Latest News in Public Policy Impacting Digital Platforms and AI
Regulatory and legal developments you should be aware of put into context by an independent policy expert.
Meta Will Face Lawsuit Over Ads Violating Arkansas Right to Publicity
Report from MediaPost In Brief – US District Judge Gregory Williams has ruled that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, now U.S. ambassador to Israel, can proceed with a lawsuit accusing Meta of allowing Facebook ads to falsely suggest he endorsed CBD gummies. Huckabee claims that Meta running the ads violated Arkansas’s Frank Broyles Publicity Rights Protection Act, which gives residents control over the commercial use of their names and images. Meta argued that even if the allegations were true, the company itself had not commercially used Huckabee’s likeness because it only earned...
AI Companies Looking at Safety Collaboration within Antitrust Constraints
Report from CNBC In Brief – OpenAI has been talking with other artificial intelligence companies,...
Leading Microsoft AI Executive Questions Basic Anthropic Training Protocol
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Mustafa Suleyman, a top Microsoft AI business leader, has...
US Judge Releases Remedy Specifics in the Google AdTech Antitrust Case
Report from AdExchanger In Brief – Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema’s 106-page remedies order in the...
X Facing Irish Regulatory Probe Over Online Safety
Report from Silicon Republic In Brief – Ireland’s media regulator, the Coimisiún na Meán (CnaM),...
Florida AG Sues Netflix Following the Social Media Litigation Playbook
Report from NBC News In Brief – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) has filed a 66-page...
SpaceXAI Fails to Block Minnesota Law Banning “Nudification” Apps
Report from Politico In Brief – Federal Judge Donovan Frank rejected SpaceXAI’s effort to block...
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