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Brazil’s crackdown on US Big Tech fuels Trump’s tariff threat
Punitive tariffs on Brazilian goods proposed by US President Donald Trump stem, in part, from Brazil's tough stance on civil liability for third-party content on so... (more story)
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Age verification providers see new UK certification trademark from data watchdog
Age verification providers in the UK can now display a new certification trademark to signal compliance with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office standards. The... (more story)
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Ruling on Texas age-gating law doesn’t worry tech trade group NetChoice
The US Supreme Court’s decision that a Texas law requiring pornography websites to verify users’ age is constitutional is narrow enough not to impact challenges to ... (more story)
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Online platforms must enforce age checks from today to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act, regulator Ofcom said as it gains powers to enforce its children's protection codes. More than 1,000 services have ... (more story)
Authorities in Beijing, China’s capital city, are set to intensify efforts to curb the unauthorized collection and use of personal data through a new series of initiatives. Meanwhile, officials in Shanghai are... (more story)
Leniency applications for domestic and international cartels in Canada are increasing as enforcers take proactive actions such as "knock and talks" with market participants over enforcer concerns and conductin... (more story)
Wikipedia might need to comply with the strictest duties of the Online Safety Act, the UK government admitted in a London court today, noting that the categorization rules are based on platforms' functionaliti... (more story)
Online platforms under the high-risk category of the guidelines on minor protection get a grace period of up to 12 months in which to implement strict age verification. Instead, they can put age-estimation mec... (more story)
Amid growing concerns over rising gambling addiction attributed to online casinos — which are illegal in Japan — the Japanese parliament recently approved an amendment to the law on countermeasures against gam... (more story)
Google should be compelled to produce statements it made to the European Commission analyzing the cost, burden, or difficulty of any remedies imposed on it because they affect the credibility of its defenses t... (more story)
A US judge cast doubt on attempts to hold TikTok and Google liable for failing to remove harmful videos under a product-liability and false-misrepresentation theory, suggesting the claims are still barred by S... (more story)
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Wikipedia is confident a solution will be found to prevent UK online safety rules from disrupting its services in Britain, founder Jimmy Wales told MLex. As the Wikimedia Foundation’s legal challenge to the UK... (more story)
Punitive tariffs on Brazilian goods proposed by US President Donald Trump stem, in part, from Brazil's tough stance on civil liability for third-party content on social media platforms, and Brazilian President... (more story)
A recent US Supreme Court decision allowing states to implement laws requiring age verification to access online pornography is spilling into discussions about social media regulations.
Online platforms have been told to expect more UK regulation to protect children online, with a focus on addictive design and healthier online habits. But it remains to be seen whether the British government i... (more story)
Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo, the first in Brazil to hold the three most notable positions in the country's competition authority — councilor, superintendent and president — is departing as president of the Admin... (more story)
The EU’s push for simplification of its laws has come up against a range of underlying tensions in the digital arena, including political ambition, bureaucratic inertia and industry pressure to roll back years... (more story)
Social media and search services could face new UK duties to share data with researchers, under proposals published by regulator Ofcom as part of its Online Safety Act implementation. But industry resistance, ... (more story)
The Financial Stability Board’s appointment of Randal Quarles to review the status of post-2008 reforms has raised the hackles of a senior US Senate Democrat who said it could be “putting the international fin... (more story)