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Platforms face new UK curbs on violent porn in push to expand online safety law’s scope November 04, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Online platforms hosting pornographic or adult content will face tighter UK rules under plans to criminalize depictions of strangulation and suffocation in the latest expansion of the scope of the Online Safet... (more story)

EU Commission eyes codifying ‘legitimate interest’ as legal basis for AI training November 04, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi and Matthew Newman

The European Commission is close to presenting an amendment to the GDPR that would codify “legitimate interest” as the legal basis for training AI systems with personal data. The proposal is currently being di... (more story)

De Gregorio Merino appointed to lead EU Commission’s legal service November 04, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Alberto de Gregorio Merino is the new head of the European Commission’s powerful internal legal department. The EU executive announced the appointment Tuesday, saying he will take over from previous incumbent ... (more story)

Local Beijing court outlines legal standards for data-privacy cases November 04, 2025 | MLex Staff

An intermediate court in Beijing has handled 66 second-instance civil cases involving personal-information rights over the past three years, with the number rising each year, according to new data released by ... (more story)

South Korea's SK Telecom faces settlement terms for nearly 4,000 data-breach claimants November 04, 2025 | Jenny Lee

SK Telecom faces a 300,000-won payment per applicant under a mediation plan adopted by South Korea’s privacy panel after a mass exposure of the personal data of subscribers. The Personal Information Dispute Me... (more story)

Vermont judge skeptical AG has jurisdiction to sue Clearview AI over scraping November 03, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

A Vermont judge Monday questioned whether 19th-century jurisdictional rules can keep pace with the borderless reach of modern data-scraping, as he weighed whether the state can sue facial-recognition company C... (more story)

EU telecom, cybersecurity rule revamps face delay to 2026 November 03, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi

The European Union's planned revamps of telecom and cybersecurity legislation — two key parts of the bloc's digital legislative agenda — have been delayed following internal reviews. The proposals had been sch... (more story)

Texas lawyer urges Fifth Circuit to reverse injunction on SCOPE Act November 03, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Texas Assistant Solicitor General Cameron Fraser urged a US appeals court Monday to allow a law regulating social media for children to take full effect because the trade association suing to halt it did not c... (more story)

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EU Data Act seen as complex but crucial as industries grapple with compliance November 03, 2025 | Júlia Tar

The EU’s Data Act, in force since September, remains difficult to interpret and costly to implement, though it promises to reshape how companies handle connected-device data, legal and industry experts told ML... (more story)

As Japan plays catchup in cybersecurity, a cultural reset must join legal reforms October 31, 2025 | Jeyup S Kwaak

At an annual Tokyo cybersecurity conference this week, international and Japanese experts agreed the world’s fourth-largest economy’s recent legal reforms are a step towards a more robust cyberdefense posture.... (more story)

China's new five-year plan locks in for long US economic fight October 30, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s newly unveiled outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan draws the line clearly: any quick US-China trade détente won’t alter Beijing’s long-term course. A shift in tone — from the cautiously optimistic frami... (more story)

Social-media age verification needs Europe to work in step, Norway’s Tung says October 29, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Norway is moving ahead swiftly in the debate over children's use of social media as it develops a plan for a strict minimum age of 15, the country's digital minister has said. Australia is the poster child for... (more story)

Companies still sharing US cyberthreat intel despite lapse of liability law October 27, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Companies are still sharing cybersecurity threat information despite the lapse last month of a 2015 US law shielding them from legal liability, with the hope that Congress will reauthorize the program quickly.

Ad tracking tools subject to further scrutiny under US bulk data rule October 27, 2025 | Xu Yuan

As digital advertising faces the increasing scrutiny that comes with mounting litigation and tightened regulation, the US bulk data rule that originated from national security concerns over hostile foreign cou... (more story)

AI companies face mounting US circumvention claims outside music arena October 24, 2025 | Emma Whitford

A legal strategy targeting the data-collection practices of artificial intelligence music startups is also increasingly being wielded against the makers of text-based chatbots, a new US Reddit lawsuit against ... (more story)

Opera’s Edge dispute raises key question: Who can challenge EU DMA decisions? October 24, 2025 | Jean Comte

Web browser Opera's challenge to the European Commission over its refusal to designate Microsoft's Edge as a digital "gatekeeper" was heard in court this week. It delved into the thorny question of who can cha... (more story)