xAI should be held liable for its chatbot Grok creating deepfake sexualized images because the underlying model's design enabled it to generate such content, according to new filings in a UK legal challenge. L... (more story)

AI-generated Instagram accounts posing as health experts are wrongfully verified with blue check marks, according to a Spanish advocacy group. Fundación Maldita accuses both Meta and Amazon of breaching Europe... (more story)

A Utah judge will decide whether the state has enough evidence to take its consumer protection case against Meta to trial, pressing lawyers to show that allegedly addictive Instagram features — rather than soc... (more story)

As witness testimony began Monday in the State of Tennessee's addictive design trial against Meta Platforms, former Meta engineering director Arturo Bejar testified that competition from TikTok and Snapchat pu... (more story)

The UK’s online safety law, and its enforcement by regulator Ofcom, face a new political challenge after lawmakers on Monday launched an inquiry into the effectiveness of the regime, notably whether it is maki... (more story)

The European Commission is considering creating its planned Critical Raw Materials Centre through ongoing amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act, MLex has learned. Several member states, however, questio... (more story)

Trip.com became the first online platform ordered to forfeit illegal gains in a Chinese antitrust case after the State Administration for Market Regulation found it had abused its dominance in the domestic onl... (more story)

Australia's online-safety regulator says it is unlikely to succeed in civil-penalty proceedings against social-media platforms over the country's under-16 social media ban because it cannot compel them to prod... (more story)