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Meta, others argue US schools lack evidence for addiction allegations
Meta Platforms, ByteDance, Google and Snap are asking a US federal court to throw out claims by school districts over their social media apps’ allegedly negative im... (more story)
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Deemed victims by US, betting platforms emerge as conduits in sports cases
When US authorities announced a massive illegal gambling bust in October that involved professional basketball players, officials said at a press conference that th... (more story)
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Some Big Tech companies faced big legal, regulatory bills this quarter
From Amazon’s $2.5 billion settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission to Google’s $3.5 billion European antitrust fine to Snap building an age verification sys... (more story)
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Users of the social-media platform Discord in Hong Kong are among those affected by a data breach linked to one of its third-party customer service providers, with about 27,500 local accounts compromised, acco... (more story)
Meta Platforms, ByteDance, Google and Snap are asking a US federal court to throw out claims by school districts over their social media apps’ allegedly negative impact on children and teenagers, arguing evide... (more story)
AI chatbots such as ChatGPT occupy a gray area under the UK’s Online Safety Act, regulator Ofcom has admitted, as a senior official sought to clarify how generative AI tools fit within the law. Ofcom's approac... (more story)
Online platforms will see an update in relation to the UK Online Safety Act's register of categorized services published on Wednesday, watchdog Ofcom has said, adding that a judicial review initiated by Wikipe... (more story)
Age assurance technologies to protect children online should be used more widely, a senior official for the UK's communications regulator has told a US audience, arguing that the era of “age-blind” internet is ending.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for swift legislative action to curb hate speech and misinformation online, condemning discriminatory remarks based on race and nationality that have spread across s... (more story)
New Zealand will have social-media bans for children under 16 in place before the 2026 national election, with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon vowing to move ahead with the country’s “first piece of legislati... (more story)
Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, may soon face a final decision under the EU's content moderation rules as the EU regulator said it plans to "advance fast" in the nearly 2-year-old investigation. Par... (more story)
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When US authorities announced a massive illegal gambling bust in October that involved professional basketball players, officials said at a press conference that the sports betting companies that had processed... (more story)
From Amazon’s $2.5 billion settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission to Google’s $3.5 billion European antitrust fine to Snap building an age verification system to comply with Australia’s forthcoming so... (more story)
Australia is just a month away from enforcing the world's first social media restrictions for children under 16. Despite the fast-approaching deadline, concerns persist about the reliability of age-assurance t... (more story)
Google’s settlement with Epic Games could be welcome news to the US judge overseeing their antitrust battles — yet it also leaves uncertain the fate of another deal Google struck with state enforcers over its ... (more story)
Ryan Baasch, President Trump’s choice to be the next member of the US Federal Trade Commission, is a lawyer who knows the inside of a courtroom, even as he was the field general leading one of the most effecti... (more story)
As US lawmakers put Biden-era decisions about content moderation under a microscope, there are two emerging paths to confronting the critics: turn to community notes or strengthen independent teams that make m... (more story)
Norway is moving ahead swiftly in the debate over children's use of social media as it develops a plan for a strict minimum age of 15, the country's digital minister has said. Australia is the poster child for... (more story)
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)