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Why are these laws so tricky?

Crafting laws for new technologies like cybersecurity is complex because the digital landscape changes rapidly. Regulators struggle to create definitions that are broad enough to cover future threats but specific enough to be enforceable. The EU's cybersecurity law debate over ice cream makers shows how difficult it is to draw clear lines in practice.

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EU’s new cybersecurity law stumbles over whether ice cream makers count as ‘critical infrastructure’