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Philippine digital platform study urges privacy integration into competition law
A market study by the Philippine Competition Commission recommends integrating data privacy considerations into the Philippine Competition Act and strengthening coo... (more story)
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US DOJ's Assefi vows to reject 'half-measures,' wants more civil antitrust cases
Omeed Assefi, who took over as the acting chief at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division for a second time, and in an address to staff on Tuesday sought to d... (more story)
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Slater defends role in US DOJ review of HPE-Juniper merger
Gail Slater, former antitrust chief at the US Department of Justice, said Tuesday she is "deeply concerned" by allegations that she misrepresented the national secu... (more story)
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Meta Platforms challenged a psychiatrist’s diagnosis of "social media addiction" for Kayley, the 20-year-old plaintiff suing the company for harms caused by its allegedly addictive app designs, by contrasting ... (more story)
New Mexico’s attorney general called a high school principal to the stand on Monday to illustrate what the state says is the real-world impact of Meta Platforms’ platforms on children: students distracted in c... (more story)
New Mexico will not be calling witnesses from the analytics firm hired by the state to investigate Meta Platforms in the state's consumer protection lawsuit after incurring sanctions for failing to disclose di... (more story)
The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has rejected a draft report on extending the EU’s interim child sexual abuse material detection regime, despite adopting most of the proposed amendments, pos... (more story)
European governments should support the satellite and cloud-service industries to boost demand after companies made substantial investments in their systems, the chief executives of satellite provider Eutelsat... (more story)
The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has moved to limit the extension of the EU’s interim child sexual abuse material detection regime to June 3, 2027, rather than the 2028 end-date previously s... (more story)
China has moved to strengthen online protections for minors with new rules setting criteria to designate large internet platforms that have a sizable user base of minors or exert significant influence over min... (more story)
A child psychiatrist linked YouTube’s design features, including autoplay and infinite scroll, to Kayley’s compulsive use, telling California jurors Friday that the platform served as a “gateway” to broader so... (more story)
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Another porn-hosting platform received a fine from the UK online safety regulator this week for inadequate age assurance. But as the number of fines grows, there is scant information about whether they are pai... (more story)
Juries in Los Angeles and New Mexico will have to parse two very different views of Meta Platforms that they have heard during the first three weeks of parallel social media trials. Is the culture of “move fas... (more story)
Internal debate at Meta Platforms over whether to implement higher levels of privacy protections highlighted the long-existing tension between privacy and online safety, particularly over the protection of chi... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission made its latest move to prioritize implementation of age verification technology Wednesday when it released a policy statement saying it will not enforce child privacy laws agai... (more story)
Cosmetic filters that alter a person's appearance have been prominent in an addictive-design trial against Meta Platforms in Los Angeles, but a new decision by a federal judge in Illinois that the state's biom... (more story)
The UK's two key tech sector watchdogs, Ofcom and the Information Commissioner’s Office, have yet to show that the government's agenda to enlist their help in growing the economy can be a good fit. Even the co... (more story)
Internal Meta documents have offered a rare inside look at the company’s strategy around capturing the youth market.
As former Meta Platforms executives took the stand last week in a lawsuit against the company, they shared hope that social media could connect people and be a tool for good rather than harm. Former executives... (more story)