UK regulator Ofcom opened an investigation into TikTok’s age inference systems and called on Google and Microsoft’s Bing to curb the visibility of porn sites without age checks. In a statement Thursday, the wa... (more story)

Italy's early intervention in digital cases — such as Meta AI-WhatsApp, Apple App Tracking Transparency and Apple iCloud — was driven by close cooperation with the European Commission, a board member of the It... (more story)

President Lee Jae Myung urged South Korean regulators to make privacy failures more expensive than preventing them and to take a more assertive role in finding cybersecurity weaknesses before attackers do, off... (more story)

EU investigators probing TikTok’s handling of under-13s’ access to its platform are preparing to charge the ByteDance-owned company with violations of EU law, MLex has learned. However, it's understood that th... (more story)

Apple and Samsung's on-device generative artificial intelligence services have been registered with China's internet regulator alongside those of their Chinese rivals, removing a key regulatory hurdle to bring... (more story)

Partnered Health Group’s Australian clinic network has been hit by a data breach that compromised patients’ personal information, including health data, across 21 clinics nationwide. In a statement, Partnered ... (more story)

Hong Kong has no plans to legislate a ban or restrictions on social-media use by minors, the city's tech chief said, citing concerns about enforcement challenges and potential damage to the city's technology e... (more story)

Texas asked a state court judge in Travis County to grant summary judgment in its content moderation suit against TikTok, arguing the social media app’s Community Guidelines and Restricted Mode violated the Te... (more story)