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US FTC won't overreach, will enforce privacy laws that have been enacted, Mufarrige says July 11, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

The US Federal Trade Commission won't overreach as it polices unfair and deceptive data privacy practices, Chris Mufarrige, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, said today.

UK platforms face call from lawmakers for expanded misinformation duties July 11, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK online platforms should face stronger duties to tackle misinformation and deepfakes, a parliamentary committee said today, calling out gaps in the Online Safety Act. In a new report, lawmakers are urging th... (more story)

Meta appeals to EU top court against lower court’s ‘consent or pay’ rejection July 11, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Meta Platforms Ireland has filed an appeal at the EU's highest court against a lower EU court decision that rejected the company's challenge of an opinion by an umbrella group of EU data protection authorities... (more story)

Manus AI shifts global base to Singapore amid US-China tensions July 11, 2025 | MLex Staff

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Manus AI has relocated its global headquarters from China to Singapore while also slashing its domestic operations. The move comes as the company maneuvers through esca... (more story)

South Korea weighs privacy-safe disclosure rules for C2C platform disputes July 11, 2025 | Jenny Lee

South Korea’s competition regulator is planning to propose revisions to the e-commerce law to introduce a more limited and controlled mechanism for disclosing seller information when consumer harm occurs. Inst... (more story)

Google, Meta seek dismissal of US privacy claims over web tracking by BlueChew July 10, 2025 | Xu Yuan

Google and Meta urged a US federal court to throw out privacy allegations against them over the use of their website tracking technologies by a telehealth company focusing on erectile dysfunction medication be... (more story)

ByteDance’s TikTok faces new Irish probe on data transfers to China (update*) July 10, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Chinese social-media platform TikTok is facing a new probe by the Irish privacy watchdog into its storage of EU users’ personal data on China-based servers after an initial inquiry into data transfers from the... (more story)

Companies' data storage costs could be used for cost calculation, EU says July 10, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Data storage costs for cloud-service providers could be part of EU guidelines for calculating “reasonable compensation” for making data available in business-to-business contexts, MLex has learned. The commiss... (more story)

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For digital laws, EU’s simplification drive suffers underlying tensions July 11, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

The EU’s push for simplification of its laws has come up against a range of underlying tensions in the digital arena, including political ambition, bureaucratic inertia and industry pressure to roll back years... (more story)

Platforms face UK push for researcher data access, but US tensions could intrude July 11, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Social media and search services could face new UK duties to share data with researchers, under proposals published by regulator Ofcom as part of its Online Safety Act implementation. But industry resistance, ... (more story)

Data processing by businesses scrutinized as US enforces cross-border rule July 09, 2025 | Xu Yuan and Maria Dinzeo

A broad swath of businesses’ data-processing activities could be subject to scrutiny under US rules targeting access to American data by foreign countries considered as adversaries, as a grace period ends and ... (more story)

Connecticut AG emphasizes timely responses in first Data Privacy Act fine July 09, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Timely responses and a demonstrated effort to comply with the Connecticut Data Privacy Act are crucial for avoiding severe fines, state Attorney General William Tong said as he announced the first monetary fine under the law.

Social media platforms face new liability pressure over content removal in Brazil July 08, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) ruled that content involving serious crimes posted by users, such as antidemocratic acts and violence against minors, must be removed immediately by social media platforms or ... (more story)

With US cybersecurity law expiring, industry to continue sharing data on threats July 03, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Cybersecurity experts are concerned that legal ambiguities will undermine companies' efforts to ensure data security if a 2015 law is permitted to expire.

TikTok awaits resolution to US-China trade standoff July 03, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

A deal to spin off TikTok’s US social media platform to American investors could come soon after a trade deal with China is finalized. The company and the Trump administration have had a deal in place with pri... (more story)

Tech platforms face fresh EU push for mandatory scanning for child abuse content July 03, 2025 | Júlia Tar and Sara Brandstätter

Denmark has begun its six-month term as chair of EU policy discussions with a renewed push to force online messaging platforms to scan for child sexual abuse material on their platforms. But unless there's a b... (more story)