JetBlue 'surveillance pricing' litigation deepens US scrutiny of practice
November 11, 2026
| Mike Swift
Americans have long accepted the cost to their privacy of their personal data being used to drive what ads they see, but they may be ready to draw the line on the use of their personal data to set the price they pay for go...(read more)
Platforms fear addictive-design duty overlaps with EU's new digital rulebook
November 11, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
All online platforms will have to let consumers disable addictive features under the proposed EU Digital Fairness Act — duties that the largest platforms will have to add to their existing Digital Services Act risk obligat...(read more)
Why China sees factory robots as new front in AI race
November 11, 2026
| MLex Staff
China's move against SoftBank's ABB Robotics deal shows how far the artificial intelligence race has evolved beyond chips into the machinery of the physical economy. Industrial robots are being recast from productivity too...(read more)
Game makers look to face stricter in-game currency rules under EU consumer law
November 10, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
Video game companies would likely have to show the real-money value of items bought with paid virtual currencies under the EU's forthcoming Digital Fairness Act, a leaked draft suggests, supporting a key demand from consum...(read more)
TikTok case signals EU challenge to social media’s engagement-driven systems
November 06, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
TikTok’s latest EU case on "rabbit holes" could have implications for other social media platforms using engagement-driven recommender systems. The European Commission’s preliminary findings — published on Friday — indicat...(read more)
DROP climbing in data broker deletions, Calif. privacy regulator data shows
November 05, 2026
| Mike Swift
California's privacy regulator said its DROP data broker system — the acronym for "Delete Request and Opt-out Platform" — is operating as planned after its first 90-day compliance milestone, with users averaging about 200 ...(read more)
Midterm blue wave poised to shift US tech regulation debate
November 04, 2026
| Emma Whitford, Amy Miller, Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes
Sweeping Democratic victories in Tuesday's US midterm elections may foreshadow a shift in Congress's debate over regulating AI and the technology industry more broadly, from if it should be done to how it should be done. B...(read more)
TikTok, Snap to take more heat in US fight over social media addiction
November 03, 2026
| Xu Yuan, Madeline Hughes, Mike Swift and Maria Dinzeo
After Meta Platforms, the top target of social media backlash, took a series of hits in the form of adverse trial outcomes and impactful settlements, the battleground is likely to shift focus to TikTok and Snap in the comi...(read more)