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Public affairs for the platform economy and technology

In the digital single market compliance has become a product decision.

Public affairs for platforms, software and AI companies between the DSA, DMA, AI Act and national supervision.

Starting point

For digital business models the legal frame is no longer a side condition. What a service may display, how it moderates, which data it can use and how transparent a model must be is now written into law.

Enforcement is spread across several levels: the Commission supervises very large platforms directly, national coordinators and authorities handle the rest. That creates room for interpretation, which is shaped politically.

At the same time AI regulation is creating a frame whose practical interpretation is only now being written in standardisation bodies and guidelines. Anyone not represented there receives the result later as a requirement.

What it comes down to

  • Platform obligations

    The DSA and DMA require processes, reports and interfaces that tie up product work.

  • AI regulation

    Risk classes, transparency duties and standardisation decide what can be deployed.

  • Data and cloud

    Data access, the sovereignty debate and interoperability shift value chains.

  • Public perception

    Technology topics are negotiated in social policy terms, not only technical ones.

Live dossiers

  • Digital Services Act

    Moderation duties, transparency reports, national coordinators.

  • Digital Markets Act

    Gatekeeper duties, interoperability, enforcement practice.

  • AI regulation

    Risk classification, standardisation, supervisory structures.

  • Data and cloud policy

    Data access, sovereignty, cross-border transfer.

How we work in this sector

  • High-Level Strategy & Campaigning

    A business strategy becomes a communications programme that reaches its goals faster.

  • Professional Analysis & Monitoring

    Curated monitoring of initiatives, draft legislation and public debate - assessed against your business goals.

  • Stakeholder & Network

    Simply "knowing" people adds nothing. Robust relationships of trust with decision-makers do.

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Frequently asked

Who enforces the Digital Services Act in Austria?

The Digital Services Coordinator sits at Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH (RTR). Very large online platforms are additionally supervised directly by the European Commission.

From when does the AI Act affect a company?

As soon as an AI system is placed on the market or used in the EU, regardless of where the provider is based. The extent of the obligations follows the risk class of the use case, not the technology as such.

How does a technology company position itself credibly in politics?

Through concrete benefit rather than innovation rhetoric. Decision-makers ask about jobs, effect on the location, security and controllability. Whoever supplies robust answers to those is taken seriously as a counterpart.

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