Latest News in Public Policy Impacting Digital Platforms and AI
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European Commission Expands Their DSA Probe of Online Porn Sites
Report from CBC News In Brief – The European Commission has announced that they have preliminarily found four large adult content platforms to be in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for failing to protect minors from being exposed to pornographic content on their services. EU officials say the companies, which are designated as Very Large Online Platforms under the DSA and therefore face the strictest regulatory requirements and enforcement directly by the commission, failed to implement effective safeguards to prevent minors from accessing explicit material. Regulators criticized...
UK Government Targeting Manosphere Content on Online Platforms
Report from The Guardian In Brief – More than 60 Labour MPs have urged Ofcom, the country’s...
Google Proposes a Publisher Opt-Out for AI-Enabled Search in the UK
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Google has outlined plans to give publishers more authority over...
Dutch Court Bans Grok from Creating Nude and Partially Nude Images
Report from Reuters In Brief – A Dutch court has ordered AI company xAI to stop its chatbot Grok...
Federal Judge Rejects Publisher Antitrust Lawsuit Targeting Google Search
Report from Reuters In Brief – Google has won the dismissal of a proposed class action lawsuit...
Snapchat Facing an EU Probe for Failing to Protect Minors
Report from Politico In Brief – The European Commission has announced an investigation into...
Pressure Grows in EU Parliament for an EU-Wide Digital Services Tax
Report from DigWatch In Brief – The chair of the European Parliament’s subcommittee on tax matters...
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