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Slaughter worried about fate of antitrust lawsuit against PBMs after her firing March 27, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, who was recently fired as Federal Trade Commissioner, told US lawmakers today that she is worried about the fate of a lawsuit the FTC brought against pharmacy benefit managers as no si... (more story)

OpenAI, Microsoft will face bulk of news outlets’ copyright claims March 26, 2025 | Emma Whitford and Melissa Ritti

Tech giants OpenAI and Microsoft will continue to face copyright infringement claims, US District Judge Sidney H. Stein ordered today, in three lawsuits alleging that ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot trained il... (more story)

Trusted flagger guidance under EU Digital Services Act to be ready by year-end March 26, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Online platforms should see the guidelines on trusted flaggers adopted by the end of the year, a European Commission official told MLex today. The public consultation for the draft guidance is set for the seco... (more story)

UK risks being left behind on digital assets, shadow minister says March 26, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

The UK is at risk of being left behind when it comes to the regulation and adoption of digital assets, the shadow financial services minister Mark Garnier said today, a day after US President Donald Trump’s fa... (more story)

Newspapers seek deadline for OpenAI to provide clarity on data preservation March 25, 2025 | Emma Whitford

News outlets are demanding that OpenAI identify the ‘nature and extent’ of allegedly destroyed user chats that could be relevant to their discovery dispute in federal litigation accusing the company and Micros... (more story)

US Senator Cruz prioritizes children’s online safety in tech legislative priorities March 25, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Laws regulating deepfake images online and children’s use of social media are priorities when it comes to tech regulation for US Senator Ted Cruz, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, he said today.

US FTC's Holyoak calls for absolute vigilance on AI fraud, competition concerns March 25, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

US Federal Trade Commissioner Melissa Holyoak today called on antitrust and consumer protection enforcers to watch out for potential competition as well as fraud concerns when it comes to artificial intelligen... (more story)

US FTC Chairman Ferguson expects 'Humphrey’s Executor' to be overruled March 25, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Madeline Hughes

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson today defended President Donald Trump’s authority to oust two Democratic Party commissioners from the agency, saying they were removed “lawfully” while stat... (more story)

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Baidu doxxing scandal reveals insider leaks, China's real-name registration risk March 26, 2025 | MLex Staff

A doxxing scandal involving the teenage daughter of a Baidu executive has fueled concerns and criticism about the tech giant's data security management. Critics are also raising alarms about the risks of insid... (more story)

Canberra braces as Big Tech pushes for White House action on regulation March 23, 2025 | James Panichi

Until recently, Australia’s strides towards regulating United States technology giants have been a source of national pride, suggesting that no matter how big the companies, in this jurisdiction they must play... (more story)

How Cambridge Analytica catalyzed privacy, antitrust scrutiny of Big Tech March 21, 2025 | Mike Swift

Seven years ago this week, a Facebook in-house lawyer put up a blog post acknowledging a rogue app developer had shared millions of users’ data with data-mining company Cambridge Analytica, despite having no d... (more story)

Lessons from a Japanese fiasco on AI tool for child abuse detection March 21, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

The Japanese Children and Families Agency's recent decision to delay the national rollout of an artificial intelligence tool designed to detect child abuse has highlighted important lessons for Japan, where th... (more story)

Democratic US FTC commissioners say firings undermine agency independence March 21, 2025 | Mike Swift

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya are challenging their firings from the US Federal Trade Commission, saying President Trump's actions are illegal and potentially undermine the FTC's independent consum... (more story)

EU’s tech sovereignty agenda faces competitiveness trade-off March 20, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

The EU’s drive to develop sovereign technological solutions is receiving a new impulse with the erratic behavior of the US administration. A first testbed for this reformulation of tech sovereignty might come ... (more story)

Big Tech's EU Digital Services Act risk reporting needs work, monitor group says March 20, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Major tech platforms such as Meta, Google, X and TikTok have not impressed with recent risk assessment reports on their compliance with the EU’s content moderation rules because they were patchy and lacked sub... (more story)

US FTC commissioner firings threaten 'brand' before key constituency: judges March 20, 2025 | Mike Swift

The US Federal Trade Commission has many constituencies, but federal judges are one of the most important. A group of former FTC commissioners and agency officials who spoke to MLex about the unprecedented fir... (more story)