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US House panel advances bills on AI, supply chains, corporate duty restrictions September 01, 2026 | Bradley Dress and Emma Whitford

A US House panel Tuesday advanced a slate of new bills to bolster supply chain security, promote US artificial intelligence open-source code and push back against sustainability requirements in other countries... (more story)

UK’s Ofcom faces info demand; Children’s Commissioner criticizes impact of OSA September 01, 2026 | Imogen Howse

The UK’s online safety watchdog is facing an information demand after refusing the Children’s Commissioner access to platforms' child-risk assessments. Rachel de Souza said on Tuesday that she planned to use h... (more story)

Japan IP court limits use of PayPal data to identify TikTok infringers September 01, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s IP High Court has ruled that a name linked to an allegedly infringing TikTok user’s PayPal account did not have to be disclosed, because the copyright owner failed to show that it qualified as the user... (more story)

Philippines antitrust regulator weighs privacy factors in digital-market enforcement September 01, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

The Philippine Competition Commission is considering whether data privacy should play a more explicit role in competition-law assessments of digital markets, Chairman Michael Aguinaldo said Tuesday. The PCC is... (more story)

Australian privacy experts see major shift in draft law while critics see gaps September 01, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Australian privacy experts say the government’s proposed changes to privacy law fundamentally change how companies handle personal information, particularly through a new fair-and-reasonable test and stricter ... (more story)

Netherlands increases fine transparency, privacy rights for minors in updated law August 31, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

The Dutch privacy watchdog will be required by law to publish its financial sanctions for data violations, starting Sept 1. The changes are part of an amendment to the country’s privacy regulation, which also ... (more story)

Australia unveils right to erasure as part of draft changes to privacy laws August 31, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Australia has released draft changes to the 1988 Privacy Act that would introduce a limited right to erasure from large digital platforms, a fair and reasonable test for data handling, stronger consent rules a... (more story)

AI models pose cyber risks that can threaten financial stability, FSB head warns August 31, 2026 | Neil Roland

Advanced artificial intelligence models pose a risk to global financial stability through their potential impact on cybersecurity, Andrew Bailey, head of the Financial Stability Board, told the Group of 20 eco... (more story)

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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)

Former Meta employees who shared documents crucial to US AGs' cases August 31, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Whistleblowers who took and shared documents from Meta Platforms, as well as other former employees, were crucial to the cases brought by US attorneys general against the company.

Meta uses $17bn US social media deal to turn the page on Cambridge Analytica August 28, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Meta Platforms has quietly turned its $17 billion US youth safety settlement into a vehicle for wiping away years of lingering state risk over Cambridge Analytica.

TikTok, YouTube, Snap hold key to ultimate success of US states' deal with Meta August 28, 2026 | Mike Swift

YouTube, TikTok and Snap continued to stay silent Friday about whether they will agree to make teen-safety changes to their platforms in line with what Meta Platforms agreed to earlier this week as part of a $... (more story)

Brazil puts other platforms on notice after Discord child-safety lawsuit August 28, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

The Brazilian Attorney General’s Office sued Discord over allegedly violating the country’s online child-protection framework, as well as safeguards concerning women and animals. The office demands immediate p... (more story)

EU lawmakers' digital simplification amendments show divide over privacy August 28, 2026 | Júlia Tar

EU lawmakers have totted up more than 1,800 proposed amendments in their review of the EU's Digital Omnibus, intended to simplify the bloc's digital rulebooks. They show divisions over the definition of person... (more story)

Independent auditor overseeing US Meta compliance seen as linchpin to deal August 27, 2026 | Mike Swift

Meta whistleblowers and others view the inclusion of an independent auditor to police Meta Platforms' compliance with a landmark $17 billion deal to make Instagram and Facebook less addictive to minors as a ke... (more story)

Meta deal bolsters UK case for social-media age controls ahead of under-16s ban August 27, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Meta Platforms' pledge of new safeguards for teen US users could bolster the UK government's case for age-based controls as it prepares to ban social media for under-16s from spring 2027. The tech giant has pr... (more story)