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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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Meta Platforms called Mary Wirth, a veteran trust and safety executive who helped build the safety infrastructure at Adobe, to rebut claims from earlier witnesses at a New Mexico trial that the social media co... (more story)
Arturo Bejar, a former Meta Platforms employee who testified before US Congress over the company’s failure to address harms to children and teenagers on its apps, saw the company prioritize growth and profits ... (more story)
Meta Platforms has been hit with its first privacy lawsuit in US federal court over its AI smart glasses. California and New Jersey residents have filed a proposed class action accusing Meta of falsely adverti... (more story)
In a challenge to the deal President Trump brokered to divest the US operations of TikTok from its Chinese parent ByteDance, two Silicon Valley tech investors have petitioned a US appeals court to find that th... (more story)
Children’s online safety legislation passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee on a party-line vote on Thursday.
A second major carmaker has been hit with a privacy fine by the California Privacy Protection Agency. The Ford Motor Company will pay a $375,703 fine for making it too difficult for car buyers to opt out of th... (more story)
The EU’s approach to online safety for young users was discussed on Thursday as the bloc’s new expert panel held its first closed-door meeting, opened by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The... (more story)
Meta is facing questions from UK and Irish data protection authorities over its handling of personal data captured by its AI smart glasses, following media reports that subcontracted workers in Kenya viewed se... (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)