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UK reconsiders facial-recognition regulatory regime after evidence of bias December 10, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Findings of demographic bias in the facial-recognition system used by UK police forces triggered questions by lawmakers on Tuesday, after a government-commissioned testing published last week showed higher fal... (more story)

Revised anti-unfair competition law makes data misconduct clearer, China scholar says December 10, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law is expected to bring greater clarity to how data-related misconduct is assessed, as a senior competition-law scholar calls for a more structured, behavior-focu... (more story)

South Korea refers LG Uplus for criminal probe over data-leak server disposal December 10, 2025 | Jenny Lee

LG Uplus has come under criminal scrutiny after South Korea's science ministry referred the telecom giant to police for allegedly destroying servers tied to a suspected data breach, potentially amounting to ev... (more story)

Australia begins enforcing under-16 social media ban, but probes stay under wraps December 10, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Australia began enforcing its under-16 social media ban on Wednesday, but the online safety regulator says it won’t comment on individual investigations, leaving the scope and pace of early probes largely opaq... (more story)

Meta can subpoena former employee in US social media case, judge rules December 09, 2025 | Xu Yuan

A former Meta Platforms employee who accused the company of wrongdoing in protecting children online must turn over communications with former or current Meta employees regarding the subject, a US federal judge ruled.

US Senate committee considers holding Big Tech responsible for kids' online harm December 09, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

As the US Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony about creating harsher criminal penalties for those exploiting children sexually online, many pointed to holding tech platforms, which host the abuse, respo... (more story)

No single age-verification solution for Brazil's ECA Digital, ANPD director says December 09, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

The Brazilian data protection agency has identified the age-verification mechanism as a key priority to address before the implementation of the law aimed at protecting minors online, known as ECA Digital, whi... (more story)

Brazilian president submits new AI governance framework to Congress December 09, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has submitted to Congress a sweeping proposal to regulate artificial intelligence in Brazil. The bill, No. 6237/2025, would create the National System for the Promotion and ... (more story)

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Why does the US differ on content moderation? Blame the First Amendment December 10, 2025 | Mike Swift

Government social media age restrictions, such as the one coming into force this week in Australia, or broad content-moderation laws such as those in the EU and the UK, are impossible in the US because they ar... (more story)

For the world's online safety overseers, 2026 will be the year of the child December 10, 2025 | Mike Swift, Sara Brandstätter, Patricia Figueiredo and Maria Dinzeo

Regulators worldwide have woken up to a need to police online safety for minors. Australia has arguably gone the furthest, banning social media for under-16s from this week. In Europe, America, Asia and beyond... (more story)

Reddit, aiming to be internet's 'most human' place, battles, benefits from AI December 09, 2025 | Mike Swift

Reddit has a complicated relationship with AI. While the 20-year-old social platform recently sued Anthropic and Perplexity alleging the AI companies illegally scraped its content to train their large language... (more story)

Brazil's ANPD could triple staff in focus on online child protection December 08, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Brazil's National Data Protection Agency, or ANPD, has been restructured to facilitate implementation in March 2026 of a law aimed at protecting children and adolescents in digital environments.

ClaimsHero says it solves class-action woes; US judge fears 'extortion' December 04, 2025 | Mike Swift

Is ClaimsHero the next generation of law firm, a tech law disruptor built on social media technology that will serve consumers better than existing class-action Big Tech settlements that typically provide cons... (more story)

India retreats from mandatory cybersecurity app amid privacy concerns December 04, 2025 | Freny Patel

The Indian government has scrapped its directive mandating the "Sanchar Saathi" cybersecurity app on new smartphones after just five days. Despite claiming "increasing acceptance," the swift U-turn — forced by... (more story)

Litigation funders set to dodge EU-wide regulatory action — for now December 02, 2025 | Jean Comte

Investment funds engaging in for-profit support of court cases aren't likely to see any EU-wide regulatory action in the short term. The European Commission appears to see no reason to intervene, and for now i... (more story)

Web platforms' liability shield faces test in Mass. algorithm case December 01, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is set to be the first state appellate court to hear arguments of whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields Meta Platforms from a lawsuit alleging i... (more story)