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Fired US FTC Commissioner Slaughter can return to post, US appeals court rules
President Donald Trump’s request for a stay of a lower court’s decision ordering the reinstatement of Democrat Rebecca Kelly Slaughter as a member of the US Federal... (more story)
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UK antitrust regulator faces acid test of government’s ‘steer’ to promote growth
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority is to decide next month if it will confirm its intent to designate certain Google and Apple services as having "strategic... (more story)
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Age verification may be possible, but Australia's social-media ban faces challenges
A trial of age-verification technologies has given the Australian government the confidence boost it needs ahead of the introduction of a world-first social-media b... (more story)
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The US Federal Trade Commission today moved to dismiss its appeals of two lower court rulings that prevented it from enforcing a rule issued during the Biden administration that would have banned noncompetes nationwide.
With a one-month trial over Amazon’s alleged use of deceptive “dark patterns” design and other strategies to lock millions of consumers into their Prime subscriptions now just over two weeks away, the US Feder... (more story)
Brazil’s Ministry of Finance has prepared a digital markets bill, set to be voted on by Congress, that would give the national competition authority additional powers over a "group of five to 10" companies, in... (more story)
The European Commission will hold five “reality check” discussions, starting in mid-September — on AI, cyber, data, privacy and digital identity — to prepare a “digital omnibus” package with targeted amendment... (more story)
The European Commission has delayed its Cloud and AI Development Act to March 2026 at the earliest, as it weighs how to advance cloud sovereignty. EU policymakers are considering an “effective European control... (more story)
Republicans and Democrats drew global scrutiny through their divisions over what constitutes censorship in a highly politicized US House Judiciary Committee hearing focused on how foreign regulations impact Am... (more story)
UK online platform OnlyFans was singled out in a parliamentary debate for tougher online safety duties that saw calls for more oversight of pornographic livestreams and paywalled content. Lawmaker Joani Reid c... (more story)
Michele Piergiovanni has been tapped to join the cabinet of European Commission president to work on competition and tech policy. He previously served as a senior adviser to former competition commissioner Mar... (more story)
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Google recently dodged corporate dismemberment in US federal court, in part, thanks to one District of Columbia federal judge’s “hope” that AI industry innovation will prevent the need for what he described as... (more story)
Paying a 2.95 billion euro bill is the least of Google’s problems. Managing demands from the world’s two foremost antitrust regulators that it sell off a slice of its lucrative adtech business is the real chal... (more story)
US District Judge Amit Mehta's ruling in the government's Internet search monopolization lawsuit against Google banks on hope that an "arms race" among artificial intelligence companies will disrupt the tech g... (more story)
A trial of age-verification technologies has given the Australian government the confidence boost it needs ahead of the introduction of a world-first social-media ban for under-16s. The tech companies providin... (more story)
Media mergers in the EU are now exposed to a media plurality test that goes beyond competition law to assess influence on public opinion, editorial independence and financial sustainability. The European Commi... (more story)
The use of virtual private networks is an emerging battleground over child protection and implementation of the UK's Online Safety Act. Use of VPNs have soared since age verification rules came into force last... (more story)
With Pornhub and other large pornography platforms losing traffic in the UK a month after age-verification rules came into force, there are concerns that smaller, less-compliant rival sites could be gaining us... (more story)
The EU has introduced new rules to safeguard media freedom and independence, including a powerful media-plurality test. However, initial steps to implement the rules in France, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany ... (more story)