China's top economic planner eyes AI social safeguards as adoption expands
November 04, 2026
| MLex staff
China plans to strengthen monitoring of job displacement caused by artificial intelligence and introduce safeguards against addiction and emotional dependence, as authorities seek to contain the technology's s... (more story)
TikTok opposes Australian duty-of-care bill over eSafety chief's 'invasive' powers
November 04, 2026
| Saloni Sinha
TikTok Australia warned that the country’s proposed digital duty-of-care law in its current form would give the online safety regulator “invasive” powers, including to direct how online services must be operat... (more story)
EU judges question whether digital rulebook blocks German media transparency rules
November 03, 2026
| Júlia Tar
Companies operating online platforms could be subject to additional German transparency requirements to protect diversity of opinion, depending on how the EU Court of Justice interprets the Digital Services Ac... (more story)
EU Commission to withdraw financial data access proposal, draft shows (update*)
November 03, 2026
| Fanny Roux
The European Commission plans to withdraw its proposed Financial Data Access Regulation, or FIDA, within six months, according to a draft 2027 work program, obtained by MLex. The proposal, aimed at facilitatin... (more story)
Tech companies to see reform of EU consumer-enforcement structure
November 03, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
A broad range of tech companies are set to face a reform of the EU's consumer-enforcement structure, a senior European Commission official confirmed on Tuesday. The reform would allow the commission to take on... (more story)
Regulation must accelerate UK tech industry, not slow it down, minister says
November 03, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
UK tech businesses facing regulatory barriers to growth should raise them with the government early, science, innovation and investment minister Chris McDonald has said. The government should become a “better ... (more story)
UK infrastructure faces AI-powered ransomware threat by 2028, cyber agency warns
November 03, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo and Imogen Howse
AI-powered malware is "highly likely" to be used in a ransomware attack on the UK's critical national infrastructure by 2028, the National Cyber Security Centre, or NCSC, warned in a report published Tuesday, ... (more story)
Reddit tells top court Australia's social media ban is 'overbroad'
November 03, 2026
| Saloni Sinha
Australia’s social media ban for under-16s imposes an unjustifiable restriction on political communication while failing to protect children from the risks it targets, Reddit argued as the country’s top court ... (more story)