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The 2 August Wall: AI Act Article 50
~10 min · Actionable Regulatory Intelligence
Ten days out, a cluster of hard deadlines converges on the same week. This episode walks through the six that matter most.
In this episode
EU AI Act — Article 50 (2 Aug): transparency/marking duties for chatbots, synthetic media, emotion-recognition and biometric-categorisation systems begin; Commission GPAI penalty powers (up to €15M / 3% turnover) switch on the same day. Article 50(2) marking deferred to 2 Dec 2026 for pre-2-Aug systems.
California Delete Act / DROP (1 Aug): registered data brokers must process deletion requests via the CPPA portal at least every 45 days.
FedRAMP Ready retires (28 Jul): no new Ready submissions; Rev5 holders must convert to full Certification by their next annual assessment or 17 Nov 2026.
France under-15 social media ban: definitively adopted 21 Jul; new accounts blocked 1 Sep 2026, existing 1 Jan 2027 — adopted but not promulgated (Conseil constitutionnel referral + TRIS standstill to 10 Aug).
HHS/CMS defer ~$1.07B Medicaid matching funds ($867.5M California, $199M Minnesota) pending high-risk-claims review.
Also: Korea PIPC fines KRW 706M; China's IPv6 Implementation Plan 2026–2030; FCC Third Report & Order on the Covered List "component-part loophole."
Do this in the next 14 days
Map each AI feature to its Article 50(1)/(2)/(4) duty; confirm marking, disclosure and GPAI documentation before 2 Aug.
Stand up the recurring 45-day DROP deletion workflow for every registered broker entity by 1 Aug.
CSPs on a Ready listing: file FedRAMP conversion plans this week.
Build a point-of-creation age gate for French new accounts ahead of 1 Sep; document the DPIA.
Full written brief and the complete five-step action list: cybereyeq.com
Sources are primary/authoritative regulator publications verified 23 July 2026.