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California kids code injunction decision triggers digital industry-wide concern
The recent lifting of an injunction blocking enforcement of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act by a federal appeals court could send regulatory ripples ... (more story)
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Differing versions of US online child safety bills will pose issues for full passage
While the latest child online safety package from the US House of Representatives includes bills of the same name that have already been passed by the Senate, the c... (more story)
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Jury in Calif. social media trial to grapple with adolescent thinking, expression
The jury in the ongoing trial in Los Angeles over social media addiction must answer a key question: If Kaley, the 20-year-old plaintiff who sued Meta Platforms and... (more story)
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Medibank Private has failed in its application for leave to appeal an Australian court decision ordering the release of Deloitte reports commissioned after its 2022 data breach. At a Federal Court hearing on F... (more story)
A Meta Platforms child safety policy executive defended on Thursday the company’s flood of child sexual abuse material reports to law enforcement as a result of federal legal mandates, pushing back on testimon... (more story)
A federal judge signaled she is prepared to approve a $68 million settlement over claims Google’s voice assistant recorded users’ conversations, but warned that flaws in the class notice — particularly involvi... (more story)
Six years after the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada sued Facebook on claims that the social media company's data sharing practices with apps prior to 2015 violated the nation's national privacy la... (more story)
UK online safety regulator Ofcom has won a legal challenge over its refusal to disclose details of meetings with major tech platforms, as a judge backed its interpretation of the Communications Act. Campaign g... (more story)
Marc van der Woude, the president of the EU’s lower-tier General Court, is set to leave the judiciary this autumn, MLex has learned. His resignation will take effect on Sept. 15 and is for personal reasons, a ... (more story)
Online forum 4chan has escalated its challenge to UK regulators' powers to enforce it after receiving a £520,000 fine for breaches of the Online Safety Act. It said it wouldn't comply and questioned the enforc... (more story)
The European Commission should urgently update its Digital Services Act guidelines to better protect elections from online manipulation, including through stricter controls on platform algorithms and a stronge... (more story)
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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)
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)
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)
Meta Platforms was largely successful in getting thrown out most of the information about New Mexico’s civil investigation into the prevalence of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) on its platforms. It will b... (more story)
The recent lifting of an injunction blocking enforcement of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act by a federal appeals court could send regulatory ripples across many sectors of the tech industry, inc... (more story)
Brazil begins enforcing a new law Tuesday aimed at protecting minors in digital environments. The Digital Statute for Children and Adolescents grants the country’s data watchdog additional powers to safeguard ... (more story)
If children under 13 are not allowed on Instagram, why do so many appear to be using it? Testimony in two social media addiction trials has repeatedly returned to this question. Meta Platforms says the answer is complicated.
UK regulators Ofcom and the Information Commissioner’s Office are shifting online safety enforcement from fringe pornography and suicide forums to the largest social media platforms, placing Meta, YouTube, Tik... (more story)