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Snap accused of concealing child exploitation risks in West Virginia suit November 06, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Snap was hit with a lawsuit from West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey claiming it concealed the risks of child sexual exploitation, harmful content and addictive design features on Snapchat while marketing the app as...(read more)

CalPrivacy board ponders significant changes to traditional privacy consent November 06, 2026 | Mike Swift

California’s privacy regulator is considering what legislative changes it might seek from state lawmakers in 2027, amid a growing conviction that the traditional "notice and choice" consent system based on lengthy and comp...(read more)

Plaintiffs suing Meta in tracking lawsuit pressed by US judge over consent November 05, 2026 | Xu Yuan

Plaintiffs suing Meta Platforms over the use of its website-tracking tool on a telehealth website faced questions by a US federal judge about whether they granted permission for the collection of their personal data.

Meta, Google, TikTok seek to block California child online safety law November 05, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Meta Platforms, Google and TikTok are suing the state of California over a law aimed at protecting children from potentially addictive social media features, including personalized feeds and autoplay, claiming it violates ...(read more)

Irish data watchdog rejects UN’s conflict-of-interest claims over Big Tech November 05, 2026 | Masha Borak and Júlia Tar

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has defended its independence after United Nations experts raised concerns about conflicts of interest in regulating big tech. The watchdog cited its enforcement record and independent ...(read more)

Websites should defeat engineered data law breach claims, EU legal opinion says November 05, 2026 | Giorgi Dvalishvili

Websites should not be liable for damages for nonfinancial harm when people knowingly and repeatedly trigger data protection breaches using automated software in a bid to secure payment, according to a legal opinion provid...(read more)

EU privacy watchdogs must uphold complainants’ data access rights, ECJ rules (update*) November 05, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

People who lodge complaints with EU privacy watchdogs must, in principle, be granted access under the GDPR to the personal data that those authorities process about them and information about that processing, the EU Court ...(read more)

Grid operators don’t need to offer conventional meters, EU judges rule (update*) November 05, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Electricity grid operators aren’t required under EU law to offer conventional meters to customers who refuse smart meters, the EU Court of Justice ruled on Thursday in a case involving Netz Niederösterreich. Consent requir...(read more)

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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)

Dismissal of Discord suit in Ohio raises questions of Section 230 reach November 03, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

The recent dismissal of a lawsuit against Discord in Ohio federal court, alleging Discord failed to implement child safety procedures that led to a then-17-year-old being sexually exploited, diverges from numerous consumer...(read more)

OpenAI facing first US age-code suit; case reflects 'drive' by young people November 03, 2026 | Mike Swift

When eight states sued OpenAI recently over safety and privacy claims, Nebraska’s complaint stood out because it was the first time a state had attempted to enforce an Age-Appropriate Design Code — laws passed by a half-do...(read more)

Anthropic says privacy concerns a pervasive regulator risk as IPO looms October 31, 2026 | Mike Swift

Anthropic called out a plethora of privacy risks in this week's S-1 filing ahead of its initial public stock offering, including the admission that two of the biggest concerns about frontier AI — privacy and safety — may o...(read more)

Japan's cyberattack surge fuels debate over tighter AI regulation, data-security rules October 30, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

A wave of cyberattacks exposing Japanese companies to compensation costs and damages claims is sharpening questions about whether the country needs stronger safeguards against misuse of artificial intelligence and tougher ...(read more)

Brazil’s Meta controversy raises wider, global questions about elections October 29, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Tech regulation took center stage in Brazil's elections, with Meta squarely under the spotlight, but questions around the company's moderation systems, and how government and regulators handle allegations of platform inter...(read more)