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Philippine digital platform study urges privacy integration into competition law
A market study by the Philippine Competition Commission recommends integrating data privacy considerations into the Philippine Competition Act and strengthening coo... (more story)
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US DOJ's Assefi vows to reject 'half-measures,' wants more civil antitrust cases
Omeed Assefi, who took over as the acting chief at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division for a second time, and in an address to staff on Tuesday sought to d... (more story)
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Slater defends role in US DOJ review of HPE-Juniper merger
Gail Slater, former antitrust chief at the US Department of Justice, said Tuesday she is "deeply concerned" by allegations that she misrepresented the national secu... (more story)
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A tech safety advocate told jurors Wednesday that Instagram’s teen safety features fail to shield young users from harmful content, as the State of New Mexico wrapped its case accusing Meta Platforms of mislea... (more story)
A jury in the ongoing California trial in Los Angeles over social media’s role in youth mental health saw medical records that depicted the plaintiff’s problems with social media, in an attempt to counter Meta... (more story)
Meta Platforms, Google, Snap and TikTok are asking a US judge to narrow the evidence a jury will hear in a bellwether trial over youth social media use, seeking to bar testimony that students were “addicted” t... (more story)
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Platforms' CEO, provided pre-recorded video testimony to a jury in New Mexico on Wednesday as the state approached the end of its case in a trial alleging Meta failed to keep young users ... (more story)
Physical hitting, silent treatment and other conflicts between the plaintiff suing Meta Platforms and her mother and other family members did not cause the mental health issues the 20-year-old woman has suffer... (more story)
Instagram logged 500,000 daily victims of “inappropriate interactions with children” in 2020, even as senior executives debated safety steps that could reduce teen engagement, according to internal Meta Platfo... (more story)
Online platforms in the UK face having to consider how to approach content linked to outlawed group Palestine Action as part of their annual review of online risks after a court ruled the group’s proscription ... (more story)
The California Privacy Protection Agency has handed out the second-largest fine it its history, as part of a $1.1 million settlement with Georgia-based PlayOn Sports, a digital ticketing platform for high scho... (more story)
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A New Mexico jury has heard only from current Meta Platform executives through taped depositions, as the state is expected to rest its case after hearing from its final live witness on Wednesday.
US House Republicans in the Energy and Commerce Committee have unveiled the largest package of child online safety bills after parents and activists have pressured members relentlessly in the midst of an awake... (more story)
Another porn-hosting platform received a fine from the UK online safety regulator this week for inadequate age assurance. But as the number of fines grows, there is scant information about whether they are pai... (more story)
Juries in Los Angeles and New Mexico will have to parse two very different views of Meta Platforms that they have heard during the first three weeks of parallel social media trials. Is the culture of “move fas... (more story)
Internal debate at Meta Platforms over whether to implement higher levels of privacy protections highlighted the long-existing tension between privacy and online safety, particularly over the protection of chi... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission made its latest move to prioritize implementation of age verification technology Wednesday when it released a policy statement saying it will not enforce child privacy laws agai... (more story)
Cosmetic filters that alter a person's appearance have been prominent in an addictive-design trial against Meta Platforms in Los Angeles, but a new decision by a federal judge in Illinois that the state's biom... (more story)
The UK's two key tech sector watchdogs, Ofcom and the Information Commissioner’s Office, have yet to show that the government's agenda to enlist their help in growing the economy can be a good fit. Even the co... (more story)