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X Corp. loses bid to dismiss Bright Data's US monopolization counterclaims April 18, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

X Corp. lost its bid to dismiss Bright Data’s US monopolization counterclaims today, with a California federal judge accepting arguments that the social media platform unlawfully changed its own rules to force... (more story)

Meta gets US judge's OK to seek quick summary judgment in biometric privacy case April 18, 2025 | Mike Swift

A federal judge in Californa said she would allow Meta Platforms to seek a quick summary judgment ruling that it did not violate Illinois' biometric privacy law by allegedly collecting the voiceprints of Faceb... (more story)

Oregon bill banning sale of precise location, children's data clears House April 18, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

An update to Oregon’s data privacy law is headed to the state Senate after sailing out of the House by a vote of 51-0.

Clearview AI faces US appeal of pivotal facial recognition privacy settlement April 18, 2025 | Mike Swift

Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition startup, will have to wait for final judicial approval of its plan to sell off a portion of itself to settle biometric privacy claims. Two objectors to the se... (more story)

Tech group's challenge of Mississippi social media law sent back to lower US court April 18, 2025 | Xu Yuan

Amid a streak of wins in its challenges of state social media laws, Big Tech industry group NetChoice suffered a setback as an appeals court sent remanded its lawsuit against a Mississippi age-verification law... (more story)

Meta, X face privacy scrutiny over AI training with user data in South Korea April 18, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

A privacy complaint from South Korean civil society groups over Meta Platform and X’s alleged unlawful collection of personal data for artificial intelligence training is the focus of a preliminary fact-findin... (more story)

TikTok’s rise, Wall Street response to revenue miss scared Meta executives in 2020 April 18, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Chris May

Sheryl Sandberg, a former executive at Meta Platforms, today recounted in US court how the company's leadership fretted over upsetting shareholders as it stared at a potential revenue shortfall of $6 billion i... (more story)

Discord becomes latest platform to face deceptive design suit from a state AG in US April 17, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Discord has been hit with a lawsuit from a state enforcer alleging that its deceptive business practices harmed children on its platform, becoming the latest company to face such an action. New Jersey Attorney... (more story)

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US DOJ continues to treat cyber negligence as contract fraud, data breach or not April 18, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Federal prosecutors are increasingly using the False Claims Act (FCA) to scrutinize government contractors over cybersecurity compliance, even in the absence of actual data breaches or security incidents.

States may argue for issue preclusion in US adtech case against Google in Texas April 18, 2025 | Alex Wilts and Mike Swift

The US Department of Justice’s triumph against Google in a case challenging the tech giant’s practices in digital advertising markets opens up a question over whether states suing the company in Texas will nee... (more story)

FTC’s Meta monopolization suit aims to succeed where DOJ failed: privacy harms April 18, 2025 | Chris May and Mike Swift

Mark Zuckerberg, the highest-profile witness in a US Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking to break up Meta Platforms, offered testimony this week that will help the agency’s attempt to push forward a priva... (more story)

States with common privacy laws team up on US enforcement to tame legal patchwork April 18, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

In the absence of a federal privacy law, a group of state regulators — including California, Connecticut and others — has launched the Consortium of Privacy Regulators to coordinate enforcement and consistent ... (more story)

Missouri's rulemaking to age-gate internet access has First Amendment implications April 15, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is likening his use of rulemaking power to limit children’s access to online adult content to barring the purchase of age-restricted materials like tobacco. But laws att... (more story)

US states push for tax on social media despite ongoing legal challenge April 14, 2025 | Xu Yuan

Despite ongoing legal scrutiny of digital taxes targeting social media companies, some US states continue to push the idea for purposes including boosting state revenue and remediation for harm caused by exces... (more story)

ByteDance, Meta, Snap face lengthy legal battle in Canada over addictive design April 11, 2025 | Mike Swift

Snap, ByteDance and Meta Platforms face an extended legal battle with Canadian school systems over claims their social media platforms were negligently designed to be addictive, something the schools say harme... (more story)

After Facebook's rough week in US Congress, more difficulties loom in courts April 11, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

A Facebook whistleblower got a warm reception in the US Congress and a senator separately alleged that Meta Platforms' virtual reality headsets violate child privacy law. But those incidents were only two of a... (more story)