Data Privacy and Security

TikTok’s latest EU case on "rabbit holes" could have implications for other social media platforms using engagement-driven recommender systems. The European Commission’s preliminary findings — published on Friday — indicat...(read more)

California's privacy regulator said its DROP data broker system — the acronym for "Delete Request and Opt-out Platform" — is operating as planned after its first 90-day compliance milestone, with users averaging about 200 ...(read more)

Sweeping Democratic victories in Tuesday's US midterm elections may foreshadow a shift in Congress's debate over regulating AI and the technology industry more broadly, from if it should be done to how it should be done. B...(read more)

After Meta Platforms, the top target of social media backlash, took a series of hits in the form of adverse trial outcomes and impactful settlements, the battleground is likely to shift focus to TikTok and Snap in the comi...(read more)

The recent dismissal of a lawsuit against Discord in Ohio federal court, alleging Discord failed to implement child safety procedures that led to a then-17-year-old being sexually exploited, diverges from numerous consumer...(read more)

When eight states sued OpenAI recently over safety and privacy claims, Nebraska’s complaint stood out because it was the first time a state had attempted to enforce an Age-Appropriate Design Code — laws passed by a half-do...(read more)

Anthropic called out a plethora of privacy risks in this week's S-1 filing ahead of its initial public stock offering, including the admission that two of the biggest concerns about frontier AI — privacy and safety — may o...(read more)

A wave of cyberattacks exposing Japanese companies to compensation costs and damages claims is sharpening questions about whether the country needs stronger safeguards against misuse of artificial intelligence and tougher ...(read more)