Subsea cable providers face tougher security duties, fines under UK plans
October 23, 2026
| Imogen Howse
Subsea cable providers could face tougher security duties and fines of up to £10 million or 10 percent of qualifying worldwide revenue, whichever is higher, under new UK government proposals. The plans would r... (more story)
Online platforms face gap between new UK extreme porn duties and enforcement
October 23, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
Online platforms face new UK duties to tackle extreme pornography from Nov. 6, but regulator Ofcom has yet to announce a consultation timetable to be able to enforce the requirements. The new Online Safety Act... (more story)
Meta faces Australia class action over social-media harms after US settlement
October 23, 2026
| Saloni Sinha
Meta Platforms is facing a class action in the Federal Court of Australia over alleged social media harms and the addictive design of Facebook and Instagram, just months after agreeing to a US settlement of up... (more story)
Japan's Park24 ID-image shift puts focus on data-retention needs, risks
October 23, 2026
| Genta Nakanishi
Park24’s move to stop retaining identity-verification images after registration is putting a spotlight on whether companies in Japan need to keep personal data once its original purpose has been fulfilled. Pri... (more story)
OpenAI, South Korean experts explore ways to address frontier AI risks
October 23, 2026
| Choonsik Yoo
South Korean artificial-intelligence safety experts and OpenAI held a two-day workshop in Seoul this week to discuss risks involving cybersecurity, national security and agentic AI services, bringing together ... (more story)
Google, TikTok, Meta won't get stay in challenge to Calif. 'addictive' feed law
October 22, 2026
| Mike Swift
A federal judge in San Jose, California, said he won't grant a motion by TikTok, Meta Platforms and Google to stay district court litigation in their constitutional challenge to California's Protecting Our Kid... (more story)
Meta faces DC fine of up to $1.7bn for Cambridge Analytica breach
October 22, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
Washington, DC, Attorney General Brian Schwalb is seeking up to $1.7 billion from Meta Platforms for conduct related to the company’s Cambridge Analytica breach. Meta’s disclosure Thursday came a day after a N... (more story)
Plaintiff suing TikTok faces doubts by US judge in website tracking lawsuit
October 22, 2026
| Xu Yuan
A US federal judge repeatedly raised doubts over whether the plaintiff suing TikTok has the standing to sue due to a lack of concrete harm stemming from the use of the company’s website tracking tools.