Technology

Google, Meta Platforms and other major technology companies face calls to improve complaint handling, explain account suspensions and provide greater transparency over their dealings with Japanese businesses as Japan prepa...(read more)

David MacNeil has withdrawn his nomination to be a Republican commissioner on the US Federal Trade Commission, and the Trump administration is set to nominate Chris Mufarrige for the same spot, a White House source told ML...(read more)

Regulator Ofcom has been accused of taking a "minimalist" approach to implementing the UK's Online Safety Act. During a parliamentary session examining the impact of the law, witnesses said Ofcom was not using the full sco...(read more)

The European Commission plans to withdraw its proposed Green Claims Directive — which would have required companies to obtain independent verification of environmental claims before communicating them to consumers — accord...(read more)

A revised draft of the EU’s Cloud and AI Development Act would narrow European Commission powers over cloud sovereignty requirements, and would ease compliance. The compromise offered by Ireland — which is chairing meeting...(read more)

China plans to strengthen monitoring of job displacement caused by artificial intelligence and introduce safeguards against addiction and emotional dependence, as authorities seek to contain the technology's social risks w...(read more)

TikTok Australia warned that the country’s proposed digital duty-of-care law in its current form would give the online safety regulator “invasive” powers, including to direct how online services must be operated. In an Oct...(read more)

Companies operating online platforms could be subject to additional German transparency requirements to protect diversity of opinion, depending on how the EU Court of Justice interprets the Digital Services Act. At a heari...(read more)