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Jury in Calif. social media addiction trial asks about damages, adjourns (update*) March 20, 2026 | Xu Yuan

A state court jury in California asked about potential damages against Meta Platforms and YouTube in the trial over a lawsuit that alleges Instagram and YouTube caused the mental health problems of a 20-year-old plaintiff.

Brazil urges caution on biometric tools under minors’ online safety law March 20, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Brazil's data protection agency called on tech companies to avoid age-verification mechanisms that collect excessive data from children and adolescents, and urged caution on the use of biometric tools.

Meta rests New Mexico defense as executive says social media sites among safest March 20, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Meta Platforms rested its defense in the lawsuit brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, with Ravi Sinha, the head of child safety policy, holding that the company's social media platforms are some... (more story)

EU digital overhaul risks data-sharing legal uncertainty, Austria, Estonia warn March 20, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi

Austria and Estonia are raising concerns about the European Commission’s digital simplification package, warning that proposed changes to data-sharing rules risk creating legal uncertainty and limiting authori... (more story)

South Korea approves prosecution overhaul, sets up new indictment-only office March 20, 2026 | Jenny Lee

South Korea’s National Assembly on Friday approved legislation to create a new Public Prosecution Office, marking a decisive step in the Lee Jae Myung administration’s plan to dismantle the existing prosecutio... (more story)

Medibank fails in Australian appeal application to block release of Deloitte report March 20, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Medibank Private has failed in its application for leave to appeal an Australian court decision ordering the release of Deloitte reports commissioned after its 2022 data breach. At a Federal Court hearing on F... (more story)

Meta defends CSAM reporting practices in New Mexico trial March 20, 2026 | Madeline Hughes, Maria Dinzeo

A Meta Platforms child safety policy executive defended on Thursday the company’s flood of child sexual abuse material reports to law enforcement as a result of federal legal mandates, pushing back on testimon... (more story)

Google Assistant settlement gets tentative nod; US judge wants notice revisions March 19, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

A federal judge signaled she is prepared to approve a $68 million settlement over claims Google’s voice assistant recorded users’ conversations, but warned that flaws in the class notice — particularly involvi... (more story)

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Platforms face EU, UK pressure to safeguard elections from AI, disinformation March 20, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Patricia Figueiredo

Social media platforms such as TikTok are facing growing regulatory and political pressure in the EU and UK to do more to protect elections from damaging disinformation, AI-generated content and engagement-dri... (more story)

Removing duty of care from KOSA proposal likely to create more barriers for lawsuits March 19, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

US House Republicans' attempt to strip the duty-of-care provision from the Kids Online Safety Act would significantly alter tech companies' responsibilities under the proposed law and likely make consumer prot... (more story)

Platforms face uncertainty after EU fails to extend child-abuse rules March 18, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Online platforms face growing legal uncertainty after EU lawmakers and member states failed to agree on extending temporary rules allowing the voluntary detection of CSAM. Meanwhile, institutions are blaming e... (more story)

US lawsuit over Grok sexual images of minors could test limits of Section 230 March 17, 2026 | Amy Miller

A US lawsuit against xAI over Grok being used to generate non-consensual, sexual images of children could test the boundaries of a federal law that immunizes online platforms from liability for hosting user co... (more story)

Meta defense in New Mexico trial rebuts 'marketplace for predators' allegation March 17, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Meta Platforms was largely successful in getting thrown out most of the information about New Mexico’s civil investigation into the prevalence of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) on its platforms. It will b... (more story)

California kids code injunction decision triggers digital industry-wide concern March 17, 2026 | Mike Swift

The recent lifting of an injunction blocking enforcement of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act by a federal appeals court could send regulatory ripples across many sectors of the tech industry, inc... (more story)

Brazil rolls out new child online safety law focused on prevention March 16, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Brazil begins enforcing a new law Tuesday aimed at protecting minors in digital environments. The Digital Statute for Children and Adolescents grants the country’s data watchdog additional powers to safeguard ... (more story)

Meta's trial defense highlights fight over who should verify kids' ages online March 16, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

If children under 13 are not allowed on Instagram, why do so many appear to be using it? Testimony in two social media addiction trials has repeatedly returned to this question. Meta Platforms says the answer is complicated.