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Australia begins enforcing under-16 social media ban, but probes stay under wraps
Australia began enforcing its under-16 social media ban on Wednesday, but the online safety regulator says it won’t comment on individual investigations, leaving th... (more story)
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US Supreme Court considers FTC’s executive power, ‘for cause’ removal protections
The US Supreme Court seemed poised Monday to give the president the power to remove members of independent agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission for any rea... (more story)
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Social media giants say US school districts can't link design features, damages
School districts cannot pin a youth mental-health crisis, or their multimillion-dollar plan for fixing it, on any design feature of Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or Sn... (more story)
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The US-based tech company Reddit has filed proceedings in Australia’s top court, arguing that the country’s new law restricting access to social media platforms for under-16s, which came into effect on Dec. 10... (more story)
Algorithm-enhanced doom scrolling and its potential impact on children's mental health may be fueling calls for stricter control in the West but Japan for now isn’t considering that angle, according to experts... (more story)
Pornography website operator AVS Group has begun to install age assurance checks for UK users, a week after it was fined £1 million by the country's online safety watchdog for a failure to do so as required by... (more story)
A group of six EU countries — Czechia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg and Slovenia — has expressed skepticism about any market consolidation in the EU’s telecom market, as well as any changes to rules th... (more story)
US state attorneys general will continue fighting a monopolization lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster and proceed with a March 2026 trial should the US Department of Justice, which is leading the lit... (more story)
The UK minister for AI and online safety, Kanishka Narayan, has called on lawmakers to point out any gaps in the country’s Online Safety Act with respect to risks posed by AI chatbots.
With just over one week to go before the long-awaited and politically sensitive “Smartphone Law” goes into effect, the chief of Japan’s antitrust regulator on Wednesday praised the law as a boon for competitio... (more story)
Australia began enforcing its under-16 social media ban on Wednesday, but the online safety regulator says it won’t comment on individual investigations, leaving the scope and pace of early probes largely opaq... (more story)
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Regulators worldwide have woken up to a need to police online safety for minors. Australia has arguably gone the furthest, banning social media for under-16s from this week. In Europe, America, Asia and beyond... (more story)
The video-games industry has moved into the global regulatory spotlight. Policymakers, particularly in the EU, are advancing new rules and stricter enforcement, while court cases are multiplying in the US, all... (more story)
Age verification is increasingly seen as a way to keep children away from harm online, as seen with versions in place in the EU, UK and the US. But there are widespread fears that proving your age necessarily ... (more story)
Governments around the world are trying to tighten their scrutiny of social media recommender systems, the algorithms that determine what users see on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok. After years of deb... (more story)
Government social media age restrictions, such as the one coming into force this week in Australia, or broad content-moderation laws such as those in the EU and the UK, are impossible in the US because they ar... (more story)
The Indian government has scrapped its directive mandating the "Sanchar Saathi" cybersecurity app on new smartphones after just five days. Despite claiming "increasing acceptance," the swift U-turn — forced by... (more story)
The Global Disinformation Index, or GDI, has joined Media Matters in asking a US court to curb the Federal Trade Commission’s probe into an alleged advertiser boycott — a challenge that is expected to see simi... (more story)
Investment funds engaging in for-profit support of court cases aren't likely to see any EU-wide regulatory action in the short term. The European Commission appears to see no reason to intervene, and for now i... (more story)