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Singapore passes new online safety law to strengthen redress, accountability November 07, 2025 | Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj

Singapore's Parliament has passed new legislation creating a statutory framework to tackle online harms and improve victims’ access to redress. The Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Bill establishes an... (more story)

Social media platforms will face US jury on claims design features harm teens November 06, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Meta, ByteDance, Google and Snap will face a slate of bellwether trials in Los Angeles next year after a California state court judge ruled Thursday that teens presented enough evidence that design features su... (more story)

Illuminate to pay $5.1m for 2021 US data breach under new education privacy laws November 06, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Education technology company Illuminate Education, Inc. must pay $5.1 million and strengthen its cybersecurity measures as part of a first-of-its-kind settlement under new student privacy laws in Connecticut a... (more story)

UK online safety regulator steps up probe into suicide forum after parents' pressure November 06, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK regulator Ofcom said it is fast-tracking its investigation into an online suicide forum after a mental health charity provided evidence it remains accessible to UK users despite a voluntary geoblock. Th... (more story)

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, others should face national telecom rules, Germany argues November 06, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Telecom companies such as Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Vodafone should be regulated by national telecom rules rather than a harmonized, EU-wide regulation, according to a German government position paper seen ... (more story)

Single reporting point for cyber incidents to be proposed by EU Commission November 06, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

The European Commission plans to create a single-entry point for reporting cybersecurity incidents and data breaches under various EU laws, including NIS2, the GDPR and the Digital Operational Resilience Act. ... (more story)

Probe Shein under Digital Services Act, France urges EU Commission November 06, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

E-commerce platform Shein should be investigated under the EU's content-moderation law, the Digital Services Act, French ministers told EU technology sovereignty chief Henna Virkkunen in a letter sent on Thurs... (more story)

EU digital package to make it easier for companies to access public sector data November 06, 2025 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi

The EU’s plans to simplify its digital legislation would make it easier for large companies to use public sector data and ease compliance for smaller cloud providers, MLex has learned. The plans are part of a ... (more story)

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EU Commission to tweak GDPR’s core definitions in simplification push November 06, 2025 | Júlia Tar, Sara Brandstätter and Luca Bertuzzi

The EU’s landmark data-protection law is set to be amended with targeted updates as part of its digital simplification drive. In its proposals, seen by MLex and set to be published Nov. 19, the European Commis... (more story)

Japan's new data chief reframes privacy law as a foundation for data use November 06, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

In a move to complement a speech by Japan’s new data protection chief on the purpose of the country’s personal-information protection law, the Personal Information Protection Commission plans to shift its emph... (more story)

Proposed FTC Commissioner Baasch brings privacy, competition litigation chops to agency November 05, 2025 | Mike Swift and Chris May

Ryan Baasch, President Trump’s choice to be the next member of the US Federal Trade Commission, is a lawyer who knows the inside of a courtroom, even as he was the field general leading one of the most effecti... (more story)

Meta faces possible privacy suit from Conn. over Cambridge Analytica case November 05, 2025 | Mike Swift and Maria Dinzeo

Connecticut’s attorney general is laying the groundwork to sue Meta Platforms over the Cambridge Analytica privacy leak seven years ago, with the state issuing a request for proposals for law firms to represen... (more story)

EU Data Act seen as complex but crucial as industries grapple with compliance November 03, 2025 | Júlia Tar

The EU’s Data Act, in force since September, remains difficult to interpret and costly to implement, though it promises to reshape how companies handle connected-device data, legal and industry experts told ML... (more story)

As Japan plays catchup in cybersecurity, a cultural reset must join legal reforms October 31, 2025 | Jeyup S Kwaak

At an annual Tokyo cybersecurity conference this week, international and Japanese experts agreed the world’s fourth-largest economy’s recent legal reforms are a step towards a more robust cyberdefense posture.... (more story)

China's new five-year plan locks in for long US economic fight October 30, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s newly unveiled outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan draws the line clearly: any quick US-China trade détente won’t alter Beijing’s long-term course. A shift in tone — from the cautiously optimistic frami... (more story)

Social-media age verification needs Europe to work in step, Norway’s Tung says October 29, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Norway is moving ahead swiftly in the debate over children's use of social media as it develops a plan for a strict minimum age of 15, the country's digital minister has said. Australia is the poster child for... (more story)