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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)

Brazil to institute tougher platform obligations on illegal content, online misogyny May 19, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

A pair of decrees from the Brazilian government are aligned with the reinterpretation last year of the country’s Internet Civil Rights Framework by the Supreme Federal Court, MLex has learned. Since that judgm... (more story)

Google, Amazon, Microsoft face further delay in EU’s cloud and AI development bill May 19, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Google, Amazon and Microsoft are facing another delay in the EU’s legislative proposal on cloud and AI development, marking another setback for the EU’s broader tech sovereignty agenda. OVHcloud, SAP and Deuts... (more story)

UK privacy chief's secret absence known to 'staff and stakeholders,’ letter says May 19, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Details of how the UK privacy watchdog is operating after Information Commissioner John Edwards stepped back pending a human resources probe have emerged in a letter to lawmakers from the authority's chief exe... (more story)

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Xi, Trump sidestep chip curbs while reviving AI security talks May 20, 2026 | MLex Staff

Discussion of chip export controls was notably absent from the recent Trump-Xi summit, reflecting in part Beijing’s reduced urgency to secure relief from US curbs as China accelerates its push for technologica... (more story)

TikTok, Snap, YouTube settle, avoid jury in addiction case brought by US schools May 18, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Xu Yuan

This summer, for the first time, four social media companies were set to face a jury together over claims their intentionally addictive designs fueled a youth mental health crisis. Now, Meta Platforms will sta... (more story)

Calif.’s GM settlement heralds deepened enforcement against privacy violations May 15, 2026 | Xu Yuan

General Motors’ recent $12.75 million settlement with California over its alleged mishandling of data isn't only the biggest fine in the history of the state’s privacy law, but shows that the state’s privacy e... (more story)

France’s ‘legal privilege’ law sets up clash with competition enforcement May 15, 2026 | Jean Comte

A new French law that grants confidentiality to certain documents drafted by in-house lawyers is out of favor with the national competition authority over an apparent conflict with EU law — and the regulator s... (more story)

EU cookie rules need a 'new start,' not tweaks, Bavaria’s privacy watchdog says May 13, 2026 | Matthew Newman

European regulators debating cookie rules should talk frankly about how they can be reformed to improve EU web users' lives rather than opting for technical tweaks that won’t help them, the chief privacy watch... (more story)

EU’s data protection rule revamp goes too far, German privacy official says May 13, 2026 | Matthew Newman

The European Commission’s proposed changes to the definition of personal data go too far and may contradict EU case law because companies could escape privacy obligations by claiming they cannot identify indiv... (more story)

X’s Grok deepfakes scandal has seen limber lawmaking eclipse regulatory response May 11, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

The scandal of X's Grok producing millions of sexualized deepfakes led to multiple probes early this year. None has concluded yet, though Brazil’s privacy regulator expects preliminary findings by June, while ... (more story)

New Mexico AG Torrez brings prosecutor's aggressiveness to Meta litigation May 08, 2026 | Mike Swift

Not so long ago, Raúl Torrez was a New Mexico county prosecutor, focused on putting murderers and members of drug cartels behind bars. Now the state's attorney general, Torrez is arguably one of the most promi... (more story)