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Philippine digital platform study urges privacy integration into competition law February 20, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

A market study by the Philippine Competition Commission recommends integrating data privacy considerations into the Philippine Competition Act and strengthening coordination with privacy regulators and foreign... (more story)

Meta chased young users to fuel growth, former ad executive says in US trial February 20, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

A former Meta advertising executive told jurors that the company's leaders prioritized attracting young users and increasing their engagement, as internal documents showed executives believed that teens repres... (more story)

Live Nation 'pleasantly surprised' by US order dismissing part of DOJ suit February 20, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

Live Nation Entertainment's partial victory in dismissing portions of the US government's claims in a monopolization lawsuit was “pleasantly" surprising, and also negates the need for the Department of Justice... (more story)

Jury hears from disillusioned Meta researcher at New Mexico trial February 20, 2026 | Mike Swift and Xu Yuan

With the trial against Meta Platforms brought by the New Mexico attorney general now deep into its second week, the jury on Thursday heard from a former user experience researcher at Meta, an investigator for ... (more story)

US judge likely to approve Google’s $8.25m settlement in children's privacy case February 19, 2026 | Xu Yuan

A US federal judge in California indicated Google will receive preliminary approval for a proposed $8.25 million settlement to resolve allegations that it collected data of children under 13 without parental c... (more story)

West Virginia AG accuses Apple of creating safe harbor for CSAM sharing, distribution February 19, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey filed a lawsuit Thursday against Apple, alleging the company failed to stop its iCloud platform from being a vehicle for storing and distributing child sexual abuse m... (more story)

UK privacy watchdog scores appeal win in data security dispute with Currys February 19, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK privacy regulator is celebrating after appeal judges on Thursday backed its interpretation of data controllers' security duty under legacy data protection law in a long-running dispute with electronics ... (more story)

Platforms threatened with twin-track UK action on non-consensual intimate images February 19, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Social media platforms have been warned of two parallel new UK initiatives to speed up efforts to force them to do more to remove abusive content. They would face a statutory 48-hour deadline to remove non-con... (more story)

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Former Meta executives hope New Mexico trial leads to better safeguards February 18, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

As former Meta Platforms executives took the stand last week in a lawsuit against the company, they shared hope that social media could connect people and be a tool for good rather than harm. Former executives... (more story)

US DOJ's Assefi vows to reject 'half-measures,' wants more civil antitrust cases February 18, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

Omeed Assefi, who took over as the acting chief at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division for a second time, and in an address to staff on Tuesday sought to dispel any doubts about his commitment to enfo... (more story)

At US Meta, YouTube addictive design trial, grieving parents a powerful court presence February 18, 2026 | Mike Swift

During the US addictive design trial against Meta Platforms and Google’s YouTube, grieving parents who lined up as early as midnight outside the Los Angeles courthouse to get one of the precious few seats for ... (more story)

Section 230 plays differently in parallel Calif., New Mexico social media trials February 13, 2026 | Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes

Two separate trials kicked off this week against Meta Platforms in New Mexico and against Meta and YouTube in Los Angeles, with state court judges in both cases trying to navigate how Section 230 of the Commun... (more story)

India's new IT rules put platforms on proactive AI-policing duty February 13, 2026 | Freny Patel

With just a week remaining before new rules in India take effect, online platforms are scrambling to determine whether they have sufficient time to prepare for what many view as a fundamental regulatory shift,... (more story)

Slater’s exit punches another hole in Antitrust Division organizational chart February 13, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

Gail Slater's departure from the US Department of Justice on Thursday ended a nearly year-long turf war and stripped the Antitrust Division down to three political appointees in the front office.

Trump administration’s antitrust agenda becomes clearer with Slater’s exit February 13, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Claude Marx

The appointment of Gail Slater last year to lead antitrust enforcement at the US Department of Justice was seen as an expression of philosophical continuity with past administrations. Her ouster Thursday — aft... (more story)

X filed mainly self-declarations with Brazilian authorities in Grok AI nude probes February 12, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

The investigations into the misuse of the AI chatbot Grok to generate non-consensual, sexualized content involving women and children revealed Brazilian authorities’ frustration over the lack of evidence in th... (more story)