Japan's AI copyright bargain: not Brussels, not Washington
June 19, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Japan is trying to keep one of the world’s most permissive AI copyright rules intact while making opaque AI use harder to defend. Its 2026 intellectual property strategy keeps AI training largely protected, bu... (more story)
Ferguson says FTC poised for jump in US privacy enforcement in late 2026
June 18, 2026
| Mike Swift and Khushita Vasant
US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said his agency is poised for a surge in data privacy enforcement cases in the second half of this year. Speaking with MLex from his office in the agency's ... (more story)
New Canadian privacy legislation would be sea change toward stronger enforcement
June 17, 2026
| Mike Swift
Canada's proposed Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act, also known as Bill C-26, would transform the country's privacy enforcement landscape, replacing key parts of its current private-sector privacy law w... (more story)
Beside UK social media ban, platforms await design and feature restrictions
June 16, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
The UK's planned ban on social media platforms offering services to under-16s is the headline outcome of the government's recent child safety consultation. But accompanying documents tease a wider package of m... (more story)
US embargo reignites global sovereign AI push after Anthropic models shut down
June 15, 2026
| Emma Whitford, Freny Patel and Matthew Newman
The abrupt suspension of Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models is reigniting sovereign AI discussions around the globe, delivering a stark warning in India, Europe and elsewhere that reliance on foreign tech... (more story)
Former US DOJ prosecutor warns of antitrust focus on AI collusion, whistleblowers
June 12, 2026
| Khushita Vasant
Algorithmic collusion and anticompetitive conduct involving AI will be a key area of enforcement for the US Department of Justice over the next decade, and companies using these tools should be mindful of the ... (more story)
The new politics of data centers: US governors say build, but pay
June 12, 2026
| Amy Miller
Governors are increasingly abandoning state policies aimed at attracting new data centers powering the artificial intelligence industry as grassroots opposition to development builds across the US. In Texas, I... (more story)
US Third Circuit zeroes in on fair use, not copyrightability, in Ross appeal
June 11, 2026
| Melissa Ritti and Emma Whitford
Judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit spent much of Thursday's oral argument probing whether Ross Intelligence built a market substitute for Westlaw and whether its use of Thomson Reuters’ co... (more story)