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UK govt offers social-media safety concessions to avoid parliamentary standoff April 10, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK government has proposed clarifications over how it would use sweeping powers to introduce child safety restrictions on online platforms, in a bid to avoid further parliamentary clashes with lawmakers pu... (more story)

EU countries asked to weigh split approach to detecting online CSAM April 10, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi

EU governments have been asked to weigh in on a Cyprus compromise proposal that would potentially split how online child sexual abuse material is detected depending on the type of service, according to a text ... (more story)

China issues draft rules to tighten oversight of AI virtual humans April 10, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has released draft rules for digital virtual-human information services, underscoring Beijing’s dual approach of promoting innovation and use while tightening regulatory guardrails around one of the late... (more story)

Reddit's court challenge sees Australian government defend teen social media ban April 10, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Australia’s social media restrictions on under-16s are justified by the need to protect children despite burdening political communication, the government told the country’s top court in proceedings brought by... (more story)

Meta complies with child-protection rule in Indonesia, YouTube not yet April 10, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan

Meta Platforms has fulfilled its child-protection obligations under Indonesian government rules, the ministry of communication and digital affairs announced, following an examination conducted early this week.... (more story)

South Korea revamps cybersecurity certification after breaches raise concerns April 10, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Companies operating in South Korea will face tighter, more intrusive cybersecurity and data-protection oversight under a sweeping government plan to overhaul the country’s ISMS and ISMS-P certification regimes... (more story)

Greece joins France in call for EU-wide action on underage social media use April 09, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Greece plans to ban social media use for under-15s by 2027, joining France and other EU member states in increasing pressure on the EU to adopt a bloc-wide approach. In response, the European Commission signal... (more story)

KakaoPay returns to court as judges probe legal basis of South Korea privacy sanction April 09, 2026 | Jenny Lee

KakaoPay returned to court on Thursday after judges in South Korea reopened arguments to probe lingering questions over the legal framework behind the privacy watchdog’s sanctions, with the payment giant and t... (more story)

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EU privacy rules spur platforms’ behavior changes on cookies, CNIL official says April 10, 2026 | Matthew Newman

The effectiveness of the EU’s landmark data protection rules has evolved since the entry into force of the GDPR in 2018, shifting from a focus on enforcement to driving tangible changes in companies’ behavior,... (more story)

Tech platforms face increased scrutiny over US CyberTipline reports April 09, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

The government is putting more pressure on tech companies to make more detailed and accurate reports to the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s CyberTipline. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck... (more story)

UK online safety enforcement being delayed and mishandled, campaigner Kidron says April 09, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK regulators' handling of children’s data and enforcement of the Online Safety Act deserves criticism, prominent UK lawmaker Beeban Kidron has said, while warning of a government push for overly broad legisla... (more story)

Meta executive’s testimony in New Mexico raises COPPA, age-check questions April 06, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Despite the US Federal Trade Commission’s recent guidance on deploying age-verification technology to identify users under 13 years old in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, companie... (more story)

Meta faces potential settlement as German court weighs jurisdiction, ECJ referral April 03, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Meta Platforms’ exposure to a potential settlement in a German consumer action over a Facebook data leak is emerging as a key test of how far collective redress under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulatio... (more story)

IAPP Global Summit puts focus on technology’s human cost April 02, 2026 | Madeline Hughes, Maria Dinzeo, Amy Miller and Emma Whitford

When privacy professionals descended on Washington, DC, this week, they knew they were walking into a conference focused equally on privacy and artificial intelligence. But they may not have anticipated a loom... (more story)

Brazil data agency head expects compliance over child online safety law April 01, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

The National Data Protection Agency has begun enforcing Brazil’s child online safety law, and the agency's president told MLex in an exclusive interview that the watchdog will not interfere with tech firms’ ag... (more story)

Canadian privacy commissioner eyes fines, consent changes in Facebook case April 01, 2026 | Mike Swift

Philippe Dufresne, who heads the Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada, sat down with MLex on the sidelines of an international privacy conference for an exclusive interview on his view of possible next s... (more story)