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EU governments split over GDPR changes on AI training, pseudonymized data May 22, 2026 | Júlia Tar

EU governments are divided over how to revise the bloc's privacy rules on pseudonymized data, AI training and cookie-related processing, a document containing their comments shows. The countries are discussing... (more story)

AI systems may rely on ‘legitimate interest,’ EU simplification package draft says (update*) May 22, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Matthew Newman

New language suggesting that the development and deployment of artificial intelligence systems may rely on the General Data Protection Regulation’s “legitimate interest” legal basis is among the main additions... (more story)

China denies plans to restrict US investment in AI startups May 22, 2026 | MLex Staff

China supports domestic technology companies integrating into global innovation networks and has never barred them from accepting foreign investment, a spokesperson for the country’s top economic planner said ... (more story)

South Korea to apply tiered privacy oversight to prevent serious data risks May 22, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

Businesses and public institutions in South Korea will face different levels of privacy oversight depending on the scale and sensitivity of personal data they process, as the country’s privacy regulator shifts... (more story)

Meta expert disputes New Mexico testimony on social media mental health causation May 22, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift

As New Mexico's remedies bench trial against Meta Platforms continued in Santa Fe, an expert witness for Meta contested the state's argument that social media is harming the mental health of the state's teenag... (more story)

Meta, WhatsApp sued by Texas for allegedly reading private messages May 21, 2026 | Xu Yuan

Meta Platforms and its instant-messaging app WhatsApp were hit with a lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for allegedly failing to disclose that Meta can access users’ private communications on WhatsApp.

DC AG's office urges judge to allow witness in Cambridge Analytica case May 21, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

A lawyer representing the Washington, DC, attorney general’s office argued that a jury should be allowed to hear testimony from an expert who says Facebook’s privacy policies likely were misleading to DC resid... (more story)

Meta settles school district claims ahead of US social media trial May 21, 2026 | Yuan Xu

Meta Platforms has settled claims brought by a Kentucky school district that its social media apps have caused a mental health decline in students, following similar settlements reached by Snap, TikTok and YouTube.

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YouTube, TikTok criticized over UK child safety, but rivals also put on notice May 22, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

TikTok and YouTube bore the brunt of criticism over child-safety protections in a UK regulatory report this week, but rivals such as Meta Platforms, Snap and Roblox also remain exposed to enforcement risk from... (more story)

SpaceX US securities filing reveals xAI details, insight into AI regulatory risks May 21, 2026 | Mike Swift

From space-based AI data centers to unvarnished disclosures about a wide spectrum of legal and regulatory risk around xAI's Grok chatbot, the S-1 securities filing by SpaceX in advance of its initial public st... (more story)

US FTC privacy spending dwarfed by global peers as Congress mulls new law May 20, 2026 | Mike Swift

While the US Federal Trade Commission spends a fraction of what other privacy enforcers around the world spend per capita, it has nevertheless brought many of the largest privacy settlements in history, includ... (more story)

Xi, Trump sidestep chip curbs while reviving AI security talks May 20, 2026 | MLex Staff

Discussion of chip export controls was notably absent from the recent Trump-Xi summit, reflecting in part Beijing’s reduced urgency to secure relief from US curbs as China accelerates its push for technologica... (more story)

TikTok, Snap, YouTube settle, avoid jury in addiction case brought by US schools May 18, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Xu Yuan

This summer, for the first time, four social media companies were set to face a jury together over claims their intentionally addictive designs fueled a youth mental health crisis. Now, Meta Platforms will sta... (more story)

Calif.’s GM settlement heralds deepened enforcement against privacy violations May 15, 2026 | Xu Yuan

General Motors’ recent $12.75 million settlement with California over its alleged mishandling of data isn't only the biggest fine in the history of the state’s privacy law, but shows that the state’s privacy e... (more story)

France’s ‘legal privilege’ law sets up clash with competition enforcement May 15, 2026 | Jean Comte

A new French law that grants confidentiality to certain documents drafted by in-house lawyers is out of favor with the national competition authority over an apparent conflict with EU law — and the regulator s... (more story)

EU cookie rules need a 'new start,' not tweaks, Bavaria’s privacy watchdog says May 13, 2026 | Matthew Newman

European regulators debating cookie rules should talk frankly about how they can be reformed to improve EU web users' lives rather than opting for technical tweaks that won’t help them, the chief privacy watch... (more story)