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.
European Opponents of Cross-Border Data Flows Continues to Oppose Them
Report from Computing UK In Brief – EU privacy campaigners are pressing the European Union to dismantle its 2023 data transfer agreement with the United States following the recent decision by the US Supreme Court that granted the President the authority to remove Federal Trade Commission members. Austrian activist Max Schrems and his organization, Noyb, argue that the ruling undermines the FTC’s independence, which they claim is a core requirement of European law for protecting personal data. Because the European Commission heavily relied on this independent regulator for its adequacy...
YouTube Reaches Settlement in Second Social Media “Addiction” Lawsuit
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – YouTube has reached a confidential settlement with R.K.C.,...
Swedish Court Orders Google to Pay Klarna Nearly $2 Billion in Damages
Report from EuroNews In Brief – Sweden’s Patent and Market Court has ruled in the antitrust...
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Apple Contempt Order in Epic Fight
Report from Reuters In Brief – The US Supreme Court has stepped into the long-running antitrust...
Trump Administration Lifts Export Ban on Top Anthropic Models
Report from the New York Times In Brief – The Trump administration lifted export restrictions that...
Another Federal Appeals Court Upholds a Social Media Age Limit Law
Report from MediaPost In Brief – A panel of the US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that...
EU Commission Believes DMA Covers Amazon and Microsoft Cloud Services
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – The European Commission has announced that the...
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