The Brazilian Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit against Discord after negotiations over a settlement agreement failed. The office wants the platform to adopt several safety measures and is seeking comp... (more story)

Meta Platforms agreed on Wednesday to pay up to $17.1 billion in penalties and implement design changes to Instagram and Facebook as part of a watershed settlement with 52 US attorneys general over claims that... (more story)

China will accelerate the development and use of government-held data to support artificial intelligence and other emerging industries by expanding a national registry and standardizing programs that allow pub... (more story)

Lawyers for the 29 states suing Meta Platforms over claims that it deceived users and regulators over the safety of Instagram and Facebook showed a federal jury in Oakland, California, a series of internal doc... (more story)

Bad actors trying to post content that violates Meta’s guidelines are similar to computer viruses: they are always evolving and finding new methods for sharing, Tomas Kabbabe, director of data science at Insta... (more story)

Brazil’s privacy regulator has fined TikTok 153.7 million reais ($30 million), alleging failures to protect minors’ data under the General Data Protection Law.  The agency investigated allegations that TikTok ... (more story)

UK essential-services providers could be banned from using or installing tech products considered a national security risk under amendments proposed by the government to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.... (more story)

TikTok faces two hearings later this year relating to Portuguese collective actions claiming up to €1.12 billion for allegedly allowing children to sign up for an account without parental consent and failing t... (more story)