US SEC, CFTC adopt standards for data reported by firms
June 08, 2026
| Neil Roland
The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission established technical standards for data submitted to some financial regulators under a 2022 law. The two agencies were... (more story)
EU governments' talks on digital simplification rules fail to reach consensus
June 08, 2026
| Júlia Tar and Matthew Newman
EU governments have failed to agree on proposed changes to cookie-consent rules and are seeking more time for negotiations after ambassadors fell short of a consensus on the Digital Omnibus package at a meetin... (more story)
EU lawmakers close in on digital euro deal ahead of key vote
June 08, 2026
| Helena Freitas
The draft digital euro regulation has cleared a key hurdle in the European Parliament, after lawmakers reached agreement on core provisions. Technical work will continue this week before a committee vote on June 23.
Meta fined €100,000 in Germany for delay removing war criminal claims on Facebook
June 08, 2026
| Anna Lauwereys
Meta Platforms has been fined €100,000 by a German court after it took more than two weeks to comply with an order to remove posts on Facebook which falsely accused a soldier of being a war criminal. Meta cite... (more story)
Massachusetts, Missouri seek outside legal help for TikTok, Roblox cases
June 05, 2026
| Mike Swift
Massachusetts and Missouri are expanding scrutiny of TikTok and Roblox by seeking outside counsel on contingency-fee terms for investigations and potential litigation, according to requests for proposal publis... (more story)
Millions of Illinois Apple users can sue over facial recognition, US judge rules
June 05, 2026
| Maria Dinzeo
Apple will have to face a sweeping class action alleging it collected the biometric identifiers of millions of Apple device and iCloud users in Illinois, a US federal judge has ruled.
US SEC should cancel 2023 cyber disclosure rules, banking group says
June 05, 2026
| Neil Roland
A major banking group urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission to eliminate its 2023 cybersecurity disclosure rules in light of frontier artificial intelligence models that expose companies to unprecede... (more story)
Google targeted in new Dutch damage claim over adtech markets
June 05, 2026
| Lewis Crofts
A group of more than 20 European news publishers, including Le Point SEBDO and FD Mediagroep, has filed a damages claim against Google in the Netherlands, seeking more than €640 million in compensation for all... (more story)