AI is “supercharging” online harms even as the UK’s Online Safety Act begins to have a significant impact, the watchdog Ofcom's online safety director told a committee of lawmakers. Parliament's Communications... (more story)

Meta Platforms was asked for an additional 10,000 pieces of information in an initial request from Ofcom, the company has told MLex as part of its argument against what it sees as the the UK media regulator's ... (more story)

US online forums 4chan and Kiwi Farms have had their lawsuit over UK regulator Ofcom's application of the Online Safety Act dismissed after a federal court found the watchdog was protected by foreign sovereign... (more story)

Social-media platforms would face new age-based access rules and safety-by-design obligations under the EU’s planned Kids Act, which European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said would require platfo... (more story)

Social media giants Meta Platforms, X and TikTok are fighting Ofcom's efforts to obtain information from them under the UK's Online Safety Act, the regulator has confirmed, adding to a growing litigation burde... (more story)

Social-media services would face rules preventing children under 13 from accessing them and those under 15 from holding unsupervised personal accounts under the EU’s forthcoming Kids Act, European Commission P... (more story)

China is stepping up its push to ensure artificial intelligence develops in a safe, reliable and controllable way, with a senior cyberspace regulator calling for agile oversight, stronger built-in safeguards a... (more story)

A privacy researcher told a New Mexico jury that Facebook spent at least $100 million investigating third-party apps after Cambridge Analytica but still failed to determine the full extent of data misuse, whil... (more story)