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US House withdraws bill transferring FTC’s competition powers to DOJ April 30, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Claude Marx

The US House Judiciary Committee today withdrew a bill that would have eliminated the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition and transferred and consolidated the agency’s antitrust powers in the Depa... (more story)

US FTC alleges bad-faith discovery tactics by Amazon in 'dark patterns' case April 30, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

At a hearing in the US Federal Trade Commission’s “dark patterns” case against Amazon, the two sides clashed over what the FTC said was a massive, last-minute document dump by the tech giant. The agency now pl... (more story)

Google CEO slams forced sale of Chrome as 'de facto' divestiture of search April 30, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google, told a US federal judge today the government’s proposal to hive off its Chrome browser as a remedy in a monopolization suit is “so far-reaching” that it is a “... (more story)

Platforms must tackle illegal 'finfluencers' more proactively, UK regulator says April 30, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Social media platforms must do more to take down illegal content online, a UK financial watchdog official said today. Lucy Castledine singled out Meta as particularly slow to respond to requests to remove acco... (more story)

Microsoft urges EU, US to wrap up e-evidence talks April 30, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter and Matthew Newman

Microsoft is pushing the EU and US to conclude talks on accessing electronic evidence in criminal investigations. The company's President Brad Smith told journalists today that negotiators should conclude talk... (more story)

ChatGPT faces possible designation as a systemic platform under EU digital law April 30, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

OpenAI's landmark chatbot, ChatGPT, is being considered by the European Commission for designation as a systemic platform under the EU Digital Services Act due to its web searching functionality, MLex has lear... (more story)

Google could leverage Gemini to dodge ban on default search, US DOJ expert says April 30, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Google could potentially leverage its Gemini app to use generative artificial intelligence to return search results, thereby circumventing any remedies a court may impose to stop its illegal agreements that pl... (more story)

US homeland security chief aims to 'put CISA back on mission' April 30, 2025 | Mike Swift

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem criticized the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for straying from its original cybersecurity mission by involving itself in determining truth and disi... (more story)

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Relief for UK crypto industry as legislation lands and US collaboration promised April 30, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

The UK cryptoasset industry breathed a collective sigh of relief yesterday afternoon with sight of long-promised legislation laying the path toward a regulated sector. It broadly met industry expectations and ... (more story)

Privacy, AI leaders use IAPP global summit to grasp scale of regulatory change April 29, 2025 | MLex Staff

Among the world's leading privacy and artificial intelligence lawyers, regulators, tech leaders and academics at the 2025 IAPP Global Privacy Summit last week, talk was frequently about how jarringly different... (more story)

How do UK plans to upgrade cybersecurity rules measure up to EU's NIS2? (update*) April 24, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK companies this week finally received an outline of proposed cybersecurity reforms expected later this year. The UK aims to align its cybersecurity framework with the EU's NIS2 directive through the forthcom... (more story)

US FTC privacy regime to focus on tech competition, protecting children, Holyoak says April 23, 2025 | Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes

In a policy speech that signaled the US Federal Trade Commission’s return to “not stretching our legal authorities,” Commissioner Melissa Holyoak unveiled the Republican majority’s data privacy vision to bolst... (more story)

States may argue for issue preclusion in US adtech case against Google in Texas April 18, 2025 | Alex Wilts and Mike Swift

The US Department of Justice’s triumph against Google in a case challenging the tech giant’s practices in digital advertising markets opens up a question over whether states suing the company in Texas will nee... (more story)

In evolving EU tech rules to protect children, uncertainties still abound April 18, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

How social media and entertainment platforms should protect children and enforce age controls for under-18s is a question causing a headache for EU regulators. Rules for adult sites are clear, but the European... (more story)

Japan's order against Google prioritized timely action over monopolization charge April 18, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japanese antitrust experts have commended the Japan Fair Trade Commission's issuance of a cease-and-desist order against Google, addressing the company's default setting arrangements for search apps. It marks ... (more story)

Meta whistleblower stresses long-term UK online safety risks from US trade talks April 17, 2025 | Frank Hersey and Patricia Figueiredo

Speculation is rife that the UK’s online safety law is a pawn in ongoing trade negotiations with the Trump administration in the US, which sees it as as a censorship tool. But a former Meta employee told MLex ... (more story)