Discord, Roblox face more lawsuits in US social media litigation
August 14, 2026
| Xu Yuan and Mike Swift
Discord and Roblox, two lesser-known defendants in the sprawling nationwide litigation over social media safety for children and teenagers, are facing a growing number of lawsuits as Meta Platforms, Snap, TikT... (more story)
UK streaming giants set to face familiar rules, but unfamiliar Ofcom, public scrutiny
August 14, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ are preparing for UK broadcast-style content and accessibility rules that could require catalog reviews and new compliance systems, even though the impact should be limi... (more story)
EU platform user-counting rules create legal uncertainty beyond Big Tech
August 13, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
The EU’s method for counting platform users is creating legal uncertainty beyond current fee disputes involving Big Tech companies such as Meta and TikTok. For smaller and hybrid services, the lack of a clear ... (more story)
Platforms set to see EU’s full child-safety rulebook take shape by year-end
August 11, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
In the coming months, social media companies and other online services are likely to get a clearer picture of the EU’s broader regulatory framework for child safety. A new European Commission proposal is expec... (more story)
TikTok employees were candid internally about platform harms, US court documents show
August 10, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
Years before TikTok was sued on addictive design claims, employees voiced worries about the many children under age 13 on the platform, and whether the company could be liable for inappropriate conduct, accord... (more story)
Could a US-style backlash against data centers threaten the EU’s AI plans?
August 10, 2026
| Masha Borak
The EU's plan for a €30 billion tender to build AI gigafactories — large-scale computing facilities designed to provide the huge processing power to train and deploy advanced AI models — amid a severe heatwave... (more story)
US social media orders on Meta, Google, TikTok augur trouble for 'attention economy'
August 07, 2026
| Mike Swift
Two separate court rulings, one by a federal judge in California and one by a state court judge in New Mexico, could mean trouble ahead for the "attention economy." The federal judge found recommendation algor... (more story)
WhatsApp age-check pilot puts India's child-privacy rules to the test
August 07, 2026
| Freny Patel
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)