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Snapchat, YouTube, Apple and Google face EU scrutiny over protection of minors October 10, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Snapchat, Google’s YouTube and Google Play and Apple’s App Store are facing scrutiny from the European Union under the Digital Services Act over how they protect minors online. The commission sent information ... (more story)

Use lawful age checks to manage social-media bans, Australian watchdog warns tech companies October 09, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Social-media platforms will be actively monitored to ensure they “stay within the bounds by deploying age assurance proportionately and lawfully,” Australia's privacy regulator said, as the country prepares to... (more story)

Mozilla exec says Google search remedy brings relief; regulation, enforcement needed October 09, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Clayton Vickers

A remedy ruling in the Google search monopolization lawsuit in which a US federal judge allowed payments by the tech giant to independent browsers came as a relief, Mozilla’s top legal officer said while calli... (more story)

Google questioned by US judge on right to bundle Maps, YouTube with GenAI products October 09, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Google was questioned by a US federal judge on why it seeks the right to bundle the licensing of Google Maps and YouTube apps on the exclusive distribution of its generative AI products, saying he had concerns... (more story)

Australia's top online-safety official says she has 'nothing to hide' on tech retreat October 09, 2025 | James Panichi

Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s top online-safety official, has lashed out at MLex’s reporting about a tech retreat she attended in 2024, saying there was “nothing covert” about her taking part in the conferenc... (more story)

Clearview AI sees court back UK privacy regulator in jurisdiction fight October 08, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Clearview AI's data processing is under the scope of UK privacy laws, a court in London has ruled, and the UK privacy regulator does have jurisdiction to enforce fines against the US-based facial recognition f... (more story)

EU digital laws overhaul must prioritize legal clarity, Dutch government warns October 08, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

A planned overhaul of EU digital legislation must focus on legal clarity and coherence, the Dutch government is urging the European Commission. In a document shared with other governments, it calls for simplif... (more story)

German government opposes EU proposal to combat child sexual abuse material October 08, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Germany has thrown into doubt EU efforts to introduce stricter rules for online service providers to tackle child sexual abuse material online, after the country's justice minister said it opposed plans to for... (more story)

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Japan's new mobile competition law gets muted response from domestic companies October 10, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

As Japan’s competition regulator promotes a new smartphone law designed to open mobile ecosystems that have long been dominated by Apple and Google, domestic companies have so far been slow to explore the busi... (more story)

Meta, Google, ByteDance, Snap face pivotal trials over their grip on youth October 09, 2025 | Xu Yuan

A series of trials involving allegations against the world’s biggest social media companies — Meta Platforms, ByteDance, Google, and Snap — will take place in California beginning 2026 in federal and state cou... (more story)

Platforms, publishers to see renewed cookie debate in EU's simplification law October 09, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Adtech companies, publishers, and large US tech platforms are eagerly awaiting how the EU’s executive will amend the bloc's rules governing how websites obtain consent from users for the placement of cookies, ... (more story)

Child safety online, tech sovereignty at center of EU ministers’ talks October 09, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Stronger EU measures to protect children online, as well as ways to boost the EU's technological independence, will be topics in focus for national digital ministers meeting in Denmark on Friday against a back... (more story)

Free-speech activists challenge global reach of Australia's online watchdog October 09, 2025 | James Panichi

Demands that Meta Platforms and X Corp. remove from their social-media feeds certain violent content, including footage of the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk, has placed Australia’s online-sa... (more story)

Grounding of online money gaming leaves Indian industry in regulatory limbo October 09, 2025 | Freny Patel

India’s $25-billion online gaming sector faces an existential crisis following the sweeping nationwide ban on all online real-money games with the enactment of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act... (more story)

Patent implementers eye victory in EU tech-transfer rules revamp October 08, 2025 | Jean Comte and Inbar Preiss

Carmakers and other IP-intensive industries are likely to welcome a planned revamp of the EU’s competition rules for technology transfer, that would make it easier for them to jointly negotiate with patent own... (more story)

Brazil’s digital markets bill seeks to balance flexibility, accountability, official says October 01, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

A proposed law from the Ministry of Finance aims to empower Brazil’s competition agency to strengthen enforcement and ensure a competitive environment in digital markets, with a primary focus on Big Tech firms.