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Meta to seek reconsideration of DC ruling over evidence suppression October 24, 2025 | Xu Yuan

Meta Platforms plans to ask a court in Washington, DC, to reconsider its ruling that the company must turn over documents related to internal research on social media’s negative impact on children because they... (more story)

UK businesses facing ransomware threats get new guidance; no timeline for cyber bill October 24, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK companies have received new guidance on strengthening supply chain protections against ransomware, as pressure grows on ministers to advance the long-awaited Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. Published Fr... (more story)

Upcoming EU telecom law overhaul fails internal review October 24, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi and Matthew Newman

An impact assessment for the upcoming Digital Networks Act, an overhaul of the EU's telecom regulatory framework, has been rejected by the European Commission’s internal review body. It cited concerns over cop... (more story)

EU member states set to weigh enforcement of digital and product rules October 24, 2025 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi

The enforcement of the EU’s Digital Services Act and related product-safety laws will be in focus next week, when national officials meet under the Danish Council of the EU presidency to assess how the bloc’s ... (more story)

TikTok, Meta question EU findings of DSA breaches over researchers, user appeals October 24, 2025 | Júlia Tar

TikTok and Meta Platforms breached obligations under the EU’s Digital Services Act, the European Commission said on Friday in a statement outlining preliminary probe findings. The regulator said the companies ... (more story)

Macron renews multi-nation push for social media age limits October 24, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

The EU is moving toward establishing a “digital age of majority” to strengthen online child protection, French President Emmanuel Macron said at a late-night press conference following the EU leaders’ summit. ... (more story)

Meta wrongfully classified privileged documents about harms, DC judge rules October 23, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Meta Platforms must turn over communications about its researchers being advised by company lawyers to remove portions of research that show how the platform potentially harmed children, according to a court o... (more story)

EU states must 'do better' implementing cybersecurity laws, EU official says October 23, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

EU governments are still struggling to transpose and implement European cybersecurity laws, an EU official said at a conference on Thursday. With fewer than half of member states having converted those rules i... (more story)

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Italy’s anti-piracy crusade has led tech firms to battle new telecom rules October 22, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Italy’s struggle to curb online piracy of live sports has led technology companies to denounce the communications watchdog's new regulation of internet content delivery networks, and the possibility that they ... (more story)

Character.AI litigation in US spotlights questions about AI, Section 230 October 21, 2025 | Mike Swift

For more than a decade, critics of the broad legal protections for interactive online platforms provided by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act have argued the law is too broad, was designed for a ph... (more story)

US DOJ poised to fight state intervention in HPE-Juniper case October 21, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Flavia Fortes

The US Department of Justice can be expected to oppose the intervention by 12 states and the District of Columbia in an impending Tunney Act proceeding involving the $14 billion merger between Hewlett Packard ... (more story)

UK online safety watchdog’s pragmatic enforcement stance leaves room for doubt October 20, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK online safety regulator has closed four probes into file-sharing platforms after they "geoblocked" UK users. Ofcom said this reduced UK users' exposure to child sexual abuse material, but some warn that... (more story)

EU-wide social-media age limit is a must, lawmaker Schaldemose says October 15, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Social-media platforms must be made to impose minimum age limits in the EU, lawmaker Christel Schaldemose told MLex in an interview ahead of a vote on a pivotal report on a child-protection initiative on Thurs... (more story)

Brazil CADE president urges gradual approach to proposed digital markets unit October 14, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Brazil’s competition authority should take a measured approach to establishing a new digital markets superintendence, CADE President Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima told MLex, warning against moving too quickl... (more story)

Fight with 4chan is leftfield enforcement test for UK online safety regulator October 14, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

US online forum 4chan has point-blank refused to pay a UK fine of £20,000 imposed under the UK Online Safety Act for failing to give regulator Ofcom information required, and it is even suing the watchdog in a... (more story)

Japan's new mobile competition law gets muted response from domestic companies October 10, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

As Japan’s competition regulator promotes a new smartphone law designed to open mobile ecosystems that have long been dominated by Apple and Google, domestic companies have so far been slow to explore the busi... (more story)