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Huawei built business on crime, theft, US argues as racketeering trial begins September 10, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

For 20 years, Huawei Technologies operated its business as a criminal enterprise, using theft, lies and cover-ups, federal prosecutors told jurors Wednesday in their opening argument in the long-anticipated tr... (more story)

Netflix sued by Florida over alleged targeted advertising, addictive design September 10, 2026 | Xu Yuan

Online streaming platform Netflix was sued by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier over allegations it monetized users’ personal data despite promising not to do so, and for adopting design features to addi... (more story)

xAI loses bid to freeze Minnesota AI ‘nudify’ law during appeal September 09, 2026 | Amy Miller

xAI has lost its latest bid to block Minnesota’s new AI “nudify” law while it appeals a district court judge’s refusal to halt enforcement. US District Judge Donovan W. Frank denied xAI’s request for an injunc... (more story)

BBVA faces €5.5m Italian GDPR fine over failed marketing opt-out September 09, 2026 | Giorgi Dvalishvili

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s Italian branch has been fined €5.5 million by the country's data protection authority after it failed to implement a customer’s in-app marketing objection in its customer rela... (more story)

Tech giants need ban on creating AI-powered 'digital twins,' UK lawmaker says September 09, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Tech companies would have to get explicit consent from people in the UK before creating AI-powered digital replicas of them under legislation proposed by a lawmaker on Wednesday. Chi Onwurah's Personal Data (D... (more story)

Tech firms face UK monitoring over efforts to curb AI deepfakes September 09, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Tech platforms face active monitoring over their efforts to stop the spread of illegal intimate images — including AI-generated deepfakes — after the UK regulator announced a new enforcement program. Ofcom sai... (more story)

Thailand maps wider use of digital credentials, eyes ASEAN expansion September 09, 2026 | Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj

Thailand's Electronic Transactions Development Agency is developing a framework for wider use of verifiable credentials, or VCs, that would allow people to prove attributes such as their age without disclosing... (more story)

OpenAI eyes South Korean 'inference residency' amid rapid ChatGPT growth September 09, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

South Korea remains one of ChatGPT’s fastest-growing markets, with OpenAI working to bring "inference residency" to the country by securing sufficient domestic computing power, the head of its South Korean ope... (more story)

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Flock faces mounting litigation in US amid backlash over AI-powered surveillance September 08, 2026 | Xu Yuan

Flock Safety, the operator of a nationwide network of cameras that capture motor vehicle information, is facing increasing lawsuits amid a public outcry over privacy concerns arising from what plaintiffs call ... (more story)

Meta to face off with New Mexico again, this time over Cambridge Analytica September 04, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Meta Platforms is heading back to court against New Mexico just weeks after a $942 million loss to the state, this time over Facebook's handling of user data during the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Calif. SB 690 trims privacy litigation without closing door September 04, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

A far narrower version of a bill intended to curb California Invasion of Privacy Act litigation has cleared the state Legislature. While it won’t shut off the spigot of lawsuits, it will eliminate some of the ... (more story)

US faces long list of trade challenges with Canada, Mexico September 03, 2026 | Bradley Dress

The US has a long list of issues that have become outstanding challenges in trade negotiations with Canada and Mexico and are preventing the closing of a deal, including disputes over cheese, cars, foreign lan... (more story)

Meta’s US settlement fuels global push for teen safeguards September 03, 2026 | Matthew Newman, Xu Yuan, Maria Dinzeo, Madeline Hughes, Jenny Lee, James Konstantin Galvez, Roffie Kurniawan and Jet Damazo-Santos

From Seoul to Singapore and London to Brussels, Meta Platforms’ landmark settlement with 51 US jurisdictions in August has reverberated globally, prompting calls for similar child-protection requirements elsew... (more story)

Google’s US adtech win gives EU new remedy headache September 02, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Google persuaded a US judge not to break up its adtech business, putting the European Commission in an awkward position of deciding whether to settle for the same solution or push for an asset sale and risk a ... (more story)

California passes slate of bills advancing child online-safety push September 01, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

California’s child online-safety push is entering a more mature phase, as lawmakers use lessons from years of litigation and earlier legislation to tighten age-assurance rules, revive privacy protections, regu... (more story)

Does social media’s liability shield still hold after recent EU court rulings? September 01, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Recent EU court rulings are raising questions over how broadly social media platforms can still rely on liability shields for user-generated content. Russmedia, Coyote and a YouTube judgment point to greater r... (more story)