Online platforms could regain EU legal basis to voluntarily detect child abuse
July 01, 2026
| Júlia Tar
Online platforms could regain an EU legal basis to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material until April 2028, under draft interim rules that EU member states are preparing to approve without convening a ... (more story)
China's financial hub details AI cleanup under Beijing's enforcement drive
July 01, 2026
| MLex Staff
Shanghai's internet regulator has released one of the first quantitative updates on Beijing's nationwide crackdown on AI-related misconduct, offering a rare glimpse into how the campaign is being enforced at t... (more story)
Alleged BTC operator’s US trial delayed to November
June 30, 2026
| Samuel Rubenfeld
During a brief virtual status hearing Tuesday, US Judge Susan Illston confirmed with lawyers for the government and for the defense that the trial of Aliaksandr Klimenka, who is accused of controlling the BTC-... (more story)
US robotics strategy needed to catch up to China, industry official says
June 30, 2026
| Bradley Dress
A top Boston Dynamics official told a US congressional committee Tuesday that a national robotics strategy is needed if Washington wants to secure the emerging technology amid a race against China.
Meta must face trial in US states’ social media addiction case, judge rules
June 30, 2026
| Xu Yuan
Meta Platforms must face trial over allegations by a coalition of US states that it misled parents and users about the alleged harm of its social media apps on youth, a California federal judge ruled, denying ... (more story)
Amazon credit-law settlement a first under Mufarrige leadership at US FTC bureau
June 30, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
The US Federal Trade Commission sealed a $2.25 million settlement Tuesday with Amazon over the company’s alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act in not properly disclosing business records to ident... (more story)
EU judges examine whether GDPR gives right to get baptismal records erased
June 30, 2026
| Matthew Newman and Anna Lauwereys
Judges at the EU's highest court on Tuesday examined whether the bloc's data protection rules give people who were baptized as minors the right to require the Catholic Church to erase their personal data from ... (more story)
EU to analyze impact of US Supreme Court ruling on data transfer deal (update*)
June 30, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
A US Supreme Court ruling allowing the US president to remove Federal Trade Commission commissioners will be analyzed for any impact it might have on a key EU-US data transfer mechanism, the European Commissio... (more story)