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California kids code injunction decision triggers digital industry-wide concern
The recent lifting of an injunction blocking enforcement of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act by a federal appeals court could send regulatory ripples ... (more story)
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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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A state-court jury in California, in the trial for a lawsuit against Meta Platforms and YouTube over their social media apps’ impact on youth mental health, is having difficulty reaching agreement on a verdict... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission intends to build on its recent victory in the Edwards-JenaValve merger trial about rival cardiac device inventors by continuing to examine innovation deals focused on precommerc... (more story)
New Mexico made its closing arguments in its consumer protection lawsuit against Meta Platforms, asking a jury to award a $2 billion penalty. Jurors were also told future remedies are possible if they return a... (more story)
AliExpress could face a non-compliance decision under the EU’s Digital Services Act as the European Commission presses ahead with its investigation, an official said Monday, while lawmakers flagged discrepanci... (more story)
China’s cybersecurity authorities have issued detailed operational guidance on the use of the open-source AI agent OpenClaw, expanding recent risk warnings into a broader governance push as adoption accelerate... (more story)
Teresa Ribera, the EU commissioner in charge of wielding the bloc’s powerful tech laws, will meet Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai, the CEOs of Meta Platforms and Google, as part of a trip to the US this comi... (more story)
A state court jury in California asked about potential damages against Meta Platforms and YouTube in the trial over a lawsuit that alleges Instagram and YouTube caused the mental health problems of a 20-year-old plaintiff.
Brazil's data protection agency called on tech companies to avoid age-verification mechanisms that collect excessive data from children and adolescents, and urged caution on the use of biometric tools.
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The EU's ability to police the use of cookies could be at risk if the European Commission's legislative plans to make Ireland's data protection authority responsible for the job across the whole bloc go ahead,... (more story)
In China's latest five-year economic and social blueprint, Beijing has set ambitious targets that pull in opposite directions: tech supremacy versus social stability, export-led growth versus reduced trade fri... (more story)
Indonesia’s new child-safety rules for digital platforms draw on elements of Australia’s under-16 social media ban but adopt a more complex, risk-based approach. While platforms are beginning to comply ahead o... (more story)
Despite a new US executive order directing the Department of Justice to move “swiftly, deliberately, and proactively” to disable cyberthreats and prosecute cybercriminals, the chronically delayed trial of alle... (more story)
Social media platforms such as TikTok are facing growing regulatory and political pressure in the EU and UK to do more to protect elections from damaging disinformation, AI-generated content and engagement-dri... (more story)
US House Republicans' attempt to strip the duty-of-care provision from the Kids Online Safety Act would significantly alter tech companies' responsibilities under the proposed law and likely make consumer prot... (more story)
Online platforms face growing legal uncertainty after EU lawmakers and member states failed to agree on extending temporary rules allowing the voluntary detection of CSAM. Meanwhile, institutions are blaming e... (more story)
A US lawsuit against xAI over Grok being used to generate non-consensual, sexual images of children could test the boundaries of a federal law that immunizes online platforms from liability for hosting user co... (more story)