Report from the Toronto Star In Brief – The Canadian Journalism Collective, an organization that is distributing some of the funds contributed by Google to pay Canadian news media outlets in exchange for Google being exempted from the media payments scheme created by...
Conservative Activist Sues Meta Over Defamatory AI Hallucinations
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – Robby Starbuck, a conservative activist notable for successfully pressuring companies to change their DEI practices, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Meta alleging that its AI tool smeared him by falsely asserting...
Oregon Legislature Advances a Forced State Media Funding Bill
Report from the Nelson Star In Brief – Legislation that aims to force the largest digital platform companies, especially Google and Meta, to pay Oregon media companies when the content they create appears in search results or on the companies’ social media platforms,...
Apple Appeals “Extraordinary” Judicial Order That Bans App Fees and Rules
Report from the BBC In Brief – Apple has petitioned the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to block a court order from District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers requiring it to permit all app developers to direct users to external websites for in-app purchases without...
Federal Court Rejects FTC Bid to Overturn Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition
Report from Reuters In Brief – A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s effort to overturn District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley’s 2023 decision to turn down the regulator’s motion to block Microsoft’s $69...
House Republicans Trying to Preempt State AI Regulations in Big Budget Bill
Report from the Washington Post In Brief – The legislative recommendations proposed by the Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee for the big budget reconciliation bill that is designed to carry out the major tax and spending policies of President Trump...
US-UK Framework Trade Deal Does Not Include Digital Taxes (Yet)
Report from Politico In Brief – The framework for a new trade deal between the United States and United Kingdom, which was hailed by both President Trump and Prime Minister Starmer as the first agreement that will forestall much of the tariff increase announced by...
Library of Congress and Copyright Office Firings Attributed to AI Legal Fight
Report from the Washington Post In Brief – President Donald Trump continued his campaign of firing executive branch officials often considered immune to being removed without cause when the White House changes partisan hands, removing the Librarian of Congress, the...
Mississippi Social Media Law Again Being Challenged in Federal Court
Report from MediaPost In Brief – NetChoice, a digital company trade group that has had significant success challenging state laws regulating social media, has again asked a federal judge to block a Mississippi law requiring that digital services verify users’ ages and...
The Kids Online Safety Act is Back, This Time with Apple’s Backing
Report from the Washington Post In Brief – The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), legislation pressing social media platforms to shield teens from objectionable content, including promotion of self-harm, substance abuse, and sexual exploitation, has again been introduced...
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Google Wins Dismissal of Publisher Antitrust Lawsuits Targeting AI in Search
Report from Reuters In Brief – Federal District Judge Amit Mehta, who found that Google held a monopoly in internet search in 2024, has dismissed a private antitrust lawsuit brough by two online publishers who alleged that the search giant unlawfully used their...
California Enacts Law Setting AI Standards for Legal Practice
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – In response to concerns nationwide over AI-generated legal filings containing hallucinated or misinterpreted case citations, California has enacted first-in-the-nation legislation regulating how attorneys use generative artificial...
Google to Face Federal Defamation Lawsuit Over AI Overviews
Report from the East Bay Times In Brief – A Federal District Judge in Illinois has partly rejected Google’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit by James Keene, a writer, TV producer and former FBI operative, alleging that Google’s AI Overviews defamed him by providing false...
4Chan’s Lawsuit Against UK Ofcom Dismissed in US Court
Report from Law Commentary In Brief – Federal Judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington, DC, has dismissed a lawsuit brought by internet platform companies 4chan and Kiwi Farms against Britain’s media regulator Ofcom, determining that the foreign government agency was...
FTC Considering Rules Requiring Platforms to Deal with Fake Ads
Report from MediaPost In Brief – The Federal Trade Commission has issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on the agency possibly issuing regulations that could require online platforms to take steps to combat fraudulent ads. The FTC...
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