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Beijing signals more predictable data-transfer regime with new clarifications
Chinese authorities are signaling a more predictable data-transfer regime, with a recent policy symposium and new clarifications. Coinciding with these moves by aut... (more story)
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US Congress sharpens scrutiny of content moderation decisions
As US lawmakers put Biden-era decisions about content moderation under a microscope, there are two emerging paths to confronting the critics: turn to community note... (more story)
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As Japan plays catchup in cybersecurity, a cultural reset must join legal reforms
At an annual Tokyo cybersecurity conference this week, international and Japanese experts agreed the world’s fourth-largest economy’s recent legal reforms are a ste... (more story)
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Online platforms hosting pornographic or adult content will face tighter UK rules under plans to criminalize depictions of strangulation and suffocation in the latest expansion of the scope of the Online Safet... (more story)
The European Commission is close to presenting an amendment to the GDPR that would codify “legitimate interest” as the legal basis for training AI systems with personal data. The proposal is currently being di... (more story)
Alberto de Gregorio Merino is the new head of the European Commission’s powerful internal legal department. The EU executive announced the appointment Tuesday, saying he will take over from previous incumbent ... (more story)
An intermediate court in Beijing has handled 66 second-instance civil cases involving personal-information rights over the past three years, with the number rising each year, according to new data released by ... (more story)
SK Telecom faces a 300,000-won payment per applicant under a mediation plan adopted by South Korea’s privacy panel after a mass exposure of the personal data of subscribers. The Personal Information Dispute Me... (more story)
A Vermont judge Monday questioned whether 19th-century jurisdictional rules can keep pace with the borderless reach of modern data-scraping, as he weighed whether the state can sue facial-recognition company C... (more story)
The European Union's planned revamps of telecom and cybersecurity legislation — two key parts of the bloc's digital legislative agenda — have been delayed following internal reviews. The proposals had been sch... (more story)
Texas Assistant Solicitor General Cameron Fraser urged a US appeals court Monday to allow a law regulating social media for children to take full effect because the trade association suing to halt it did not c... (more story)
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The EU’s Data Act, in force since September, remains difficult to interpret and costly to implement, though it promises to reshape how companies handle connected-device data, legal and industry experts told ML... (more story)
At an annual Tokyo cybersecurity conference this week, international and Japanese experts agreed the world’s fourth-largest economy’s recent legal reforms are a step towards a more robust cyberdefense posture.... (more story)
China’s newly unveiled outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan draws the line clearly: any quick US-China trade détente won’t alter Beijing’s long-term course. A shift in tone — from the cautiously optimistic frami... (more story)
Norway is moving ahead swiftly in the debate over children's use of social media as it develops a plan for a strict minimum age of 15, the country's digital minister has said. Australia is the poster child for... (more story)
Companies are still sharing cybersecurity threat information despite the lapse last month of a 2015 US law shielding them from legal liability, with the hope that Congress will reauthorize the program quickly.
As digital advertising faces the increasing scrutiny that comes with mounting litigation and tightened regulation, the US bulk data rule that originated from national security concerns over hostile foreign cou... (more story)
A legal strategy targeting the data-collection practices of artificial intelligence music startups is also increasingly being wielded against the makers of text-based chatbots, a new US Reddit lawsuit against ... (more story)
Web browser Opera's challenge to the European Commission over its refusal to designate Microsoft's Edge as a digital "gatekeeper" was heard in court this week. It delved into the thorny question of who can cha... (more story)