The Trump administration and Mississippi are hoping to turn the NAACP’s lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence company xAI of illegally operating air-polluting gas turbines into a legal fight over federalism... (more story)

Both chambers of US Congress are looking to act on children's online safety with fresh bipartisan approaches announced this week.

As the ink dries on the US House’s latest children’s safety legislative package, Republicans appear to have made substantive concessions in areas including state law preemption and what constitutes “knowledge”... (more story)

Lawmakers eager to pass news laws reining in companion chatbots need empirical evidence to sort through policy debates that revolve around anecdotal reports and high-profile incidents, and the US Federal Trade... (more story)

The CNIL, France’s digital regulator, is making alignment between the EU AI Act and the GDPR a top priority as the bloc’s AI rules take effect, a senior official said. In an interview with MLex, Nacera Bekhat,... (more story)

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)

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)

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)