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Differing versions of US online child safety bills will pose issues for full passage
While the latest child online safety package from the US House of Representatives includes bills of the same name that have already been passed by the Senate, the c... (more story)
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Jury in Calif. social media trial to grapple with adolescent thinking, expression
The jury in the ongoing trial in Los Angeles over social media addiction must answer a key question: If Kaley, the 20-year-old plaintiff who sued Meta Platforms and... (more story)
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Philippine digital platform study urges privacy integration into competition law
A market study by the Philippine Competition Commission recommends integrating data privacy considerations into the Philippine Competition Act and strengthening coo... (more story)
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Online retail giant Amazon has persuaded a Luxembourg appeal court to overturn a €746 million fine imposed by the country's data protection authority for GDPR breaches related to targeted advertising and send ... (more story)
China’s Supreme People’s Court has for the first time set out how criminal liability should be determined in cases involving assisted-driving systems, issuing a guiding case and judicial benchmark in an intoxi... (more story)
Jurors in New Mexico’s lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of harming young users heard Thursday from an Instagram safety executive who described scrambling to address troubling recommendations involving mino... (more story)
Meta Platforms and YouTube, by knowingly developing addictive apps to keep children online, have harmed the mental health of the 20-year-old woman suing the companies, a jury in a Los Angeles state court heard... (more story)
A decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allows much of the highly controversial California Age Appropriate Design Code Act to go into effect, but the court battle over the constitutionality... (more story)
European officials shouldn’t overregulate the telecom sector and should allow companies to “scale up” so they can compete globally, Timotheus Höttges, Deutsche Telekom’s chief executive, said on Thursday. The ... (more story)
EU governments have kept up pressure on proposed changes to the General Data Protection Regulation in two March 11 documents seen by MLex. A broad group of member states is continuing to question reforms to th... (more story)
Meta Platforms will not immediately launch its new WhatsApp accounts for under-13 users in the UK or European Union, as British regulators intensify pressure on tech firms to strengthen age checks. The WhatsAp... (more story)
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While the latest child online safety package from the US House of Representatives includes bills of the same name that have already been passed by the Senate, the chambers' different versions are likely to cau... (more story)
The jury in the ongoing trial in Los Angeles over social media addiction must answer a key question: If Kaley, the 20-year-old plaintiff who sued Meta Platforms and YouTube, exaggerated mistreatment by her fam... (more story)
Testimony from New Mexico educators about the disruptive effects of social media in schools is offering an early look at the evidence a Kentucky school district hopes to present in a closely watched federal tr... (more story)
Halfway through the first bellwether trial over whether Meta and YouTube deliberately designed their services to hook children, Meta appears particularly vulnerable to a jury finding that Instagram contributed... (more story)
A new executive order from the White House says the US will take a hard line with “transnational criminal organizations” that launch ransomware and other cyberattacks. The order from President Donald Trump ins... (more story)
A New Mexico jury has heard only from current Meta Platform executives through taped depositions, as the state is expected to rest its case after hearing from its final live witness on Wednesday.
US House Republicans in the Energy and Commerce Committee have unveiled the largest package of child online safety bills after parents and activists have pressured members relentlessly in the midst of an awake... (more story)
Another porn-hosting platform received a fine from the UK online safety regulator this week for inadequate age assurance. But as the number of fines grows, there is scant information about whether they are pai... (more story)