TikTok to settle more cases in US social media addiction litigation
August 05, 2026
| Xu Yuan
TikTok has agreed in principle to settle three more individual lawsuits brought by young app users that accuse the app of harming the plaintiffs’ mental health ahead of scheduled trials in October.
Prospective head of US DOJ Antitrust Division commits to 'cautious' enforcement
August 05, 2026
| Chris May
Adam Candeub, the Trump administration's pick to run the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, told US senators on Wednesday that any decisions to use the "very blunt instrument" of antitrust law must be ma... (more story)
Kids Online Safety Act advances in US Senate with duty-of-care provision
August 05, 2026
| Madeline Hughes and Emma Whitford
The US Senate Commerce Committee unanimously advanced its version of the Kids Online Safety Act, which has been pending for years, by a voice vote Wednesday, as senators hope to build a broader kids online saf... (more story)
TikTok ruling on child-privacy fine sets precedent for online platforms, UK ICO says
August 05, 2026
| Imogen Howse
A court ruling against TikTok sets an important precedent for online platforms, the UK Information Commissioner's Office said, after judges rejected the company's argument that the ICO lacked the legal authori... (more story)
China sets first mandatory safety standard for higher-level automated driving
August 05, 2026
| MLex Staff
China has unveiled its first mandatory national safety standard for higher-level autonomous driving systems, setting a unified regulatory baseline that could accelerate the commercialization of self-driving ve... (more story)
Meta faces India scrutiny over takedown of Modi post, CSAM ads
August 05, 2026
| Freny Patel
Meta's moderation failures have prompted India to summon senior executives for compliance talks after the platform briefly removed a post from Prime Minister Narendra and allegedly carried child sexual abuse m... (more story)
US Senators to unveil bill to tackle surveillance pricing ‘soon’
August 04, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
US Senator Josh Hawley is planning to unveil bipartisan legislation to combat surveillance pricing — the “scam” of companies from Jet Blue to Walmart setting different prices for different customers at the sam... (more story)
US appeals court mulls constitutionality of Texas app store law
August 04, 2026
| Mike Swift
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dug into debate Tuesday over the constitutionality of the Texas App Store Accountability Act, with the court hearing argument on whether app... (more story)