Meta, others helped in largest cyber scam takedown in West Africa, US DOJ's Pirro says
October 13, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
Meta Platforms’ real-time intelligence on cyber-enabled scams helped law enforcement conduct the “largest ever takedown of fraudulent social media accounts linked to West African scam centers,” US Attorney for... (more story)
Meta accuses UK regulator Ofcom of pursuing highest online safety fines
October 13, 2026
| Imogen Howse
Meta Platforms has accused UK regulator Ofcom of seeking the highest possible online safety fines without properly assessing what was needed to deter breaches, a London court hearing heard on Tuesday. Ofcom re... (more story)
Germany’s media merger rules face biggest overhaul under EMFA
October 13, 2026
| Anna Ferrari
Germany’s draft overhaul of media merger rules has been published for public consultation. The proposal would implement the European Media Freedom Act by replacing the current television-focused regime with a ... (more story)
UK to resume frontier AI testing after US talks, minister says
October 12, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
The UK will resume testing of frontier AI models following recent negotiations with the US, AI minister Kanishka Narayan said Monday, as he outlined government plans to strengthen the country's cyber defenses ... (more story)
Instagram ‘Instants’ didn't meet EU risk assessment threshold, Meta says
October 12, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
Instagram’s Instants feature didn't meet the threshold requiring an additional risk assessment under the EU’s digital services law, Meta Platforms has said, adding that it reviewed the risks and briefed the Eu... (more story)
Australia's digital duty-of-care faces push for compensation rights
October 12, 2026
| Sean Maguire
Australia’s proposed digital duty-of-care, expected to be introduced in parliament this week, faces demands by the Greens for compensation rights and fines tied to tech companies’ global revenue. The duty-of-c... (more story)
Meta criticized over ‘concerning’ evidence approach by US judge in social media case
October 09, 2026
| Xu Yuan
Meta Platforms was reprimanded by a US judge over the way it has applied legal privilege to internal communications and documents, as it faces requests to re-review hundreds of thousands of documents for an up... (more story)
MultiPlan to answer for disappearing iPhone texts in US antitrust case, judge says
October 09, 2026
| Clayton Vickers
MultiPlan will have to answer interrogatories over whether specific executives chose to enable disappearing messages on their iPhones after being served a litigation hold in a case involving US antitrust claim... (more story)