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Trump, Ferguson say Humphrey’s Executor inapplicable to fired US FTC members
President Trump and US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson told a federal judge that governing precedent under the landmark Humphrey’s Executor case i... (more story)
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Writers suing Google over copyright proposed 'defective' class, US judge says
Writers suing Google for illegally using their copyrighted works to train its AI models have proposed a “defective” definition for class membership, US District Jud... (more story)
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Google monopolized some adtech markets, engaged in illegal tying, US judge rules
Google was today found liable of having illegally monopolized some of its digital advertising technology markets, with a US federal judge ruling that the tech giant... (more story)
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US Federal Trade Commission employees have been offered three potential ways to cut short their employment at the nation’s competition and consumer protection watchdog, according to agency memoranda seen by MLex.
A suicide discussion forum has made its site unavailable to UK users and another site is under investigation for potential violation of the Online Safety Act, the UK technology minister said. Ofcom's Peter Kyl... (more story)
Yahoo would make a bid for Chrome if a US federal judge ordered Google to divest the asset, a top executive said today, estimating the browser’s market value to be in the “tens of billions of dollars.”
Age verification technologies can help companies ensure that minors stay off their platforms, but these tools shouldn’t collect vast amounts of children’s data to verify their ages, a commissioner at Ireland’s... (more story)
President Trump and US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson told a federal judge that governing precedent under the landmark Humphrey’s Executor case is both good law and inapplicable to the firin... (more story)
Social media, search, gaming platforms and other online services today received the final version of the UK online safety watchdog's codes of practice on child protection and a slew of guidance material to inf... (more story)
Former US Federal Trade Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya are prepared to go to the US Supreme Court over their jobs, as they are committed to fighting the lawless behavior that has seemingly t... (more story)
France’s privacy watchdog plans to begin enforcing data protection rules against mobile apps in the coming months as it ensures that companies comply with cookie consent regulations for targeted advertising, a... (more story)
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UK companies this week finally received an outline of proposed cybersecurity reforms expected later this year. The UK aims to align its cybersecurity framework with the EU's NIS2 directive through the forthcom... (more story)
In a policy speech that signaled the US Federal Trade Commission’s return to “not stretching our legal authorities,” Commissioner Melissa Holyoak unveiled the Republican majority’s data privacy vision to bolst... (more story)
The US Department of Justice’s triumph against Google in a case challenging the tech giant’s practices in digital advertising markets opens up a question over whether states suing the company in Texas will nee... (more story)
How social media and entertainment platforms should protect children and enforce age controls for under-18s is a question causing a headache for EU regulators. Rules for adult sites are clear, but the European... (more story)
Japanese antitrust experts have commended the Japan Fair Trade Commission's issuance of a cease-and-desist order against Google, addressing the company's default setting arrangements for search apps. It marks ... (more story)
Speculation is rife that the UK’s online safety law is a pawn in ongoing trade negotiations with the Trump administration in the US, which sees it as as a censorship tool. But a former Meta employee told MLex ... (more story)
The European Commission shouldn’t deregulate the EU’s telecom markets for the sake of simplification, the head of the body representing EU telecom regulators told MLex in a recent interview. Orange, Vodafone, ... (more story)
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is likening his use of rulemaking power to limit children’s access to online adult content to barring the purchase of age-restricted materials like tobacco. But laws att... (more story)