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TikTok told to redesign ‘For You’ feed over harmful recommendations in EU probe November 06, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

TikTok should redesign its “For You” feed after failing to adequately assess and mitigate the risks of harmful recommendation “rabbit holes,” the European Commission said on Friday in preliminary findings under the Digital...(read more)

China blocks second major AI deal with SoftBank-ABB veto November 06, 2026 | MLex Staff

China rejected SoftBank Group's $5.4 billion acquisition of ABB's robotics business on national security grounds, marking the second publicly known case this year where Beijing blocked a foreign deal in artificial intellig...(read more)

Reddit tells Australia's top court digital duty of care less restrictive than ban November 06, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Reddit told Australia’s High Court that the government's proposed digital duty-of-care legislation could protect children from online harm while imposing a lesser burden on political communication than the country's under-...(read more)

Coupang's bid to suspend South Korean privacy fine rejected November 06, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

Coupang’s request to suspend a 423.6 billion won ($312 million) fine imposed by South Korea’s privacy regulator has been rejected by a Seoul court. The Seoul Administrative Court partially granted Coupang’s request for a s...(read more)

Japan's Muji faces questions over retained card data after cyberattack November 06, 2026 | Genta Nakanishi

Japanese retailer Ryohin Keikaku faces questions over its handling of customer credit-card information after a cyberattack potentially exposed 1.09 million card numbers that had remained in its systems despite a deletion r...(read more)

Snap accused of concealing child exploitation risks in West Virginia suit November 06, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Snap was hit with a lawsuit from West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey claiming it concealed the risks of child sexual exploitation, harmful content and addictive design features on Snapchat while marketing the app as...(read more)

CalPrivacy board ponders significant changes to traditional privacy consent November 06, 2026 | Mike Swift

California’s privacy regulator is considering what legislative changes it might seek from state lawmakers in 2027, amid a growing conviction that the traditional "notice and choice" consent system based on lengthy and comp...(read more)

Plaintiffs suing Meta in tracking lawsuit pressed by US judge over consent November 05, 2026 | Xu Yuan

Plaintiffs suing Meta Platforms over the use of its website-tracking tool on a telehealth website faced questions by a US federal judge about whether they granted permission for the collection of their personal data.

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DROP climbing in data broker deletions, Calif. privacy regulator data shows November 05, 2026 | Mike Swift

California's privacy regulator said its DROP data broker system — the acronym for "Delete Request and Opt-out Platform" — is operating as planned after its first 90-day compliance milestone, with users averaging about 200 ...(read more)

Midterm blue wave poised to shift US tech regulation debate November 04, 2026 | Emma Whitford, Amy Miller, Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes

Sweeping Democratic victories in Tuesday's US midterm elections may foreshadow a shift in Congress's debate over regulating AI and the technology industry more broadly, from if it should be done to how it should be done. B...(read more)

TikTok, Snap to take more heat in US fight over social media addiction November 03, 2026 | Xu Yuan, Madeline Hughes, Mike Swift and Maria Dinzeo

After Meta Platforms, the top target of social media backlash, took a series of hits in the form of adverse trial outcomes and impactful settlements, the battleground is likely to shift focus to TikTok and Snap in the comi...(read more)

Dismissal of Discord suit in Ohio raises questions of Section 230 reach November 03, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

The recent dismissal of a lawsuit against Discord in Ohio federal court, alleging Discord failed to implement child safety procedures that led to a then-17-year-old being sexually exploited, diverges from numerous consumer...(read more)

OpenAI facing first US age-code suit; case reflects 'drive' by young people November 03, 2026 | Mike Swift

When eight states sued OpenAI recently over safety and privacy claims, Nebraska’s complaint stood out because it was the first time a state had attempted to enforce an Age-Appropriate Design Code — laws passed by a half-do...(read more)

Anthropic says privacy concerns a pervasive regulator risk as IPO looms October 31, 2026 | Mike Swift

Anthropic called out a plethora of privacy risks in this week's S-1 filing ahead of its initial public stock offering, including the admission that two of the biggest concerns about frontier AI — privacy and safety — may o...(read more)

Japan's cyberattack surge fuels debate over tighter AI regulation, data-security rules October 30, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

A wave of cyberattacks exposing Japanese companies to compensation costs and damages claims is sharpening questions about whether the country needs stronger safeguards against misuse of artificial intelligence and tougher ...(read more)

Brazil’s Meta controversy raises wider, global questions about elections October 29, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Tech regulation took center stage in Brazil's elections, with Meta squarely under the spotlight, but questions around the company's moderation systems, and how government and regulators handle allegations of platform inter...(read more)