EU cookie rules need a 'new start,' not tweaks, Bavaria’s privacy watchdog says
May 13, 2026
| Matthew Newman
European regulators debating cookie rules should talk frankly about how they can be reformed to improve EU web users' lives rather than opting for technical tweaks that won’t help them, the chief privacy watch... (more story)
EU’s online content ‘trusted flaggers’ looking to new guidance to quell concerns
May 13, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
Online platforms are waiting for imminent EU guidance on the Digital Services Act's mechanism for expert notifications of illegal content; it's expected to include clarification on what organizations can be ce... (more story)
X’s Grok deepfakes scandal has seen limber lawmaking eclipse regulatory response
May 11, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
The scandal of X's Grok producing millions of sexualized deepfakes led to multiple probes early this year. None has concluded yet, though Brazil’s privacy regulator expects preliminary findings by June, while ... (more story)
New Mexico AG Torrez brings prosecutor's aggressiveness to Meta litigation
May 08, 2026
| Mike Swift
Not so long ago, Raúl Torrez was a New Mexico county prosecutor, focused on putting murderers and members of drug cartels behind bars. Now the state's attorney general, Torrez is arguably one of the most promi... (more story)
Deal over EU's AI omnibus package represents political victory for business
May 07, 2026
| Matthew Newman
The EU’s flagship AI Act was meant to be an example of the "Brussels effect," pioneering law that would inspire the word, but it ended up a target of the bloc’s simplification agenda to realize the goal of gre... (more story)
Tech firms adapting before Brazil's new child safety rules start, official says
May 05, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
Tech platforms and retailers have started adjusting to Brazil’s new online child safety law months before enforcement of age checks across a wide range of online services is due to kick in, the director of dig... (more story)
Chegg, Penske lean on Yelp case in bid to keep Google antitrust lawsuits alive
May 04, 2026
| Alex Wilts
Online learning company Chegg and news publisher Penske Media are seeking to ensure their antitrust lawsuits don’t suffer the same fate as other publishers’ claims against Google, pointing to Yelp’s case in Ca... (more story)
Ticket buyers resist Live Nation arbitration push amid US DOJ settlement fallout
April 29, 2026
| Alex Wilts and Samuel Rubenfeld
Consumers who bought event tickets on secondary platforms are fighting to keep their antitrust claims against Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster in New York federal court, resisting the company’s push ... (more story)