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TikTok faces two GDPR complaints over user tracking, access request December 17, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

TikTok allegedly harvested data about a user’s activity in other apps, including sessions on Grindr, and processed it without a legal basis, according to complaints filed by noyb. A second complaint says TikTo... (more story)

Coupang founder faces South Korea complaint over breach hearing no-shows December 17, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Coupang founder Bom Kim is facing criminal complaints from South Korea's parliament after repeatedly failing to appear to testify about a massive data breach that exposed 33.7 million user records, with lawmak... (more story)

South Korea to begin formal talks with US on cross-border data-transfer framework December 17, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korea will launch a formal discussion with the US early next year to explore a new mechanism for cross-border data transfers, placing the US on the country’s list of jurisdictions being assessed for comp... (more story)

South Korea moves closer to sharp increase in privacy fines after major breaches December 17, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Legislation that would empower South Korea's privacy regulator to impose fines of up to 10 percent of total revenue for serious personal-data breaches cleared a key parliamentary hurdle on Wednesday amid mount... (more story)

Case alleging Google, TikTok used faulty moderation tools dismissed by US judge December 16, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

A lawsuit brought by parents and advocates against TikTok and Google over allegedly faulty video reporting tools was dismissed Tuesday by a federal judge because those tools are protected by Section 230 of the... (more story)

Tech firms to see UK plan to tackle anti-female violence on Dec. 18, govt confirms December 16, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Tech companies are set to feature prominently in UK plans to tackle violence against women and girls, which the government has confirmed will be published on Thursday after a number of delays. Reports of a pus... (more story)

Platforms face UK inquiry on addictive design; ministers reaffirm chatbot concerns December 16, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Online platforms regulated under the UK’s Online Safety Act will be subject to a parliamentary inquiry into addictive use of technology and how that impacts children’s development. It will likely begin early n... (more story)

China approves first L3 autonomous cars in step toward commercial use December 16, 2025 | MLex Staff

Chinese regulators have granted the country’s first approvals for Level 3 conditional autonomous-driving vehicles, marking progress beyond test trials toward the threshold of commercial deployment. The Ministr... (more story)

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Social media companies aim to spotlight bullying at Calif. addictive-design trial December 17, 2025 | Mike Swift

With Meta Platforms, TikTok, YouTube and Snap just over a month from a landmark, multi-billion dollar trial over whether allegedly addictive designs harmed US teens, the companies at a pre-trial hearing in Los... (more story)

For the world's online safety overseers, 2026 will be the year of the child December 12, 2025 | Mike Swift, Sara Brandstätter, Patricia Figueiredo and Maria Dinzeo

Regulators worldwide have woken up to a need to police online safety for minors. Australia has arguably gone the furthest, banning social media for under-16s from this week. In Europe, America, Asia and beyond... (more story)

Regulatory glare turns on video-games sector in global push to protect children December 12, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

The video-games industry has moved into the global regulatory spotlight. Policymakers, particularly in the EU, are advancing new rules and stricter enforcement, while court cases are multiplying in the US, all... (more story)

Papers, please: Can online age verification be compatible with privacy? December 12, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Age verification is increasingly seen as a way to keep children away from harm online, as seen with versions in place in the EU, UK and the US. But there are widespread fears that proving your age necessarily ... (more story)

Why does the US differ on content moderation? Blame the First Amendment December 12, 2025 | Mike Swift

Government social media age restrictions, such as the one coming into force this week in Australia, or broad content-moderation laws such as those in the EU and the UK, are impossible in the US because they ar... (more story)

As Tong takes leadership of attorneys general, states confront tech on AI, platform addiction December 11, 2025 | Mike Swift

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, who this week began his one-year term as president of the National Association of Attorneys General, sees approaching trials in lawsuits by state attorneys general ag... (more story)

China to weigh AI gains with self-reliance, security in Nvidia H200 access decision December 11, 2025 | MLex Staff

As Washington moves to ease restrictions on Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China, Beijing is likely to respond with a calibrated two-track approach that might allow Chinese companies to buy the powerful chips under... (more story)

Reddit, aiming to be internet's 'most human' place, battles, benefits from AI December 09, 2025 | Mike Swift

Reddit has a complicated relationship with AI. While the 20-year-old social platform recently sued Anthropic and Perplexity alleging the AI companies illegally scraped its content to train their large language... (more story)