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EU governments to discuss cyber resilience for critical infrastructure April 13, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi

European telecom ministers will discuss how EU mechanisms can be used to bolster the bloc’s resilience to cyber and hybrid attacks on critical infrastructure, including undersea cables and transport and energy... (more story)

Instagram encryption rollback faces Indian data-protection board scrutiny April 13, 2026 | Freny Patel

Instagram’s plan to discontinue end-to-end encryption for messaging services faces the scrutiny of India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Board. In a significant ruling last week, a two-judge bench of the Ma... (more story)

China sets rules for companionship AI, balances oversight with innovation April 13, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has released finalized interim measures governing anthropomorphic AI-interaction services, setting out a “prudent and inclusive” regulatory framework with tiered supervision, as authorities seek to balan... (more story)

Meta must face Mass. claims over social media harms, state's top court rules April 10, 2026 | Xu Yuan

Claims against Meta Platforms by Massachusetts over alleged harms from its social media platforms aren't barred by immunity provided by the US Communications Decency Act, the state’s top court ruled, dealing t... (more story)

UK govt offers social-media safety concessions to avoid parliamentary standoff April 10, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK government has proposed clarifications over how it would use sweeping powers to introduce child safety restrictions on online platforms, in a bid to avoid further parliamentary clashes with lawmakers pu... (more story)

EU countries asked to weigh split approach to detecting online CSAM April 10, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi

EU governments have been asked to weigh in on a Cyprus compromise proposal that would potentially split how online child sexual abuse material is detected depending on the type of service, according to a text ... (more story)

China issues draft rules to tighten oversight of AI virtual humans April 10, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has released draft rules for digital virtual-human information services, underscoring Beijing’s dual approach of promoting innovation and use while tightening regulatory guardrails around one of the late... (more story)

Reddit's court challenge sees Australian government defend teen social media ban April 10, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Australia’s social media restrictions on under-16s are justified by the need to protect children despite burdening political communication, the government told the country’s top court in proceedings brought by... (more story)

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US lawsuits expose how trust-based sharing of health data heightens privacy risks April 10, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Lawsuits over the alleged misuse of patient records are spotlighting privacy gaps in the trust-based systems underpinning US health data exchanges.

Singapore heat on TikTok, X shows online safety scrutiny going global April 10, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Enforcement of TikTok and X by a Singapore regulator over failures to curb terrorism and child sexual abuse content, respectively, adds to efforts by regulators around the world to confront similar risks. In t... (more story)

EU privacy rules spur platforms’ behavior changes on cookies, CNIL official says April 10, 2026 | Matthew Newman

The effectiveness of the EU’s landmark data protection rules has evolved since the entry into force of the GDPR in 2018, shifting from a focus on enforcement to driving tangible changes in companies’ behavior,... (more story)

Tech platforms face increased scrutiny over US CyberTipline reports April 09, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

The government is putting more pressure on tech companies to make more detailed and accurate reports to the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s CyberTipline. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck... (more story)

UK online safety enforcement being delayed and mishandled, campaigner Kidron says April 09, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK regulators' handling of children’s data and enforcement of the Online Safety Act deserves criticism, prominent UK lawmaker Beeban Kidron has said, while warning of a government push for overly broad legisla... (more story)

Meta executive’s testimony in New Mexico raises COPPA, age-check questions April 06, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Despite the US Federal Trade Commission’s recent guidance on deploying age-verification technology to identify users under 13 years old in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, companie... (more story)

Meta faces potential settlement as German court weighs jurisdiction, ECJ referral April 03, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Meta Platforms’ exposure to a potential settlement in a German consumer action over a Facebook data leak is emerging as a key test of how far collective redress under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulatio... (more story)

IAPP Global Summit puts focus on technology’s human cost April 02, 2026 | Madeline Hughes, Maria Dinzeo, Amy Miller and Emma Whitford

When privacy professionals descended on Washington, DC, this week, they knew they were walking into a conference focused equally on privacy and artificial intelligence. But they may not have anticipated a loom... (more story)