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UK businesses to get sandboxes, stronger growth duty under regulatory reform bill May 13, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK businesses can expect regulators to be given stronger duties to support economic growth and new powers to temporarily relax rules for testing AI under legislation announced Wednesday. The proposed Regulatin... (more story)

Japan, US tackle AI cyberthreats as megabanks prepare to access Mythos May 13, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan is accelerating efforts to address cybersecurity risks from frontier artificial intelligence models in cooperation with the US, as three major Japanese banks are reportedly set to gain access to Anthropi... (more story)

Instructure's deal with hackers sees Australian schools restore Canvas access May 13, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Instructure, a US-based education-technology company, said its agreement with hackers has seen Australian schools and university's restore access to Canvas, a popular education portal. The agreement was reache... (more story)

New Mexico faces dire teen mental health situation, expert says in Meta trial May 12, 2026 | Xu Yuan

A child and adolescent psychiatrist told a New Mexico judge that the state is facing a serious deficiency of resources in responding to mounting cases of mental health problems suffered by its young population... (more story)

Judge denies bid to treat Meta Pixel as pen register under Calif. privacy law May 12, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

A California federal judge kept a proposed privacy class action alleging that Meta covertly linked Android users’ mobile browsing activity to their Facebook and Instagram accounts mostly intact, but rejected a... (more story)

Give UK regulators more ‘political cover’ to push growth agenda, lawmakers urge May 12, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK regulators need greater “political cover” if they are to take a less risk-averse approach and back ministers' economic growth agenda, lawmakers have warned. Ahead of the government unveiling its next legisl... (more story)

Security concerns, not economics, drive cybersecurity rules revision, EU Commission says May 12, 2026 | Júlia Tar

The EU’s proposed Cybersecurity Act revision is driven by security concerns rather than economic considerations, a European Commission spokesperson said on Tuesday during a press briefing. Thomas Regnier was r... (more story)

Indonesia's stalled privacy-law rollout draws scrutiny amid court challenge May 12, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan

Indonesia’s prolonged delay in establishing an independent data-protection authority and issuing implementing rules for its 2022 privacy law is drawing mounting scrutiny, as petitioners at the Constitutional C... (more story)

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EU’s data protection rule revamp goes too far, German privacy official says May 13, 2026 | Matthew Newman

The European Commission’s proposed changes to the definition of personal data go too far and may contradict EU case law because companies could escape privacy obligations by claiming they cannot identify indiv... (more story)

X’s Grok deepfakes scandal has seen limber lawmaking eclipse regulatory response May 11, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

The scandal of X's Grok producing millions of sexualized deepfakes led to multiple probes early this year. None has concluded yet, though Brazil’s privacy regulator expects preliminary findings by June, while ... (more story)

New Mexico AG Torrez brings prosecutor's aggressiveness to Meta litigation May 08, 2026 | Mike Swift

Not so long ago, Raúl Torrez was a New Mexico county prosecutor, focused on putting murderers and members of drug cartels behind bars. Now the state's attorney general, Torrez is arguably one of the most promi... (more story)

Elevation of Brazil ANPD to federal regulator brings tougher enforcement tests May 08, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority has moved into a new regulatory phase with legal and institutional consequences after becoming a federal regulatory agency — a shift that strengthens its decisional ... (more story)

Deal over EU's AI omnibus package represents political victory for business May 07, 2026 | Matthew Newman

The EU’s flagship AI Act was meant to be an example of the "Brussels effect," pioneering law that would inspire the word, but it ended up a target of the bloc’s simplification agenda to realize the goal of gre... (more story)

Kochava settlement with US FTC narrows definition of sensitive locations May 05, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

The US Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with Kochava marks the end of a nearly four-year legal battle between the commission and data brokers that began with FTC employees attempting to buy location data.... (more story)

Tech firms adapting before Brazil's new child safety rules start, official says May 05, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Tech platforms and retailers have started adjusting to Brazil’s new online child safety law months before enforcement of age checks across a wide range of online services is due to kick in, the director of dig... (more story)

As CISA cuts loom, companies need to step up cyber defenses May 01, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Companies need to step up as the federal cybersecurity infrastructure in the US faces budget cuts, just as artificial intelligence-fueled attacks are on the rise.