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US judge says Google must intend to record calls without consent to face CIPA liability October 23, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Google has won dismissal of a California privacy lawsuit alleging its AI-powered customer service technology unlawfully intercepted customer service calls with companies like Home Depot.

SpaceX's xAI may face Virginia AG litigation over Grok creation of sexualized images October 23, 2026 | Mike Swift

SpaceX said in a US securities filing that it could face a lawsuit from Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones over its statements around the propensity of its Grok chatbot to generate nonconsensual deepfake imag... (more story)

Subsea cable providers face tougher security duties, fines under UK plans October 23, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Subsea cable providers could face tougher security duties and fines of up to £10 million or 10 percent of qualifying worldwide revenue, whichever is higher, under new UK government proposals. The plans would r... (more story)

Online platforms face gap between new UK extreme porn duties and enforcement October 23, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Online platforms face new UK duties to tackle extreme pornography from Nov. 6, but regulator Ofcom has yet to announce a consultation timetable to be able to enforce the requirements. The new Online Safety Act... (more story)

Meta faces Australia class action over social-media harms after US settlement October 23, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Meta Platforms is facing a class action in the Federal Court of Australia over alleged social media harms and the addictive design of Facebook and Instagram, just months after agreeing to a US settlement of up... (more story)

Japan's Park24 ID-image shift puts focus on data-retention needs, risks October 23, 2026 | Genta Nakanishi

Park24’s move to stop retaining identity-verification images after registration is putting a spotlight on whether companies in Japan need to keep personal data once its original purpose has been fulfilled. Pri... (more story)

OpenAI, South Korean experts explore ways to address frontier AI risks October 23, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

South Korean artificial-intelligence safety experts and OpenAI held a two-day workshop in Seoul this week to discuss risks involving cybersecurity, national security and agentic AI services, bringing together ... (more story)

Google, TikTok, Meta won't get stay in challenge to Calif. 'addictive' feed law October 22, 2026 | Mike Swift

A federal judge in San Jose, California, said he won't grant a motion by TikTok, Meta Platforms and Google to stay district court litigation in their constitutional challenge to California's Protecting Our Kid... (more story)

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Meta’s multi-billion US bills weaken Trump's broadside against EU tech fines October 23, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Matthew Newman

President Donald Trump's argument that EU technology enforcement amounts to taxing successful US companies has become harder to sustain following Meta Platform’s multibillion-dollar legal setbacks at home. Bru... (more story)

China's proposed export curbs balance AI edge with global reach October 22, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s proposed technology-export restrictions expose a tension in the country's ambitions as a technology power: Beijing wants to retain control over innovations underpinning its industrial strength while pr... (more story)

Character.AI bankruptcy showcases high stakes of competition in AI markets October 21, 2026 | Alex Wilts, Chris May and Emma Whitford

Character.AI’s recent bankruptcy filing illustrates how compute costs, competition for talent, regulatory scrutiny and funding needs can challenge smaller artificial intelligence companies’ ability to compete ... (more story)

PHP incident shows AI exposing longstanding cyber vulnerabilities October 21, 2026 | Emma Whitford

The revelation Wednesday that two major security vulnerabilities exist in programming language PHP highlights a significant challenge of the artificial intelligence age: AI can help hackers quickly find and ex... (more story)

Schools, tech giants clash over evidence in first US bellwether education trial October 20, 2026 | Mike Swift

With a first bellwether trial over how social media design affected US schools just over three months away, two school districts in Arizona and South Carolina are trying to exclude evidence of racial conflict,... (more story)

UK online safety regime's future may turn on watchdog's current court battles October 15, 2026 | Imogen Howse

A raft of legal challenges from Meta Platforms, TikTok, X and other digital companies to UK regulator Ofcom’s information demands, revenue rules and service categorization is threatening to reshape the country... (more story)

In new OpenAI, SpaceX suits, privacy emerges as growing US AI litigation risk October 14, 2026 | Mike Swift

Privacy litigation filed against the likes of OpenAI, SpaceXSI and Suno in US courts is accelerating, with new lawsuits testing whether traditional laws governing children's privacy, biometrics and wiretapping... (more story)

Japan's EU data adequacy seen unaffected by privacy advocates' challenge October 14, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Recent amendments to Japan's data protection law are not expected to jeopardize the country's mutual adequacy arrangement with the EU, despite calls from domestic privacy advocates for European authorities to ... (more story)