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TikTok tops online-deletion requests by South Korean teens January 22, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

Short-form video clips on TikTok are the most frequently requested content for removal by South Korean teenagers using the privacy watchdog’s personal data deletion service — also known as the Eraser Service. ... (more story)

Ningbo tech firm fined for data-security lapses amid foreign-access concerns January 22, 2025 | MLex Staff

A local Internet regulator in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province has penalized a technology company for failing to meet data-security obligations, underscoring the necessity of addressing vulnerabilities that f... (more story)

Hong Kong considers 'phased rollout' of privacy-law revisions January 22, 2025 | Yonnex Li

Hong Kong is weighing a phased introduction of proposed changes to the city's privacy law, addressing business concerns over heightened penalties amid the current economic slowdown, a senior official said toda... (more story)

Big Tech policies will come under spotlight of new Australian think tank January 22, 2025 | James Panichi and Saloni Sinha

Policy proposals likely to affect Meta Platforms, Google and other online tech giants will be the focus of a new think tank funded by the Australian government with the backing of tech-industry players includi... (more story)

UK online safety laws could need review for extremist threats, Starmer signals January 21, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK laws on online safety and counter-extremism could be reviewed to recognize “new and dangerous” threats, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said today in a statement after an inquiry was launched to examine events ... (more story)

China sets policies to regulate, boost authorized use of public data January 21, 2025 | MLex Staff

China has issued policy frameworks to regulate and boost authorized use of public data, a move designed to unlock the value of these data resources amid a digital-economy push by the government. Three document... (more story)

Google faces wider antitrust probe of its ad-tech practices in India January 21, 2025 | Freny Patel

A consolidated investigation into Google's ad-tech practices has been ordered by the Indian antitrust watchdog, combining the latest complaint with existing probes into the tech giant's alleged anticompetitive... (more story)

Japan's MC Data claims clash of antitrust, data laws as it challenges JFTC order January 20, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan’s MC Data Plus, a subsidiary of the major trading firm Mitsubishi Corp., has contested the Japan Fair Trade Commission’s cease-and-desist order regarding the company’s alleged unfair trade practices, in ... (more story)

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US non-enforcement of TikTok ban still leaves legal risk January 21, 2025 | Madeline Hughes, Maria Dinzeo

President Trump paused enforcement of a bipartisan law banning TikTok, citing a need for further review. But uncertainty looms for distributors facing $5,000 daily fines per user as lawmakers question the lega... (more story)

FTC turns page on ambitious period of US privacy enforcement under Khan, Levine January 21, 2025 | Mike Swift

Speaking with MLex while packing up his office at the FTC Friday evening, Sam Levine, chief of the Bureau of Consumer Protection under Chair Lina Khan, said the FTC made a “paradigm-shifting” change in privacy... (more story)

Biden's executive order on cybersecurity has real bite, could have staying power January 17, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

The Biden Administration’s 11th hour cyber executive order will require that companies looking to sell to the federal government show they meet basic cybersecurity standards, and the government isn’t afraid to... (more story)

TikTok ban enforcement unclear amid US presidential transition January 17, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Enforcement of the US law that forces the divestiture or ban of TikTok is uncertain as it comes into effect amid a presidential administration transition. The controversial law, which gave TikTok and parent co... (more story)

For Big Tech companies, Southeast Asia can no longer be an afterthought January 17, 2025 | Jet Damazo-Santos

Big Tech’s increasingly contentious relationship with Southeast Asian governments is unlikely to improve in the coming year, with regulators growing bolder in cracking the whip against companies once thought t... (more story)

Google gets ominous disbarment warning as Epic antitrust claims ramp up January 16, 2025 | Mike Swift

With another round of antitrust litigation between Epic Games and Google ramping up – and a new participant, Samsung, at its heart – a federal judge advised Google today that its conduct on evidence discovery ... (more story)

US FTC has opportunity to crack down on data brokers with new national security law January 16, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

The US Federal Trade Commission was tasked by Congress this summer with ensuring data brokers do not sell American data to foreign adversaries. Now it has received one of its first complaints under that law fr... (more story)

Probe of Tools for Humanity's biometric data collection a priority in Brazil January 16, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil's National Data Protection Authority not only confirmed an ongoing investigation into Tools for Humanity, a company linked to OpenAI that's behind the advanced Orb camera technology used to collect eye ... (more story)