Asos confirms customer data accessed in UK after hacker impersonated a contact
October 08, 2026
| Imogen Howse
UK fashion retailer Asos has confirmed that a hacker gained access to personal customer information — including names and contact details — after impersonating a trusted contact to obtain an employee’s login c... (more story)
Meta faces India scrutiny over Instagram Remix, AI misuse, copyright risks
October 08, 2026
| Freny Patel
Meta Platforms faces scrutiny in India after the Delhi High Court questioned whether Instagram’s Remix feature facilitates copyright infringement, raising broader concerns over platform responsibility for tool... (more story)
FTC's Meador says EU's DMA has yet to demonstrate promised benefits
October 08, 2026
| Anna Ferrari
The EU's Digital Markets Act has yet to demonstrate its promised benefits, US Federal Trade Commission official Mark Meador said, arguing that available evidence doesn’t show the rules have improved legal cert... (more story)
Meta's Teen Accounts fail to ease Indonesia's child-safety concerns
October 08, 2026
| Roffie Kurniawan
Meta Platforms' Instagram and Facebook remain classified as high-risk platforms under Indonesia's online child-protection rules despite introducing Teen Account safety features and blocking 184,000 accounts be... (more story)
AI impersonation highlighted in China's crackdown on fake short-video personas
October 08, 2026
| MLex Staff
China’s internet regulator has launched a two-month nationwide campaign targeting fabricated personas in short videos, including impersonation using artificial intelligence, as it steps up scrutiny of deceptiv... (more story)
Universal Music argues Cloudflare is liable for music piracy, EU court told
October 07, 2026
| Matthew Newman
Universal Music argued at the EU’s top court that Cloudflare should be held liable for copyright infringement because its content delivery services helped a piracy website make unauthorized music downloads ava... (more story)
EU lawmakers to present report on EU's Cloud and AI Development Act in December
October 07, 2026
| Masha Borak and Oscar Pandiello
A European Parliament committee is expected to present its joint draft report on the Cloud and AI Development Act in December, with a vote planned for mid-March, according to a provisional timetable seen by ML... (more story)
France's failure to implement EU media rules harms merger oversight, groups say
October 07, 2026
| Anna Ferrari
France's failure to implement new EU media merger rules has created a regulatory gap that affects deals, according to a new report by press freedom organisations. It says the new safeguards cannot yet be effec... (more story)