Google tells US appeals court search monopoly ruling has ‘fundamental errors’
May 22, 2026
| Clayton Vickers and Khushita Vasant
Google told a US appeals court Friday that a lower court’s ruling on remedies in an internet search monopolization case was fundamentally wrong, as it failed to distinguish between conduct harming competitors ... (more story)
Authors suing Meta might seek early US appellate review of shadow library claims
May 22, 2026
| Amy Miller
Writers suing Meta for copyright infringement are considering asking a US appeals court to resolve an “intra-district split” on whether downloading books from shadow libraries to train large language models is... (more story)
EU governments split over GDPR changes on AI training, pseudonymized data
May 22, 2026
| Júlia Tar
EU governments are divided over how to revise the bloc's privacy rules on pseudonymized data, AI training and cookie-related processing, a document containing their comments shows. The countries are discussing... (more story)
US House bill would create antitrust safe harbor for independent musicians’ AI licensing
May 22, 2026
| Nick Robertson
The Protect Working Musicians Act would help independent musicians who wish to license their music to streaming services or artificial intelligence companies, establishing an antitrust safe harbor to allow the... (more story)
AI systems may rely on ‘legitimate interest,’ EU simplification package draft says (update*)
May 22, 2026
| Júlia Tar and Matthew Newman
New language suggesting that the development and deployment of artificial intelligence systems may rely on the General Data Protection Regulation’s “legitimate interest” legal basis is among the main additions... (more story)
China denies plans to restrict US investment in AI startups
May 22, 2026
| MLex Staff
China supports domestic technology companies integrating into global innovation networks and has never barred them from accepting foreign investment, a spokesperson for the country’s top economic planner said ... (more story)
South Korea to apply tiered privacy oversight to prevent serious data risks
May 22, 2026
| Wooyoung Lee
Businesses and public institutions in South Korea will face different levels of privacy oversight depending on the scale and sensitivity of personal data they process, as the country’s privacy regulator shifts... (more story)
US AI, cybersecurity order postponed amid Trump dissatisfaction
May 21, 2026
| Emma Whitford
President Donald Trump said he's displeased with a proposed executive order aimed at hardening cyber defenses and increasing oversight of frontier artificial intelligence models, confirming that he has postpon... (more story)