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South Korea's expanded data-portability regime allows scraping during transition August 13, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korean public institutions and companies will be required to provide secure mechanisms for customers to transfer their personal data under an expanded data-portability regime taking effect from Aug. 20. ... (more story)

South Korea's AI personal-data carve-out faces pushback ahead of expected passage August 13, 2026 | Jenny Lee

South Korean civic groups making a last-ditch push to stop legislation that would allow companies to use raw, identifiable personal data to train AI systems without consent, as the measure heads toward an expe... (more story)

Jury seated for Meta youth-safety trial in US court August 13, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

A US federal judge seated an eight-member advisory jury to hear claims by California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey that Meta misled the public about youth safety, addictiveness and underage users while vi... (more story)

Meta safety-expert panel a ‘sham,’ former advisor says in Tennessee trial August 12, 2026 | Xu Yuan

A Danish psychologist who was on an expert panel at Meta Platforms for self-harm and suicide told a jury in Tennessee that she quit the role after concluding that the initiative only served a “window shopping”... (more story)

UK police unit’s unclear cyber responsibilities contributed to GDPR breaches, ICO says August 12, 2026 | Imogen Howse

The failure by ACRO — the UK’s criminal records office — to clearly assign responsibility for critical cybersecurity updates and alerts contributed to UK GDPR infringements that put the personal information of... (more story)

Manus confirms Meta separation, outlines user-data deletion plan August 12, 2026 | MLex Staff

Artificial intelligence startup Manus has confirmed it is separating from Meta Platforms and returning to independent operations, nearly four months after Chinese authorities blocked Meta’s acquisition of the ... (more story)

Australian court rules X not subject to online-safety standard August 12, 2026 | Sean Maguire and Saloni Sinha

X Corp. has won its challenge to an Australian online-safety standard aimed at curbing harmful content, with the court ruling that X is a social-media service and cannot also be regulated as a messaging servic... (more story)

China police detail 10 personal-data crime cases across industries August 12, 2026 | MLex Staff

Chinese police highlighted 10 criminal cases involving the illicit collection and trading of personal information across different industries, with millions of records allegedly used for marketing, fraud and p... (more story)

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Brazil deepens probe into Discord as pressure over online crimes mounts August 13, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Brazilian authorities have tightened their grip on Discord, a platform widely used by minors, amid allegations that it failed to comply with the country’s children's online safety act. The case gained prominen... (more story)

Supply chains, certification key to EU cyber law overhaul, lead lawmaker says August 12, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Stronger EU cybersecurity certification, tighter safeguards for critical technology supply chains and a larger operational role for the EU Agency for Cybersecurity should be in the focus of the bloc’s Cybersec... (more story)

Platforms set to see EU’s full child-safety rulebook take shape by year-end August 11, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

In the coming months, social media companies and other online services are likely to get a clearer picture of the EU’s broader regulatory framework for child safety. A new European Commission proposal is expec... (more story)

TikTok employees were candid internally about platform harms, US court documents show August 10, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Years before TikTok was sued on addictive design claims, employees voiced worries about the many children under age 13 on the platform, and whether the company could be liable for inappropriate conduct, accord... (more story)

US social media orders on Meta, Google, TikTok augur trouble for 'attention economy' August 07, 2026 | Mike Swift

Two separate court rulings, one by a federal judge in California and one by a state court judge in New Mexico, could mean trouble ahead for the "attention economy." The federal judge found recommendation algor... (more story)

EU privacy regulators eye common approach to risks of AI-enabled smart glasses August 07, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Imogen Howse

Companies selling AI-enabled smart glasses in Europe, including Meta Platforms with its prominent Ray-Ban AI glasses, are facing growing privacy scrutiny as regulators assess whether existing data-protection r... (more story)

WhatsApp age-check pilot puts India's child-privacy rules to the test August 07, 2026 | Freny Patel

WhatsApp's voluntary age-verification pilot tests whether India's child-privacy regime can protect minors while preserving encryption, minimizing data collection and meeting regulators' parental consent requir... (more story)

New CalPrivacy audit officer excited to carry out proactive privacy checks August 06, 2026 | Xu Yuan

California, the state that has been leading privacy enforcement in both the US and the world, has a new tool to look into how companies handle data. Sabrina Ross, the person who will be wielding that power, wi... (more story)