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Fired US FTC commissioners clash with DOJ attorney May 20, 2025 | Claude Marx

Lawyers for former Democratic US Federal Trade Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter clashed in federal court today with a Department of Justice lawyer over the legality of their firing by Presid... (more story)

E-commerce, tech platforms could see faster EU consumer law probes May 20, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

The e-commerce sector, tech platforms and other major companies could see faster investigations of possible violations of EU consumer law, based on remarks made today by EU justice commissioner Michael McGrath... (more story)

US cloud providers face more pressure as EU lawmakers urge digital sovereignty May 20, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Amazon, Microsoft and Google will next month face more pressure from European lawmakers for the European Union to reduce its reliance on US cloud-service providers. Under a draft European Parliament report, fo... (more story)

Platforms to see EU Digital Services Act 'supervisory' fee rule change May 20, 2025 | Matthew Newman

The largest online platforms will see a change to the rule underpinning fees they pay to fund enforcement of the EU's Digital Services Act proposed by the end of June, the European Commission has said. Google,... (more story)

South Korea's Democratic Party readies sweeping digital asset legislation May 20, 2025 | Jenny Lee

South Korea's Democratic Party of Korea is accelerating efforts to introduce a comprehensive framework law on digital assets — a long-anticipated follow-up to last year’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act. The... (more story)

Meta witnesses 'cannot erase' statements in firm's own documents, FTC spokesperson says May 16, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Witnesses that Meta Platforms will call in a monopolization trial are its “own self-interested executives” who “cannot erase” the clear statements made in the social media giant’s own contemporaneous documents... (more story)

US, California antitrust officials warn in-house counsel about discovery practices May 16, 2025 | Alex Wilts

US federal and state antitrust officials raised concerns about company practices that aim to hinder enforcement efforts and advised in-house counsel to honestly and proactively engage with the government about... (more story)

Social media must have age controls to protect minors, urge Greece, France, Spain May 16, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Online social networks must be forced to have built-in age verification mechanisms, and there should be a minimum age across the EU for accessing such platforms, Greece, France and Spain have urged in a discus... (more story)

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EU Digital Fairness Act lobbying asks questions over enforcement of current rules May 19, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Tech platforms including gaming, e-commerce and social media platforms are in lobbying mode over the planned EU Digital Fairness Act. While they don't see a new law as needed at all, consumer organizations sup... (more story)

A hundred days into US FTC under new chairman, don't call leadership regulators May 09, 2025 | Mike Swift and Ilana Kowarski

Last week marked 100 days since the start of Andrew Ferguson’s leadership of the US Federal Trade Commission, and while the new chairman has frequently talked the talk of a full-throated Trump populist, the wa... (more story)

Age-verification regulation at EU level is needed, Danish minister Stage says May 09, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Social media platforms’ age verification — intended to keep children out — needs to be regulated at the EU level, Denmark's digital minister told MLex in an interview. Caroline Stage Olsen said that platforms ... (more story)

US faces crunch to secure critical minerals May 01, 2025 | Bradley Dress

The US is accelerating efforts to secure more critical minerals as a bitter trade war and other constraints are sparking concerns about supply chain security in Washington. 

Relief for UK crypto industry as legislation lands and US collaboration promised April 30, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

The UK cryptoasset industry breathed a collective sigh of relief yesterday afternoon with sight of long-promised legislation laying the path toward a regulated sector. It broadly met industry expectations and ... (more story)

Privacy, AI leaders use IAPP global summit to grasp scale of regulatory change April 29, 2025 | MLex Staff

Among the world's leading privacy and artificial intelligence lawyers, regulators, tech leaders and academics at the 2025 IAPP Global Privacy Summit last week, talk was frequently about how jarringly different... (more story)

How do UK plans to upgrade cybersecurity rules measure up to EU's NIS2? (update*) April 24, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

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)

US FTC privacy regime to focus on tech competition, protecting children, Holyoak says April 23, 2025 | Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes

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)