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Meta to face Massachusetts claims during bench trial next May July 29, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Meta Platforms is set for a bench trial to face claims it violated the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act and constituted a public nuisance, a Massachusetts judge decided Wednesday.

Google’s search monopoly rents still flowing, US DOJ, states tell appeals court July 29, 2026 | Chris May

Google continues to reap billions of dollars in supracompetitive profits from an unlawful, data-fueled “flywheel” that keeps spinning because a District of Columbia federal judge failed to end contracts centra... (more story)

New York to restrict 'addictive' social media features for children July 29, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

New York Attorney General Letitia James released the state’s new rules to limit “addictive” features on social media platforms under the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act.

South Korea regulator floats parental consent for young social-media users July 29, 2026 | Jenny Lee

South Korea could consider requiring parental consent for children around age 14 to join social-media platforms, its communications regulator said Wednesday. Korea Media and Communications Commission Chair Kim... (more story)

X opposes Australian social-media ban bill as TikTok, YouTube detail compliance July 29, 2026 | Sean Maguire

X Corp. has urged Australia to abandon or substantially revise legislation that would strengthen enforcement of the country’s under-16 social media ban, arguing it gives the eSafety Commissioner overly broad i... (more story)

Meta restricted internal study showing harms to young users, US jury hears July 29, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

A large internal Meta Platforms study documented widespread harmful experiences among young Instagram users, but former engineering director Arturo Bejar told a Tennessee jury that the company restricted the f... (more story)

xAI liable for enabling Grok's deepfake sexualized images, UK lawsuit argues July 28, 2026 | Imogen Howse

xAI should be held liable for its chatbot Grok creating deepfake sexualized images because the underlying model's design enabled it to generate such content, according to new filings in a UK legal challenge. L... (more story)

Meta, Amazon breach EU transparency rules via AI ‘doctors’ on Instagram, report says July 28, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

AI-generated Instagram accounts posing as health experts are wrongfully verified with blue check marks, according to a Spanish advocacy group. Fundación Maldita accuses both Meta and Amazon of breaching Europe... (more story)

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Meta's Tennessee, New Mexico defenses similar as second state trial gets underway July 27, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Meta Platforms' defense so far in a consumer protection lawsuit brought by the Tennessee attorney general mirrors that used in the New Mexico trial it lost earlier this year.

What will the UK tech ministry's abolition mean for policy and regulation? July 27, 2026 | Imogen Howse and Patricia Figueiredo

Shutting down the UK government's technology department is expected to slow policymaking and fragment coordination across AI, cybersecurity and online safety, even as AI policy moves closer to the center of go... (more story)

Google, Epic app store injunction split creates global competition experiment July 24, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Chris May

Google and Epic Games’ recent abandonment of their effort to modify an injunction before a California federal judge could create a natural experiment that will test two different systems for restoring competit... (more story)

South Korea's fake-news law puts platforms on notice despite limited impact July 24, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korea’s revised Network Act may have little immediate operational impact on companies such as Google, Meta, Naver and Kakao, but it marks a significant step toward assigning online platforms greater resp... (more story)

US legal fight over social media addiction faces long road ahead July 23, 2026 | Xu Yuan

In sprawling nationwide litigation over social media addiction, Meta Platforms, Snap, YouTube and TikTok are looking at years of fighting ahead as any resolution that may lead to palpable changes to the platfo... (more story)

Hurdles remain for Trump's prospective head of US DOJ's Antitrust Division July 22, 2026 | Chris May and Alex Wilts

Adam Candeub, President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee antitrust enforcement at the US Department of Justice, must clear procedural and institutional hurdles before he can implement any vision for the futur... (more story)

France’s social media ban for under-15s could accelerate EU legislation July 22, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Anna Lauwereys

France's ban on social media for users under age 15 could speed up EU legislation on protecting children online, after lawmakers watered down the measure to preserve the European Commission's powers under the ... (more story)

Suits filed against TikTok over addictive design span US, advance under radar July 21, 2026 | Mike Swift

With trials against Meta Platforms drawing the bulk of the attention among state challenges to the allegedly addictive design of social media platforms, litigation by states challenging the legality of TikTok'... (more story)