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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US Department of Justice Joins xAI Lawsuit Challenging Colorado AI Law
Report from the Colorado Sun In Brief – The US Department of Justice has joined a lawsuit filed by xAI, the AI company owned by Elon Musk, seeking to block Colorado’s first-in-the-nation AI safety law from taking effect. Senate Bill 205, which was signed into law in...
Norwegian Government Announces Their Plan for a Social Media Age Limit
Report from Reuters In Brief – The Government of Norway has announced that it will a submit a bill in parliament by year-end to ban teens from using social media until January 1 of the year they turn 16. Access to social media won’t be based strictly on birthdays, but...
FTC Settles Ad Agencies to End Group Online “Brand Safety” Standards
Report from MediaPost In Brief – The Federal Trade Commission announced antitrust settlement agreements with major advertising holding companies Dentsu, Publicis, and WPP to end what the regulator alleges was unlawful collusion in setting industry-wide “brand safety”...
US Department of Justice Won’t Help French Prosecutors Probe Musk’s X
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – The US Justice Department is declining to assist French authorities investigating X, describing the effort as a politically motivated misuse of the criminal justice system to regulate online speech in a way that conflicts...
Another Arkansas Social Media Law Blocked by Federal Judge
Report from the Arkansas Advocate In Brief – US District Judge Timothy Brooks has issued a temporary injunction blocking Arkansas Act 900 that was set to restrict minors from accessing social media with certain features. The 2025 law, challenged by the tech industry...
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