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EU seeks investors for Europe's first AI gigafactories July 30, 2026 | Masha Borak

The EU has opened a call for investors to help finance Europe's first seven AI gigafactories. The EU is pledging €30 billion for the project that aims to ensure both European technological sovereignty and the ... (more story)

Hugging Face on EU radar over alleged AI-generated sexual abuse content (update*) July 30, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Hugging Face, a popular platform for hosting open-source AI models, is under EU scrutiny after a research report alleged that it facilitates access to tools capable of generating non-consensual intimate images... (more story)

China's draft cyberbullying law imposes sweeping duties on platforms July 30, 2026 | MLex Staff

China's internet regulator has unveiled a draft law that would create the country's first dedicated statutory framework to combat cyberbullying, significantly expanding internet platforms' responsibilities whi... (more story)

Telegram faces major penalties in Australia over alleged pro-terror material July 30, 2026 | Sean Maguire and Saloni Sinha

Telegram is facing civil penalties of up to A$54.6 million ($38 million) in Australia after the country's online-safety regulator filed first-of-its kind proceedings against a platform, alleging it failed to r... (more story)

Meta reveals $2.4bn in legal costs, warns of addictive design trials' price tag July 30, 2026 | Mike Swift

Meta Platforms unpleasntly surprised investors in reporting $2.4 billion in second-quarter legal charges as it defended youth-related addictive design trials in the US, with those legal charges helping drive M... (more story)

Meta questions former employee’s approach to safety concerns at Tennessee trial July 30, 2026 | Xu Yuan

Meta Platforms told a jury in Tennessee that a former employee who accused the company of misleading the public failed to flag similar safety issues when the employee was in a leadership role at the company.

Meta to face Massachusetts claims during bench trial next May July 29, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Meta Platforms is set for a bench trial to face claims it violated the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act and constituted a public nuisance, a Massachusetts judge decided Wednesday.

Google’s search monopoly rents still flowing, US DOJ, states tell appeals court July 29, 2026 | Chris May

Google continues to reap billions of dollars in supracompetitive profits from an unlawful, data-fueled “flywheel” that keeps spinning because a District of Columbia federal judge failed to end contracts centra... (more story)

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US Senate, House take different paths for social media as clock runs down July 30, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

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)

As EU's AI content labeling regime kicks in, its aim for clarity remains divisive July 30, 2026 | Masha Borak and Inbar Preiss

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's Tennessee, New Mexico defenses similar as second state trial gets underway July 27, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

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.

What will the UK tech ministry's abolition mean for policy and regulation? July 27, 2026 | Imogen Howse and Patricia Figueiredo

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)

Google, Epic app store injunction split creates global competition experiment July 24, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Chris May

Google and Epic Games’ recent abandonment of their effort to modify an injunction before a California federal judge could create a natural experiment that will test two different systems for restoring competit... (more story)

South Korea's fake-news law puts platforms on notice despite limited impact July 24, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korea’s revised Network Act may have little immediate operational impact on companies such as Google, Meta, Naver and Kakao, but it marks a significant step toward assigning online platforms greater resp... (more story)

US legal fight over social media addiction faces long road ahead July 23, 2026 | Xu Yuan

In sprawling nationwide litigation over social media addiction, Meta Platforms, Snap, YouTube and TikTok are looking at years of fighting ahead as any resolution that may lead to palpable changes to the platfo... (more story)

Hurdles remain for Trump's prospective head of US DOJ's Antitrust Division July 22, 2026 | Chris May and Alex Wilts

Adam Candeub, President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee antitrust enforcement at the US Department of Justice, must clear procedural and institutional hurdles before he can implement any vision for the futur... (more story)