Canada eases US trade tensions with streaming pullback, but questions remain
June 08, 2026
| Bradley Dress
Canada pulled back on tougher streaming service regulations amid high tensions with the Trump administration over trade and the future of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a potential implication of O... (more story)
Meta questioned continuing research in light of leaks, US documents show
June 05, 2026
| Madeline Hughes and Mike Swift
In September 2021, as a storm of controversy raged outside his company, Mark Zuckerberg sent his senior management team a momentous question, according to newly released US documents: should Meta Platforms sto... (more story)
Australian privacy watchdog sees growing workload, shrinking budget
June 05, 2026
| Sean Maguire
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner faces rising workloads and major upcoming reforms, even as its budget is being cut by 8 percent. Privacy experts and advocates warn that longstanding under... (more story)
Netflix, Meta, Discord, other tech giants targeted by Texas AG in election run-up
June 04, 2026
| Mike Swift
With newly filed litigation and investigations against Netflix, Meta Platforms, Snap, Discord, and Roblox, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has arguably been the most aggressive data protection enforcer in th... (more story)
EU digital law's national enforcers face test with policing of small porn sites
June 03, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
Smaller pornography platforms are an increasing focus of enforcement under the EU's Digital Services Act as national regulators prepare action against services not large enough for the European Commission’s di... (more story)
Brazil reshaping minors’ online safety with new age-rating framework
June 02, 2026
| Henrique Santiago
The Brazilian government argues that its age-rating policy, which involves a series of recommendations that can be supported by parental supervision in digital environments, has been successful because familie... (more story)
Meta, others could face expensive resolution of US school suits after settlement
June 02, 2026
| Xu Yuan, Mike Swift and Maria Dinzeo
The $27 million paid by Meta Platforms, Snap, TikTok and YouTube to resolve the first US school district lawsuit over alleged social media addiction may seem minimal, but the settlement could be just the begin... (more story)
AI chatbots: California Invasion of Privacy Act's next frontier
May 29, 2026
| Maria Dinzeo
AI companies are finding themselves in the crosshairs of California's decades-old anti-wiretapping law, illustrated by two class actions against OpenAI for allegedly embedding tracking technology in the ChatGP... (more story)