The UK’s online safety law, and its enforcement by regulator Ofcom, face a new political challenge after lawmakers on Monday launched an inquiry into the effectiveness of the regime, notably whether it is maki... (more story)

A German court is asking the EU’s top court how an arrangement between joint data controllers must be shown to visitors of an online platform. The case stems from a complaint against a German legal website, wh... (more story)

China has introduced its first simplified privacy compliance regime for small personal-information handlers, marking a shift toward tailoring compliance obligations to the scale of data processing. The new pro... (more story)

Australia's online-safety regulator says it is unlikely to succeed in civil-penalty proceedings against social-media platforms over the country's under-16 social media ban because it cannot compel them to prod... (more story)

Coupang's regulatory troubles in South Korea have become the subject of formal diplomatic friction, after the country pushed back against a US congressional report accusing South Korean authorities of discrimi... (more story)

Discord has agreed to bring stronger age-assurance and teen-safety protections already used in the UK to Texas under an agreement reached as the state pursues consumer protection claims accusing the platform o... (more story)

A federal appeals court blocked Texas from requiring social media companies to monitor and filter broad categories of harmful content for minors, finding the mandate preempted by Section 230 of the Communicati... (more story)

WhatsApp users suing the company over an allegedly false promise of heightened security suffered their second setback in a month as a US judge dismissed one of the lawsuits over lack of sufficient factual alle... (more story)