Data Privacy and Security

TikTok disputed the European Commission’s preliminary findings on harmful recommendation “rabbit holes,” saying they inaccurately portrayed its platform’s design and safety measures. The company pointed to systems intended...(read more)

Snapchat's decision to switch off account recommendations by default for UK children following concerns over grooming risks is "long overdue," a senior official at the country's communications regulator Ofcom said. The soc...(read more)

TikTok should redesign its “For You” feed after failing to adequately assess and mitigate the risks of harmful recommendation “rabbit holes,” the European Commission said on Friday in preliminary findings under the Digital...(read more)

China rejected SoftBank Group's $5.4 billion acquisition of ABB's robotics business on national security grounds, marking the second publicly known case this year where Beijing blocked a foreign deal in artificial intellig...(read more)

Reddit told Australia’s High Court that the government's proposed digital duty-of-care legislation could protect children from online harm while imposing a lesser burden on political communication than the country's under-...(read more)

Coupang’s request to suspend a 423.6 billion won ($312 million) fine imposed by South Korea’s privacy regulator has been rejected by a Seoul court. The Seoul Administrative Court partially granted Coupang’s request for a s...(read more)

Japanese retailer Ryohin Keikaku faces questions over its handling of customer credit-card information after a cyberattack potentially exposed 1.09 million card numbers that had remained in its systems despite a deletion r...(read more)

Snap was hit with a lawsuit from West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey claiming it concealed the risks of child sexual exploitation, harmful content and addictive design features on Snapchat while marketing the app as...(read more)