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Meta fends off Florida’s injunction bid in social media lawsuit

UK online safety regime's future may turn on watchdog's current court battles

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Macif Vie risks €7m fine in French privacy case over password protection (update*)

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Amazon, Google, Meta may face binding EU decisions on network fee disputes October 21, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft could be required to negotiate network interconnection terms with European telecom operators and face binding regulatory decisions if talks fail under proposals by the Europe... (more story)

Clearview AI appeal risks UK–EU gap in privacy protections, court hears October 21, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Allowing Clearview AI’s appeal over the UK privacy regulator's power to fine it would leave people in the UK with less privacy protection than those in the EU, a London court heard on Wednesday. Advocacy group... (more story)

EU governments agree negotiating position on digital simplification package October 21, 2026 | Júlia Tar

EU governments’ negotiating position on the digital simplification package was agreed by national ambassadors on Wednesday afternoon, MLex has learned, following an impasse over trade-secrets protections. The ... (more story)

Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Orange face proposed cuts to EU wholesale roaming caps October 21, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone Group, Orange and Telefónica could face lower caps on wholesale data roaming charges under proposals by the European Parliament’s lead telecom lawmaker. Michał Kobosko’s draft report... (more story)

Park24 should compensate victims of ID-document leaks, Japanese lawyer says October 21, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

A Japanese lawyer is preparing a joint damages lawsuit against Park24 after a breach at its Times Car car-sharing service exposed data from 6.6 million accounts, including identification-document images from 1... (more story)

South Korean privacy chief backs penalties for evidence destruction, tampering October 21, 2026 | Jenny Lee

South Korea's privacy chief has backed legislation to punish companies that destroy or conceal evidence before a formal investigation begins, acknowledging that a gap in the law leaves the regulator unable to ... (more story)

Clearview AI’s image collation amounts to monitoring, UK regulator tells court October 20, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Clearview AI monitors people’s behavior by continually collecting and organizing information about them, the UK's privacy regulator told the Court of Appeal on Tuesday in the company's challenge against the IC... (more story)

UK regulator weighed urgent court action over Grok deepfakes; bar was too high October 20, 2026 | Imogen Howse

The UK online regulator considered seeking an urgent court order over sexualized AI deepfakes generated using X's chatbot Grok, but the legal threshold prevented immediate intervention, the CEO of Ofcom told l... (more story)

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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)

Meta's pugilistic trial strategy proved costly in recent US litigation October 13, 2026 | Mike Swift

Mark Zuckerberg's stated reluctance to settle lawsuits before US jury trials over privacy and addictive design in recent years has exposed Meta Platforms to potentially more than $50 billion in verdicts, penal... (more story)

US Supreme Court to hear first Video Privacy Protection Act case Wednesday October 12, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday over who counts as a consumer under the Video Privacy Protection Act — the first time the high court will hear a case on the 1988 law being used in th... (more story)

Roblox facing investigation by US FTC on child safety issues October 09, 2026 | Mike Swift

The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating Roblox over potential child safety concerns that the Silicon Valley gaming company, hugely popular with children and teens, allowed its platform to be designed ... (more story)

Fla. AG seeking relief against Meta that goes beyond multistate settlement October 08, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed for a temporary injunction against Meta Platforms, seeking relief for Florida teens that goes beyond what the company agreed to provide elsewhere in the US as ... (more story)

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New Mexico AG touts $25bn penalty against Facebook in consumer protection case October 21, 2026
PHP vulnerabilities show importance of American 'SI' leadership, White House says October 21, 2026
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico for privacy falsehoods October 21, 2026
PHP Foundation announces fix to two 'critical' web code vulnerabilities October 21, 2026
Japan's privacy watchdog reviews local govt data handling October 21, 2026
Telecom provider Tismi fined in UK for failure to prevent number misuse October 21, 2026
Schufa sees Germany’s top court refer credit-score legal dispute to lower court October 21, 2026
Professors say Calif. addictive-feed law doesn't regulate expressive speech October 20, 2026
States support California's addictive-feed law before US appeals court October 20, 2026
Apple looks for quick appeal in US biometric privacy case over Photos app October 20, 2026
Canada launches Children’s Privacy Code for online protections October 20, 2026
US wiretap claims against OpenAI defended by plaintiffs October 20, 2026
US Homeland Security bans DeepSeek for civilian agencies October 20, 2026