UK set to announce social media ban for under-16s
June 15, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
The UK is set to announce Monday new online safety measures that could include a ban on social media use by under-16s, following a consultation that drew more than 116,000 responses. Ahead of the announcement,... (more story)
Meta urges US judge to reject sweeping health-pixel privacy classes
June 12, 2026
| Maria Dinzeo
Healthcare patients cannot prove without individualized inquiries into millions of people that hospitals sent their private health information to Meta Platforms through Meta's tracking tools, lawyers for the c... (more story)
Washington Post sued over ‘surveillance pricing’ in US lawsuit
June 12, 2026
| Xu Yuan
The Washington Post has been hit with a lawsuit in a state court in the US for allegedly using readers’ personal data to decide how much to charge them for a subscription and charging a higher price to those l... (more story)
Stronger privacy safeguards proposed for EU Digital Omnibus
June 12, 2026
| Júlia Tar
EU lawmakers are proposing to strengthen privacy protections while rolling back measures designed to smooth out GDPR compliance, according to a draft report on the Digital Omnibus, seen by MLex. The civil libe... (more story)
Google brings first US suit over abuse of its AI products by 'massive' phishing
June 12, 2026
| Mike Swift
Google has filed its first lawsuit over misuse of its Gemini AI products, targeting the China-based “Outsider” phishing enterprise, which allegedly enabled criminals to launch AI-generated phishing campaigns f... (more story)
China pushes platforms to curb misinformation on businesses, entrepreneurs
June 12, 2026
| MLex Staff
China’s internet platforms face new expectations to police business-related content under a self-regulatory agreement released by the Cyberspace Administration of China, which requires platforms to remove fals... (more story)
Trump says he's 'not looking to renew' USMCA trade pact
June 11, 2026
| Bradley Dress
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was “not looking to renew” the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, casting more doubt on the trade pact’s future with just weeks before a major deadline.
Irish court upholds TikTok GDPR findings, orders review of data transfer measures (update*)
June 11, 2026
| Matthew Newman
TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, was found by an Irish court to have breached EU data protection rules, though the platform can continue transferring European user data to China after the court told Ireland... (more story)