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White House drops plan to nominate Baasch to US Federal Trade Commission
The White House no longer plans to nominate Ryan Baasch to be a member of the Federal Trade Commission, as he will be promoted to a role as deputy director of the N... (more story)
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End of Apple’s UK encryption dispute sheds little light on future privacy risks
What lies ahead for companies offering encrypted online services in the UK remains unclear, despite a dispute between Apple and the government sputtering out last a... (more story)
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South Korea adopts tougher liability, platform self-rules in online disinformation law
South Korea's government on Tuesday approved legislation designed to combat the online spread of fabricated and manipulated content, combining tougher civil liabili... (more story)
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The UK government has said it will criminalize the creation of intimate images without consent “in the coming weeks,” criticized X’s decision to restrict Grok’s image editing tools to paying users, and pressed... (more story)
A revised EU cybersecurity law is likely to be delayed until Jan. 20, as a proposed mandatory regime for phasing out Chinese and other vendors of technology equipment from critical infrastructure that are deem... (more story)
X has limited image generation and editing on its Grok AI chatbot to paying subscribers, according to posts from the tool’s official account on the platform, which means only users who provide full account and... (more story)
Meta Platforms WhatsApp is set to be classified as a very large online platform by the European Commission in January, MLex has learned, bringing it under the EU’s Digital Services Act’s strictest regulatory o... (more story)
Chinese authorities will tighten content management on e-commerce platforms and regulate the use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. following the rollout of new measures governing livest... (more story)
MediaTek and Realtek attorneys faced extensive questioning from a California federal judge Thursday as he considers whether to throw out antitrust litigation related to a $1 million bounty for patent infringem... (more story)
X’s Grok chatbot has drawn criticism from the UK Prime Minister after being used to generate non-consensual intimate deepfake images. Keir Starmer said on Thursday that the content was unacceptable and that on... (more story)
The UK government and the national privacy regulator have agreed a new framework for cooperation on data protection, committing departments to follow a clear protocol when responding to personal data breaches ... (more story)
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Elon Musk’s platform X has moved to restrict Grok's image generation and editing tools to paying users following weeks of regulatory and political backlash over the creation of intimate deepfakes. The change h... (more story)
French booksellers, European banks and accountants are among those urging the European Commission to clamp down on US tech gatekeepers, voicing concerns about a continued stranglehold on some markets. Response... (more story)
Character.AI and Google chose a different path than social media companies when facing a wave of lawsuits alleging their chatbots contribute to suicides and mental health issues for children and teenagers — th... (more story)
The boom in AI and the platform economy is posing challenges to Europe’s legal order and will raise questions over the approach to copyright, contracts and transparency, according to Maciej Szpunar, one of the... (more story)
Europe’s big phone companies — such as Telefónica, Orange and Deutsche Telekom — are unlikely to see a major overhaul of the EU's telecom rules this year. But the European Commission's planned Digital Networks... (more story)
Companies operating in China face diverging pressures in 2026 as data privacy and cybersecurity policy pull in several directions at once. Public unease over data misuse, rising geopolitical friction with the ... (more story)
Meta Platform’s blockbuster acquisition of Manus appears straightforward: A US tech giant buys a promising artificial intelligence startup. But the deal exposes a troubling pattern for Beijing — Chinese-develo... (more story)
Vietnam’s passage of multiple digital laws in 2025 was intended to provide the regulatory clarity investors need, but companies heading into 2026 face a transition year of uncertainty as authorities finalize i... (more story)