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)
What kind of digital euro will the EU get?
August 06, 2026
| Helena Freitas
The EU is no longer debating only whether to create a digital euro, but what kind of payment instrument it should become. Make-or-break choices are now at the negotiating table of EU lawmakers and governments,... (more story)
As platforms escape EU legal limbo over CSAM rules, uncertainty still lurks
August 05, 2026
| Júlia Tar
A restored legal framework for online platforms to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material under revived interim EU rules ended months of uncertainty that left companies taking different compliance appr... (more story)