The fourth edition of IE Lawtomation Days, hosted by IE Law School in Madrid, brought together global experts from law, technology, and policy to examine the evolving relationship between trust and digital regulation. Supported by the International Labour Organization, the European Law Institute (ELI), and The Digital Constitutionalist (DigiCon), the conference featured 120 speakers and 200 participants across 23 panels, representing 80 institutions from 25 countries.
Adriana Mutu presented her paper, “TikTok’s Compliance with the Digital Services Act Standards: Protecting Minors and Tackling Systemic Risks,” co-authored with Dr. Luminita Patras. Their research sparked key discussions on platform accountability, youth protection, and the implementation of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA)—highlighting both TikTok’s advances and persistent gaps in safeguarding minors from algorithmic and systemic risks.
The panel also featured contributions from:
- Toni Lorente (The Future Society): Towards New Frontiers in Search: GPAI as VLOSE
- Ebru Metin (Tallinn University of Technology): Designing Against Disinformation: Legal Design as a Tool to Enhance Democratic Governance and Citizen Trust
- Guinan Wang (Erasmus University Rotterdam): Preferences Meet Constraints: An Analysis of Children’s Vulnerability on Social Media
- Inês Neves (University of Porto): Beyond Hashtags and the Trust Trap: Reframing Influencer Accountability in the Age of (Dis)Information
A key milestone of the event was the launch of the Jean Monnet Chair on EU Digital Private Law, under the Erasmus+-funded Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for Law and Automation.
More information: https://lawtomation.ie.edu/news-events/2025/10/a-permanent-centre-of-gravity-lawtomation-days-2025/