TikTok, YouTube face extra scrutiny from UK's Ofcom over child safeguards brushoff
May 20, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
TikTok and YouTube will undergo increased UK regulatory supervision after refusing to make significant changes to recommender systems that determine what content children see on their feeds, online safety regu... (more story)
Meta generates value for users and businesses, researcher tells New Mexico court
May 20, 2026
| Xu Yuan
A Meta Platforms researcher told a New Mexico judge the company’s social media platforms generate great economic value for both users and businesses, in the ongoing trial of the state’s case against Meta over ... (more story)
Texas AG launches probe of Meta Glasses citing privacy concerns
May 20, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating Meta Platforms’ Meta AI Glasses, which can record audio and video that wearers can capture, his office announced Wednesday.
EU digital sovereignty rules may raise costs, worsen services, tech lobby warns
May 20, 2026
| Matthew Newman
The EU's push for digital sovereignty could have unintended consequences including higher costs for European companies and the need to use inferior cloud services, the head of a leading tech association said W... (more story)
EU GDPR codes of conduct better option for global data transfers, regulator says
May 20, 2026
| Matthew Newman
More work should be done on a centralized approach to codes of conduct under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation to help companies navigate international data transfer rules, an official at Norway’s Da... (more story)
EU cybersecurity rules compromise expected in early June
May 20, 2026
| Júlia Tar
The revision of the EU’s Cybersecurity Act is set to move into a new phase in early June, with Cyprus expected to present a compromise text on the EU cybersecurity agency and on certification rules, according ... (more story)
Big Tech’s data use in Australian social media ban rollout monitored by watchdog
May 20, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
Social media platforms operating in Australia are mostly using age-estimation and data-inference tools — rather than age verification with government ID checks — to enforce the social media ban for children, t... (more story)
Indonesia targets corruption, efficiency with AI push across government
May 20, 2026
| James Konstantin Galvez
Indonesia plans to expand the use of artificial intelligence across government administration, welfare distribution, procurement and financial supervision, with a senior official presenting AI as a tool to imp... (more story)