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Calif. jury having difficulty over one of two defendants in social media trial March 23, 2026 | Xu Yuan

A state-court jury in California, in the trial for a lawsuit against Meta Platforms and YouTube over their social media apps’ impact on youth mental health, is having difficulty reaching agreement on a verdict... (more story)

US FTC probes of research pipeline deals will continue, Guarnera says March 23, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

The US Federal Trade Commission intends to build on its recent victory in the Edwards-JenaValve merger trial about rival cardiac device inventors by continuing to examine innovation deals focused on precommerc... (more story)

New Mexico seeks $2bn from Meta, tells jury further remedies possible March 23, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

New Mexico made its closing arguments in its consumer protection lawsuit against Meta Platforms, asking a jury to award a $2 billion penalty. Jurors were also told future remedies are possible if they return a... (more story)

AliExpress could face digital rulebook non-compliance decision, EU official says March 23, 2026 | Júlia Tar

AliExpress could face a non-compliance decision under the EU’s Digital Services Act as the European Commission presses ahead with its investigation, an official said Monday, while lawmakers flagged discrepanci... (more story)

China issues detailed AI agent OpenClaw guidance as regulators deepen intervention March 23, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s cybersecurity authorities have issued detailed operational guidance on the use of the open-source AI agent OpenClaw, expanding recent risk warnings into a broader governance push as adoption accelerate... (more story)

EU’s Ribera to meet Google, Meta, OpenAI bosses on US trip March 22, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Teresa Ribera, the EU commissioner in charge of wielding the bloc’s powerful tech laws, will meet Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai, the CEOs of Meta Platforms and Google, as part of a trip to the US this comi... (more story)

Jury in Calif. social media addiction trial asks about damages, adjourns (update*) March 20, 2026 | Xu Yuan

A state court jury in California asked about potential damages against Meta Platforms and YouTube in the trial over a lawsuit that alleges Instagram and YouTube caused the mental health problems of a 20-year-old plaintiff.

Brazil urges caution on biometric tools under minors’ online safety law March 20, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Brazil's data protection agency called on tech companies to avoid age-verification mechanisms that collect excessive data from children and adolescents, and urged caution on the use of biometric tools.

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EU cookie regulation at risk if centralized in Ireland, French watchdog head says March 23, 2026 | Matthew Newman

The EU's ability to police the use of cookies could be at risk if the European Commission's legislative plans to make Ireland's data protection authority responsible for the job across the whole bloc go ahead,... (more story)

China's Five-Year Plan reveals fundamental economic tensions March 23, 2026 | MLex Staff

In China's latest five-year economic and social blueprint, Beijing has set ambitious targets that pull in opposite directions: tech supremacy versus social stability, export-led growth versus reduced trade fri... (more story)

Indonesia's child-safety rules borrow from Australia, but lack enforcement backbone March 23, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan

Indonesia’s new child-safety rules for digital platforms draw on elements of Australia’s under-16 social media ban but adopt a more complex, risk-based approach. While platforms are beginning to comply ahead o... (more story)

Trial of alleged BTC-e operator faces threat of additional delays in California March 20, 2026 | Mike Swift

Despite a new US executive order directing the Department of Justice to move “swiftly, deliberately, and proactively” to disable cyberthreats and prosecute cybercriminals, the chronically delayed trial of alle... (more story)

Platforms face EU, UK pressure to safeguard elections from AI, disinformation March 20, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Patricia Figueiredo

Social media platforms such as TikTok are facing growing regulatory and political pressure in the EU and UK to do more to protect elections from damaging disinformation, AI-generated content and engagement-dri... (more story)

Removing duty of care from KOSA proposal likely to create more barriers for lawsuits March 19, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

US House Republicans' attempt to strip the duty-of-care provision from the Kids Online Safety Act would significantly alter tech companies' responsibilities under the proposed law and likely make consumer prot... (more story)

Platforms face uncertainty after EU fails to extend child-abuse rules March 18, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Online platforms face growing legal uncertainty after EU lawmakers and member states failed to agree on extending temporary rules allowing the voluntary detection of CSAM. Meanwhile, institutions are blaming e... (more story)

US lawsuit over Grok sexual images of minors could test limits of Section 230 March 17, 2026 | Amy Miller

A US lawsuit against xAI over Grok being used to generate non-consensual, sexual images of children could test the boundaries of a federal law that immunizes online platforms from liability for hosting user co... (more story)