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Philippine digital platform study urges privacy integration into competition law
A market study by the Philippine Competition Commission recommends integrating data privacy considerations into the Philippine Competition Act and strengthening coo... (more story)
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US DOJ's Assefi vows to reject 'half-measures,' wants more civil antitrust cases
Omeed Assefi, who took over as the acting chief at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division for a second time, and in an address to staff on Tuesday sought to d... (more story)
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Slater defends role in US DOJ review of HPE-Juniper merger
Gail Slater, former antitrust chief at the US Department of Justice, said Tuesday she is "deeply concerned" by allegations that she misrepresented the national secu... (more story)
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Instagram chief Adam Mosseri spent a full day on the witness stand Tuesday during the New Mexico attorney general's trial over harm to minors on the platform, discussing the controls Meta Platforms has added t... (more story)
The plaintiff who sued Meta Platforms and Google over social media addiction claims an expert hired by the defendants violated professional ethics for psychiatrists during an evaluation by asking questions in ... (more story)
Snapchat’s arguments that its advertising contracts with the US government require the state of Florida to sue the company in federal court under the federal officer removal statute drew skepticism from a pane... (more story)
French adtech company Criteo has lost its appeal at the country's highest administrative court against a €40 million fine imposed by the privacy watchdog for various violations related to its tracking cookies ... (more story)
Four EU countries have called on Cyprus, which is currently leading talks on legislative files among member states, to pursue a targeted revision of the EU law that sets transparency and fairness rules for onl... (more story)
A wide range of internet services could face unspecified new restrictions in the UK in the name of child safety. Lawmakers on Monday rejected plans for an Australia-style under-16 social media ban, instead vot... (more story)
The Google-owned navigation service, Waze, could be designated a “Very Large Online Platform” under the EU’s Digital Services Act after reporting user numbers above the legal threshold, a move confirmed to be ... (more story)
Indonesia's detailed implementing rules under its child online protection regime automatically classifies social media services as high risk and requires the deactivation of accounts held by users under 16. Th... (more story)
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Testimony from New Mexico educators about the disruptive effects of social media in schools is offering an early look at the evidence a Kentucky school district hopes to present in a closely watched federal tr... (more story)
Halfway through the first bellwether trial over whether Meta and YouTube deliberately designed their services to hook children, Meta appears particularly vulnerable to a jury finding that Instagram contributed... (more story)
A new executive order from the White House says the US will take a hard line with “transnational criminal organizations” that launch ransomware and other cyberattacks. The order from President Donald Trump ins... (more story)
A New Mexico jury has heard only from current Meta Platform executives through taped depositions, as the state is expected to rest its case after hearing from its final live witness on Wednesday.
US House Republicans in the Energy and Commerce Committee have unveiled the largest package of child online safety bills after parents and activists have pressured members relentlessly in the midst of an awake... (more story)
Another porn-hosting platform received a fine from the UK online safety regulator this week for inadequate age assurance. But as the number of fines grows, there is scant information about whether they are pai... (more story)
Juries in Los Angeles and New Mexico will have to parse two very different views of Meta Platforms that they have heard during the first three weeks of parallel social media trials. Is the culture of “move fas... (more story)
Internal debate at Meta Platforms over whether to implement higher levels of privacy protections highlighted the long-existing tension between privacy and online safety, particularly over the protection of chi... (more story)