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Zuckerberg, Mosseri, Spiegel must appear at 2nd individual US social media trial July 09, 2026 | Xu Yuan

Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram head Adam Mosseri and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel must testify at a second bellwether US trial in litigation over social media’s alleged harm to youth mental... (more story)

Strategic drive against finfluencers and other harms is working, UK's FCA says July 09, 2026 | Maciej Boguslawski

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority says a crackdown on illegal promotions by "finfluencers," insider dealing and more is evidence that the first year of its five-year strategy is working. The regulator used ... (more story)

Australian online hate code pitched as bridge to digital duty of care July 09, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Australia's online safety regulator wants to make a voluntary online hate code mandatory as an interim step while broader digital duty of care reforms are developed. Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inma... (more story)

Boston latest US city to sue social media companies over alleged harm to kids July 08, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Mike Swift

Boston on Wednesday became the latest US city to sue Meta Platforms, TikTok and other social media companies, citing increased mental health harms to its students.

UK online safety rules outpaced by AI, may need yearly review, minister says July 08, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK online safety rules may need annual review to keep pace with AI, the tech minister told lawmakers. Liz Kendall said the Online Safety Act has taken eight years from its initial idea to now, in a process she... (more story)

EU opinion on French social-media law separates age rules, platform obligations July 08, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

The French draft social media ban has prompted the European Commission to distinguish between national age-access rules and broader platform obligations already governed by the Digital Services Act. In a legal... (more story)

Meta subject to French antitrust injunction in dispute with publishers (update*) July 08, 2026 | Jean Comte

Meta Platforms must negotiate with press publishers over remuneration for using their content and provide them with the necessary information, according to interim measures adopted on Wednesday by the French c... (more story)

Judge rejects Meta, AGs' requests to limit evidence in US social media trial July 07, 2026 | Xu Yuan

A US federal judge has rejected as too broad most of the pre-trial requests to limit evidence by Meta Platforms and a coalition of state attorneys general suing the company over social media’s impact on youth ... (more story)

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Malaysia, Singapore recast sovereign AI around policy choices July 08, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Malaysia’s and Singapore's national strategies suggest that, for smaller economies, sovereign AI is becoming less about technological self-sufficiency than about combining targeted domestic capabilities with g... (more story)

India's WhatsApp intervention tests the boundaries of platform regulation July 08, 2026 | Freny Patel

India's proposed suspension of WhatsApp's usernames feature tests whether existing law permits government intervention in product design before deployment. This raises broader questions about executive authori... (more story)

US privacy enforcement remains conventional under increasingly politicized FTC July 06, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has taken a conventional approach to enforcement of privacy matters, even as his commission has taken a more disruptive approach to other issues.

Streaming platforms seek EU court guidance on Belgian copyright rules July 03, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Matthew Newman

Belgian streaming platform Streamz, Spotify, Google and other companies will ask the EU's highest court on July 6 and July 7 to determine whether Belgium can require streaming platforms to make additional paym... (more story)

Trump eyes quantum boost, but supply chain challenges remain July 01, 2026 | Bradley Dress

The Trump administration’s push to accelerate quantum computing applications and deployment faces significant constraints, including to shore up supply chains for the critical and emerging technology. Presiden... (more story)

Tech companies to face more Irish probes as minors' safety comes into focus July 01, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Tech companies can expect more investigations from Ireland’s media regulator under the EU’s Digital Services Act in the next six months — even as existing probes are already facing procedural court challenges.... (more story)

Slaughter ruling, Ferguson move narrow US FTC, DOJ merger differences June 30, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

The US Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Slaughter is likely to be remembered for transforming the Federal Trade Commission's independence. But it also underscores a quieter shift in US merger enforcement: ... (more story)

Litigation funding faces first review at EU’s top court June 30, 2026 | Jean Comte

Litigation funders will see judges at the EU's highest court get their first taste of the burgeoning industry in a case over whether antitrust class actions backed by investment funds infringe the bloc's rules... (more story)