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Platforms near new EU legal basis to detect CSAM, excluding encrypted services July 22, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Online platforms look set to see a temporary EU legal basis reinstated for voluntarily detecting child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, after EU member states agreed on Wednesday to begin the final process requ... (more story)

France confirms social media ban for under-15s; first EU member state to do so (update*) July 22, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo and Anna Lauwereys

France confirmed on Tuesday that it's the first EU member state to be implementing a social media ban for users under 15, after the Senate voted in favor of the measures. Following an objection to a previous d... (more story)

Thailand urges businesses to use privacy law to strengthen AI governance July 22, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Thailand's privacy regulator is urging organizations to strengthen artificial intelligence governance under existing privacy law rather than wait for dedicated AI legislation, saying the country's Personal Dat... (more story)

Asian privacy regulators urge firms to move beyond consent-first AI compliance July 22, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Privacy regulators from Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and the Philippines said organizations deploying AI should rely on the full range of lawful processing grounds available under existing data protection la... (more story)

Gig economy under scrutiny in Calif. privacy regulator's first industry audit July 21, 2026 | Xu Yuan

Ride hailing, food delivery and other gig-economy platforms are the target of the first-ever industry-wide audit launched by California's privacy agency under the only such regulatory framework for privacy com... (more story)

Singapore pushes PETs for trusted ASEAN data sharing July 21, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Singapore is seeking to position privacy-enhancing technologies, or PETs, as an important tool for trusted cross-border data sharing across ASEAN as AI drives demand for secure access to sensitive data. The In... (more story)

Qantas report clarifies Australian privacy obligations after data breach July 21, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Australia's privacy regulator has concluded that Qantas Airways likely did not breach the 1988 Privacy Act in connection with a 2025 data breach affecting around 5 million people, saying the airline had taken ... (more story)

China broadens child online safety campaign beyond content July 21, 2026 | MLex Staff

China's cyberspace regulator has launched a four-month nationwide campaign to strengthen online protections for minors, broadening oversight from policing harmful content to governing the technological infrast... (more story)

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Suits filed against TikTok over addictive design span US, advance under radar July 21, 2026 | Mike Swift

With trials against Meta Platforms drawing the bulk of the attention among state challenges to the allegedly addictive design of social media platforms, litigation by states challenging the legality of TikTok'... (more story)

UK tech, AI and online safety regulation pose pressing questions for Burnham July 20, 2026 | Imogen Howse and Patricia Figueiredo

As Andy Burnham takes power in the UK, he faces immediate tech policy questions. Reports that he could fold the technology ministry into a larger business department have alarmed tech advocates, while question... (more story)

Meta faces two more jury trials over US consumer harm in coming weeks July 17, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Maria Dinzeo

In the wake of two landmark trials against Meta Platforms this year, two additional juries are soon to decide if the social media giant's design choices harmed Instagram users, as jury selection in the Tenness... (more story)

Kickoff for cloud giants' new UK oversight regime spotlights its novel approach July 17, 2026 | Maciej Boguslawski

Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft and Oracle have, as expected, become the first cloud companies in the UK to be designated as “critical” by UK financial regulators, who are looking ever closer at t... (more story)

States say 25 million US children use Facebook, Instagram, as trial looms July 16, 2026 | Mike Swift and Xu Yuan

California and 28 other states claim more than 25 million US children under 13 use Facebook and Instagram, estimates central to a trial beginning Aug. 12 seeking more than $1 trillion from Meta Platforms. Meta... (more story)

Google’s commercial partnership review may void YouTube liability shield, ECJ says (update*) July 16, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Google may not be able to rely on the hosting liability exemption under the EU's E-Commerce Directive after reviewing a YouTube creator's channel before entering into a commercial partnership, the EU's highest... (more story)

US high court's Chatrie decision further protects Americans' digital data July 15, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

A US Supreme Court's decision that precise geolocation information "is 'not truly shared'" with a third party dealt a blow to decisions from the 1970s that have allowed companies to share information with law ... (more story)

UK social media ban risks stop-start regulation, former ICO deputy says July 14, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Social media platforms could face a stop-start UK regulatory regime unless the planned under-16s ban is aligned with the Online Safety Act, the former Deputy Information Commissioner told MLex. Steve Wood said... (more story)