Meta Platforms was able to claim a win this week when another individual plaintiff dropped her addictive-design claim against the company. But the pervasive aspect of so many state addictive-design suits — MLe... (more story)

Zillow and Redfin will have to convince a US federal judge at a trial next week that an allegedly illegal deal between them did not stunt multifamily rental advertising competition, while defending a $100 mill... (more story)

The 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act remains a barrier to forcing social media sites to implement better age-verification techniques, even as technology has advanced and states seek age verificati... (more story)

The UK privacy regulator is preparing a statutory code on AI and automated decision-making, while scoping research on AI’s impact on children that MLex understands will inform the code. The Information Commiss... (more story)

The EU's latest attempt to reduce cookie banners has stalled as lawmakers struggle to balance consumers' demands for fewer consent requests, publishers' reliance on advertising revenue, and privacy advocates' ... (more story)

India's patent system finally has a test for deciding when an invention is merely a mental act, after the Delhi High Court stepped in where the patent office hadn't. The seven-step framework could curb arbitra... (more story)

Lawmakers across Europe are on notice in the wake of a ruling by France's highest constitutional authority that blanket social media bans for minors may be found to conflict with protections for freedom of exp... (more story)

Discord and Roblox, two lesser-known defendants in the sprawling nationwide litigation over social media safety for children and teenagers, are facing a growing number of lawsuits as Meta Platforms, Snap, TikT... (more story)