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Singapore, Ireland data protection regulators grapple with digital sovereignty
As countries embrace the concept of digital sovereignty—the political view that a nation or region should control its entire digital stack—data protection authoriti... (more story)
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Meta, YouTube must pay $6m in Calif. damages over youth's mental health (*update)
A state court jury in California found Meta Platforms and YouTube are liable for causing the mental health problems suffered by the 20-year-old plaintiff in a lawsu... (more story)
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Snap fails to halt Utah enforcement over online children safety
Snap failed to stop an enforcement action brought by Utah over the company's alleged failure to protect children online, as a US federal judge dismissed its lawsuit... (more story)
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Apps, online games and websites would face new obligations under Australia’s draft children’s privacy code, including notifying children when parents consent to data collection on their behalf and when their l... (more story)
As countries embrace the concept of digital sovereignty—the political view that a nation or region should control its entire digital stack—data protection authorities in smaller but influential jurisdictions l... (more story)
India proposes to tighten control over Big Tech by making directives under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules legally binding. The Ministry of Electronics ... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission is considering changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act to address age verification, an attorney advisor to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Monday. This comes a... (more story)
As artificial intelligence adds cyber risk, human training and getting back to the basics of data security training will be key safeguards for companies, Irish data protection authorities said Monday.
Two complaints have been filed under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and one is still pending, a senior US government official who overseas the framework said Monday. The complaints come as the data transfer ... (more story)
The former chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court said Monday that judges of the secretive US court, whose workings have been a concern to EU privacy advocates and judges, frequently pu... (more story)
The tension between product safety and user privacy is one of the “hardest questions that we have to grapple with on a daily basis,” Anthropic product counsel Mengyi Xu said Monday, while OpenAI Senior Counsel... (more story)
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Outgoing CADE President Gustavo de Lima said he leaves Brazil’s competition authority with a stronger record on settlements and a marked expansion in unilateral conduct enforcement and digital markets, while k... (more story)
The deletion of data and algorithms as an US Federal Trade Commission remedy for unfair or deceptive data privacy practices could go by the wayside. These “are viewed as the more extreme measures,” US Federal ... (more story)
Major online platforms saw UK lawmakers leave a growing standoff over child safety unresolved as they began their Easter break. The House of Lords this week renewed a push for an under-16 ban on social media, ... (more story)
A New Mexico jury’s quick, decisive verdict in the state’s lawsuit against Meta Platforms, alleging the company harmed children, shows the strength of laws barring unfair and deceptive practices.
A California jury found Meta Platforms and YouTube liable for harms tied to the design of their platforms, a ruling that, despite modest damages, is adding momentum to a growing wave of litigation and renewed ... (more story)
With social media addiction in the headlines after juries in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico, found Meta Platforms and Google liable for harming users, members of Congress are continuing their calls for r... (more story)
The world's privacy and AI professionals are set to converge on Washington DC for the International Association of Privacy Professional's annual Global Summit. For the first time, “privacy” isn't the summit’s ... (more story)
Social-media company X is due to see a high-profile Dutch court ruling on Thursday in litigation over its chatbot Grok's use of AI to generate and distribute sexually explicit imagery, including non-consensual... (more story)