Reddit’s US claims against Perplexity AI, scraper survive under broad DMCA reading
July 31, 2026
| Emma Whitford
Reddit can pursue US Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims against answer engine Perplexity AI and web scraper SerpAPI, as it continues to fight a data scraping practice useful in artificial intelligence mod... (more story)
Deadlock over key appointments unlikely to constrain Brazil's privacy watchdog
July 30, 2026
| Henrique Santiago
The National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) will face the departure of two of its longest-serving officials: Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Júnior, the watchdog's president, will officially leave office on Nov. 6, ... (more story)
US Senate, House take different paths for social media as clock runs down
July 30, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
The possible inclusion of a duty-of-care for social media companies will likely prevent US congressional action to craft new regulations this year governing social media, as the Senate and House are working on... (more story)
xAI challenge to California AI training transparency law has national significance
July 29, 2026
| Mike Swift
A federal appeals court is poised to consider xAI's novel challenge to California's Generative AI Training Data Transparency Act, which requires high-level disclosures about model-training datasets. xAI argues... (more story)
What will the UK tech ministry's abolition mean for policy and regulation?
July 27, 2026
| Imogen Howse and Patricia Figueiredo
Shutting down the UK government's technology department is expected to slow policymaking and fragment coordination across AI, cybersecurity and online safety, even as AI policy moves closer to the center of go... (more story)
US legal fight over social media addiction faces long road ahead
July 23, 2026
| Xu Yuan
In sprawling nationwide litigation over social media addiction, Meta Platforms, Snap, YouTube and TikTok are looking at years of fighting ahead as any resolution that may lead to palpable changes to the platfo... (more story)
Hurdles remain for Trump's prospective head of US DOJ's Antitrust Division
July 22, 2026
| Chris May and Alex Wilts
Adam Candeub, President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee antitrust enforcement at the US Department of Justice, must clear procedural and institutional hurdles before he can implement any vision for the futur... (more story)
France’s social media ban for under-15s could accelerate EU legislation
July 22, 2026
| Matthew Newman and Anna Lauwereys
France's ban on social media for users under age 15 could speed up EU legislation on protecting children online, after lawmakers watered down the measure to preserve the European Commission's powers under the ... (more story)