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US Supreme Court sides with FCC on privacy fines for geolocation sales June 04, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

The US Supreme Court issued an 8-1 decision on Thursday, upholding the US Federal Communications Commission's authority to issue fines to cell phone companies for selling geolocation data.

EU lawmakers seek to preserve data rules, oppose repeal of business regulation June 04, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Lawmakers in a key European Parliament's committee have recommended that EU plans for simplifying digital legislation should not repeal of rules protecting business users of online platforms and preserve parts... (more story)

Voyageurs du Monde may face €1.8 mln French privacy fine for data breach June 04, 2026 | Matthew Newman

French travel company Voyageurs du Monde could be fined €1.8 million ($2.09 million) for alleged violations of French and European data protection rules after a 2023 cyberattack that exposed customer data, a F... (more story)

UK lawmaker’s suit against xAI over Grok deepfakes ‘absolutely right,’ Starmer says June 04, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

xAI’s Grok chatbot faces fresh pressure in the UK after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday he supports a lawsuit over deepfake nudes generated using the tool. Labour lawmaker Jess Asato, who filed a Hig... (more story)

China state media urges stricter oversight of smart watches amid regulatory moves June 04, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s state media outlets have warned about the rapid commercialization of children’s smart watches, urging tighter oversight as devices stray from their core safety mandate for young users. Reports emerged ... (more story)

Optus data-breach class allowed to intervene in Australian watchdog's case June 04, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Class action applicants suing Australian telecommunications giant Optus Singtel over a 2022 data breach that allegedly affected 9.5 million people have been granted leave to intervene in the privacy watchdog's... (more story)

Google loses bid to end privacy claims in Chrome syncing case June 04, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

A US federal judge has revived claims against Google in a six-year-old data privacy lawsuit, ruling that Chrome users who opted out of syncing their browsers with their Google accounts can proceed with wiretap... (more story)

US FTC will consider X bid to terminate 2022 privacy settlement June 03, 2026 | Mike Swift

The US Federal Trade Commission said it will accept public comments until July 2 on a petition by X to terminate a 20-year privacy consent order. X said in the petition filed with the FTC last month and made p... (more story)

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EU digital law's national enforcers face test with policing of small porn sites June 03, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Smaller pornography platforms are an increasing focus of enforcement under the EU's Digital Services Act as national regulators prepare action against services not large enough for the European Commission’s di... (more story)

Brazil reshaping minors’ online safety with new age-rating framework June 02, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

The Brazilian government argues that its age-rating policy, which involves a series of recommendations that can be supported by parental supervision in digital environments, has been successful because familie... (more story)

Meta, others could face expensive resolution of US school suits after settlement June 02, 2026 | Xu Yuan, Mike Swift and Maria Dinzeo

The $27 million paid by Meta Platforms, Snap, TikTok and YouTube to resolve the first US school district lawsuit over alleged social media addiction may seem minimal, but the settlement could be just the begin... (more story)

AI chatbots: California Invasion of Privacy Act's next frontier May 29, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

AI companies are finding themselves in the crosshairs of California's decades-old anti-wiretapping law, illustrated by two class actions against OpenAI for allegedly embedding tracking technology in the ChatGP... (more story)

US legislative efforts to ban social media forge ahead as legal challenges loom May 29, 2026 | Xu Yuan

Following recent court victories against social media giants like Meta Platforms over online harms for children, efforts by state lawmakers to ban social media use by young people are making progress in Califo... (more story)

South Carolina’s broad Age-Appropriate Design Code to affect array of companies May 29, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Companies that never had to comply with children’s online regulations are prepping to submit audits to South Carolina’s attorney general under the state’s new Age-Appropriate Design Code that took effect earlier this year.

Roblox faces investigative demand from Conn., hinting at regulatory problems May 28, 2026 | Mike Swift

Roblox has joined social media companies such as Meta Platforms and TikTok in facing regulatory scrutiny over whether its platform design is addictive, as Connecticut's attorney general hit the company last mo... (more story)

Singapore AI sandbox highlights shift toward deployment-level governance May 27, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Enterprise AI governance is increasingly shifting away from abstract model risks toward operational oversight of how autonomous AI systems behave once deployed in the real world. That shift was evident in the ... (more story)