WhatsApp's voluntary age-verification pilot tests whether India's child-privacy regime can protect minors while preserving encryption, minimizing data collection and meeting regulators' parental consent requir... (more story)

Meta Platforms’ entanglement with French investigators last month shows the antitrust pitfalls for dominant companies in supplying data to partners on the other side of the negotiating table. Meta’s tactic of ... (more story)

The app store ecosystems of Google and Apple have been under siege for years as regulators, legislators and litigators across the globe seek more competition among major digital platforms. While that pressure ... (more story)

One year after the UK's Online Safety Act introduced mandatory age checks for pornography platforms, compliance among the most popular sites is high. But evidence suggests compliance alone may not reduce child... (more story)

The possible inclusion of a duty-of-care for social media companies will likely prevent US congressional action to craft new regulations this year governing social media, as the Senate and House are working on... (more story)

On Sunday, new EU requirements kick in under the AI Act for clear labeling of AI-generated or manipulated content. Reaction is divided: Companies say the rules risk sweeping routine AI material into the same l... (more story)

Meta Platforms' defense so far in a consumer protection lawsuit brought by the Tennessee attorney general mirrors that used in the New Mexico trial it lost earlier this year.

Shutting down the UK government's technology department is expected to slow policymaking and fragment coordination across AI, cybersecurity and online safety, even as AI policy moves closer to the center of go... (more story)