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New Zealand prime minister promises social-media ban legislation before election November 11, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

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)

X may face its first formal decision under EU’s Digital Services Act November 10, 2025 | Matthew Newman

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)

Online services to get crisis protocol, AI poll guidance under EU Democracy Shield November 10, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter, Luca Bertuzzi and Lewis Crofts

A new crisis protocol for online services and guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in electoral processes is being prepared as part of a broader EU effort to counter information manipulation, accordi... (more story)

Humphrey's Executor shouldn't exist, two state AGs say November 08, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Tennessee's attorney general said Friday that a 90-year-old US Supreme Court ruling, which established that Congress can constitutionally limit the president's power to remove officials from independent regula... (more story)

Slaughter warns US Supreme Court of governance risks if FTC firing not reversed November 07, 2025 | Claude Marx

Lawyers for former US Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter told the Supreme Court Friday that upholding her firing at the hands of President Donald Trump would “profoundly destabilize” key ... (more story)

Wi-Fi group, mobile operators make final pitch for use of upper 6-GHz band in EU November 07, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Companies representing the mobile and Wi-Fi industries made their final push this week ahead of a crucial decision next Wednesday on the use of the upper 6 GHz band — a key slice of spectrum that’s coveted by ... (more story)

EU cyber resilience law advancing work on standards and oversight, documents show November 07, 2025 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi

The EU Cyber Resilience Act is entering a new stage of implementation, with the first set of cybersecurity standards under development and a new EU-wide "observatory" for digital security governance set to sta... (more story)

Foreign e-commerce platforms face tighter rules in draft Vietnam law November 07, 2025 | Hoa Dinh

Vietnam’s draft e-commerce law would impose stringent responsibilities on platforms and their legal representatives, including joint liability for certain violations. However, both industry players and lawmake... (more story)

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Some Big Tech companies faced big legal, regulatory bills this quarter November 11, 2025 | Mike Swift

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 braces for under-16 social media restrictions even as questions remain November 10, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

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, Epic Games, states to face US judge over Play Store deals November 06, 2025 | Alex Wilts

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)

Proposed FTC Commissioner Baasch brings privacy, competition litigation chops to agency November 05, 2025 | Mike Swift and Chris May

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)

US Congress sharpens scrutiny of content moderation decisions October 31, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

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)

Social-media age verification needs Europe to work in step, Norway’s Tung says October 29, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

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)

Big Tech faces new risk of injunctions as BEUC plots court action October 28, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

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)

Ad tracking tools subject to further scrutiny under US bulk data rule October 27, 2025 | Xu Yuan

As digital advertising faces the increasing scrutiny that comes with mounting litigation and tightened regulation, the US bulk data rule that originated from national security concerns over hostile foreign cou... (more story)