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Shanghai tightens AI enforcement, echoing Chinese government's broader crackdown November 25, 2025 | MLex Staff

Shanghai’s internet watchdog has stepped up its campaign against the misuse of generative artificial intelligence, underscoring how local authorities are moving to enforce Beijing’s April directive to rein in ... (more story)

Social media companies ignored harms for profits, US plaintiffs allege November 25, 2025 | Xu Yuan

As Meta Platforms, ByteDance, Google and Snap seek dismissal of US school districts’ allegations over youth mental health in a federal court in California, the plaintiffs have divulged more details on the comp... (more story)

EU Parliament plans to use same committees on digital changes as original laws November 24, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter and Luca Bertuzzi

The European Parliament's work on amendments to regulations on AI, data protection, and cybersecurity, known as the digital omnibus, is set to be led by the same committees that helped draft the original laws,... (more story)

Influencers, video-sharing platforms in focus under EU plan to review media rules November 24, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Influencers, video sharing platforms and online media content providers may face tighter EU rules in the future, as the European Commission reviews the Audiovisual Media Services Directive to better protect mi... (more story)

Meta, TikTok facing EU Commission appeal against supervisory fee court ruling November 24, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Meta Platforms and TikTok are facing an appeal by the European Commission after an EU court said the European Commission used the wrong procedure to set supervisory fees under the Digital Services Act, or DSA. 

Snapchat outlines age-check plans ahead of Australia's under-16 social media ban November 24, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Snapchat will begin asking Australian users to verify their age through bank-linked IDs, government identification or facial age estimation technology from this week, as the platform moves to comply with Austr... (more story)

Judge in Google adtech suit has concerns over US DOJ divestiture remedy plan November 22, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

A Virginia federal judge Friday expressed concerns about the US Department of Justice’s proposed remedy to break up Google’s digital advertising technology business, questioning the government about how much t... (more story)

Platforms get UK online safety fees timeline, first bills due in autumn 2026 November 21, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Online platforms now have a clear timeline for paying fees to the UK online safety regulator and guidance on qualifications and exemptions, although one final consultation on details of the regime was opened o... (more story)

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EU plans for digital rules dominate key data protection conference agenda November 21, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter

Immediate questions about the European Commission's plans to revise its digital laws to make them simpler and cut red tape dominated a key annual Brussels gathering of data protection professionals. But while ... (more story)

EU's revised personal data definition sparks debate over GDPR enforcement November 19, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter

EU regulators’ proposal to change the definition of personal data in the bloc’s landmark privacy law isn’t just raising hackles with privacy activists for undermining privacy protection; it’s also underscoring... (more story)

Is the UK’s AI training and copyright regime suffering a conceptual crisis? November 18, 2025 | Frank Hersey

A recent ruling in a case by Getty Images against Stability AI has provided some clarification on how the UK copyright regime handles AI training, the models and their output. But it also highlighted problems ... (more story)

UK privacy watchdog raises concerns over resources for expanded cyber remit November 18, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK’s privacy regulator has been raising internal concerns about the legal resources needed to deliver broader cybersecurity enforcement, documents obtained by MLex show. The records, which cover 2021-2024,... (more story)

India forces Big Tech to treat under-18s as minors in privacy rules November 18, 2025 | Freny Patel

India has significantly changed data-protection rules, defining anyone under 18 as a child. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, which was put into effect by the subsequent rules released last Frida... (more story)

Apple, Google preparing response to Australia’s under-16 social media ban November 17, 2025 | James Panichi, Saloni Sinha and Mike Swift

Google says it’s ready to roll out age-verification technology already adopted by its YouTube video-streaming service in global markets, amid media speculation the search giant is preparing to launch a legal c... (more story)

Publishers target Google in new antitrust phase of AI battle in US November 17, 2025 | Emma Whitford

A cluster of antitrust lawsuits against Google represents a new front for publishers seeking to hold artificial intelligence companies to account for allegedly competing with them unfairly for audience attenti... (more story)

Meta's US discovery battles over classified documents continue to grow November 14, 2025 | Madeline Hughes and Xu Yuan

Meta Platforms’ bid to shield documents about its lawyers’ alleged efforts to cover up research into social media’s harm to young users may force the company to provide tens of thousands of more documents as U... (more story)