Mimi Vishio, the acting director of civil enforcement at the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, is leaving the agency, MLex has learned, marking yet another high-profile departure in recent months.

YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, X and other platforms listed on the top tier of a new UK online safety register would need to give users a chance to filter out harmful but legal content on their feeds under plans p... (more story)

Uber Eats, Airbnb, Quora and ChatGPT Search are among the less expected services to face additional UK online safety duties, sector regulator Ofcom's long-awaited first categorization register shows. Facebook,... (more story)

Social media and search platforms would have to establish stronger systems to detect and remove fraudulent advertisements, verify advertisers and test artificial intelligence advertising tools for vulnerabilit... (more story)

Meta Platforms is breaching the EU’s Digital Services Act through the addictive design of Facebook and Instagram, the European Commission found on Friday. The probe focuses on features including infinite scrol... (more story)

China's leading artificial-intelligence chatbot providers are removing intelligent agent functions from their flagship consumer apps ahead of sweeping new rules governing AI virtual companions and emotional-su... (more story)

Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram head Adam Mosseri and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel must testify at a second bellwether US trial in litigation over social media’s alleged harm to youth mental... (more story)

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority says a crackdown on illegal promotions by "finfluencers," insider dealing and more is evidence that the first year of its five-year strategy is working. The regulator used ... (more story)