Technology

The Australian House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the government’s digital duty-of-care bill, which would require online platforms to identify and reduce risks on their services, give users over 16 t... (more story)

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant on Tuesday backed giving individuals the right to sue technology platforms for breaches of online-safety obligations, arguing that existing complaint systems ... (more story)

Meta Platforms’ obligations over user-generated content were at the heart of questions sent by senior German judges to the EU Court of Justice on Tuesday, setting up a closely watched test of social networks’ ... (more story)

Europe should pursue both industrial AI and frontier models, including from companies such as Mistral, a senior European Commission official said during an event on Tuesday. The EU's plan to develop the techno... (more story)

More UK businesses could be brought into the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill's scope after lawmakers approved an amendment requiring an annual review of its coverage, despite government opposition. Under th... (more story)

Providers of two adult services face UK investigations into their handling of non-consensual intimate images, online safety regulator Ofcom said on Monday. The probes, which form part of an enforcement program... (more story)

Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority found gaps in online safety safeguards across five designated app stores after testing more than 7,000 apps in its first assessment, covering April to December ... (more story)

Texas is seeking to bar OpenAI from releasing new AI models without independent safety approval, and prohibit minors from using ChatGPT. The state accused the company and CEO Sam Altman of knowingly putting co... (more story)