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China overhauls cybersecurity law to add AI oversight, tougher penalties October 29, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s top legislature has approved revisions to the country’s Cybersecurity Law, introducing a new framework on artificial intelligence safety and development while tightening liabilities for cybersecurity b... (more story)

US wins major new trade commitments from Japan October 28, 2025 | Bradley Dress

The US won major new commitments from Japan this week as the two allies forge a stronger trading relationship after rocky negotiations at the beginning of the year. 

OmeTV concerns by Australian regulator see Apple, Google fall into line on app-store ban October 28, 2025 | James Panichi

App-store operators Apple and Google have accepted calls by Australia’s online-safety regulator to evict controversial platform OmeTV from their local platforms, over concerns the “video roulette” service was ... (more story)

Snapchat says Australia's online-safety watchdog misclassified it as social media October 28, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Snapchat has provided Australia’s online-safety regulator with “compelling evidence” showing that its primary purpose is messaging and that it was misclassified for the purposes of the new social-media age lim... (more story)

US makes trade deal inroads in key Southeast Asia market October 27, 2025 | Bradley Dress

The Trump administration made huge inroads in a key market over the weekend, announcing major trade agreements with Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia that saw all four countries agree to slash tariffs o... (more story)

Meta to seek reconsideration of DC ruling over evidence suppression October 24, 2025 | Xu Yuan

Meta Platforms plans to ask a court in Washington, DC, to reconsider its ruling that the company must turn over documents related to internal research on social media’s negative impact on children because they... (more story)

UK businesses facing ransomware threats get new guidance; no timeline for cyber bill October 24, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK companies have received new guidance on strengthening supply chain protections against ransomware, as pressure grows on ministers to advance the long-awaited Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. Published Fr... (more story)

Upcoming EU telecom law overhaul fails internal review October 24, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi and Matthew Newman

An impact assessment for the upcoming Digital Networks Act, an overhaul of the EU's telecom regulatory framework, has been rejected by the European Commission’s internal review body. It cited concerns over cop... (more story)

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Big Tech faces new risk of injunctions as BEUC plots court action October 28, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Apple, Google, Amazon, TikTok and others could soon find themselves in courts across Europe arguing with consumer representatives over how to implement the EU’s digital gatekeeper rules. Consumer group BEUC ha... (more story)

Ad tracking tools subject to further scrutiny under US bulk data rule October 27, 2025 | Xu Yuan

As digital advertising faces the increasing scrutiny that comes with mounting litigation and tightened regulation, the US bulk data rule that originated from national security concerns over hostile foreign cou... (more story)

Italy’s anti-piracy crusade has led tech firms to battle new telecom rules October 22, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Italy’s struggle to curb online piracy of live sports has led technology companies to denounce the communications watchdog's new regulation of internet content delivery networks, and the possibility that they ... (more story)

Character.AI litigation in US spotlights questions about AI, Section 230 October 21, 2025 | Mike Swift

For more than a decade, critics of the broad legal protections for interactive online platforms provided by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act have argued the law is too broad, was designed for a ph... (more story)

US DOJ poised to fight state intervention in HPE-Juniper case October 21, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Flavia Fortes

The US Department of Justice can be expected to oppose the intervention by 12 states and the District of Columbia in an impending Tunney Act proceeding involving the $14 billion merger between Hewlett Packard ... (more story)

UK online safety watchdog’s pragmatic enforcement stance leaves room for doubt October 20, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK online safety regulator has closed four probes into file-sharing platforms after they "geoblocked" UK users. Ofcom said this reduced UK users' exposure to child sexual abuse material, but some warn that... (more story)

EU-wide social-media age limit is a must, lawmaker Schaldemose says October 15, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Social-media platforms must be made to impose minimum age limits in the EU, lawmaker Christel Schaldemose told MLex in an interview ahead of a vote on a pivotal report on a child-protection initiative on Thurs... (more story)

Brazil CADE president urges gradual approach to proposed digital markets unit October 14, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Brazil’s competition authority should take a measured approach to establishing a new digital markets superintendence, CADE President Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima told MLex, warning against moving too quickl... (more story)