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US DOJ Antitrust Division’s top enforcers barred from public events
Political appointees at the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division are being barred from speaking at public events by the agency’s leadership, MLex has learn... (more story)
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Trump imposes tariffs on semiconductor chips, takes action on critical minerals
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed proclamations imposing tariffs on semiconductor chips and taking separate trade action on critical minerals — moves that ... (more story)
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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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The European Commission has proposed binding rules under a revised Cybersecurity Act to force telecom operators and other priority sectors to phase out high-risk IT vendors such as Huawei. The move replaces vo... (more story)
Major social media platforms could face new restrictions in the UK as the government consults on measures that include a possible ban on under-16s, changes to the digital age of consent and limits on addictive... (more story)
The presentation of a controversial draft EU law which aims to speed up the bloc's industrial production in key sectors and protect supply chains for cutting edge technologies, including by favoring European c... (more story)
A ban on the AI-powered generation of non-consensual sexual images could be included in the EU's AI law, the bloc's tech chief has said. The comment follows outcry of the use of X's AI chatbot Grok to create s... (more story)
A Shanghai court recently held a second instance hearing in China’s first criminal case involving AI-generated obscene content, putting the spotlight on how far companionship AI developers can be held liable u... (more story)
Japanese law since 2008 has required mobile carriers and parents to police children’s internet use, in the form of virtual filters and guidance. But the onus of responsibility in the future may be shifted, at ... (more story)
The Bank of England and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority must stress-test AI-driven shocks to the financial sector, a parliamentary committee said in a report on Tuesday, warning regulators are failing to ... (more story)
UK lawmakers are set to debate this week proposals that could impose an Australia-style ban on social media use for under-16s, as scrutiny over online harms intensifies following the Grok controversy. More tha... (more story)
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The UK's response to the outcry over the use of X's Grok artificial intelligence chatbot to create sexualized images of people without their permission has been focused on strengthening online safety laws and ... (more story)
The outcry over the use of X’s Grok chatbot to create sexualized deepfakes has provided a global stress-test of online safety laws and highlighted how national legal frameworks are shaping different approaches... (more story)
The pressure is on for a quick turnaround from UK regulator Ofcom in its investigation into non-consensual images on X. But the Online Safety Act’s emphasis on risk assessments — paired with its own lack of tr... (more story)
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)