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US Supreme Court considers FTC’s executive power, ‘for cause’ removal protections
The US Supreme Court seemed poised Monday to give the president the power to remove members of independent agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission for any rea... (more story)
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Meta’s Section 230 defense questioned by Mass. high court
Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court were deeply skeptical Friday of Meta Platforms’ argument that Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act ... (more story)
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Media Matters win against US FTC paves way for GDI success on investigative demand
The Global Disinformation Index, or GDI, has joined Media Matters in asking a US court to curb the Federal Trade Commission’s probe into an alleged advertiser boyco... (more story)
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China’s network data handlers are bracing for draft rules that would require sweeping security-risk assessments, part of Beijing’s push to shore up cybersecurity and strengthen companies’ data-governance capab... (more story)
Coupang is facing an expanded front of regulatory scrutiny in South Korea, with the competition watchdog investigating what officials see as an unduly burdensome account-withdrawal process and contentious liab... (more story)
Australia’s online safety watchdog expects to exhaust the entire A$16.163 million ($10.71 million) in funding allocated by the government for implementing the social media age restrictions that take effect fro... (more story)
Regulating children’s interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots is the new fight for online safety, a group of social media safety advocates argued at a conference of state attorneys general on Monday.
The Digital Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA Digital) could serve as an important reference for regulating artificial intelligence, according to Lucas Borges, advisor to the board of the Brazilian Data Protec... (more story)
The US Supreme Court seemed poised Monday to give the president the power to remove members of independent agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission for any reason, a departure from the FTC Act’s removal protection.
The main legacy of the ECA Digital initiative is its ability to transform the concept of “safety by design” into a concrete architecture, with technical limits and default configurations, Stefani Vogel, chief ... (more story)
Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Júnior, the director-president of Brazil's data protection agency, said that the agency's role regarding minors’ protection online has grown with the approval of a new law, which als... (more story)
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Regulators worldwide have woken up to a need to police online safety for minors. Australia has arguably gone the furthest, banning social media for under-16s from this week. In Europe, America, Asia and beyond... (more story)
Government social media age restrictions, such as the one coming into force this week in Australia, or broad content-moderation laws such as those in the EU and the UK, are impossible in the US because they ar... (more story)
Brazil's National Data Protection Agency, or ANPD, has been restructured to facilitate implementation in March 2026 of a law aimed at protecting children and adolescents in digital environments.
Is ClaimsHero the next generation of law firm, a tech law disruptor built on social media technology that will serve consumers better than existing class-action Big Tech settlements that typically provide cons... (more story)
The Indian government has scrapped its directive mandating the "Sanchar Saathi" cybersecurity app on new smartphones after just five days. Despite claiming "increasing acceptance," the swift U-turn — forced by... (more story)
Investment funds engaging in for-profit support of court cases aren't likely to see any EU-wide regulatory action in the short term. The European Commission appears to see no reason to intervene, and for now i... (more story)
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is set to be the first state appellate court to hear arguments of whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields Meta Platforms from a lawsuit alleging i... (more story)
Mississippi is enforcing the toughest online-safety law in the nation, and so far, neither the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit nor the US Supreme Court has said why they've allowed it to go forward. ... (more story)