Report from The Verge In Brief – Federal District Judge Anne Conway rejected the efforts of AI companion chatbot service Character AI and Google to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the mother of a teenage user of the service who committed suicide. Conway, who largely...
Missouri AG Regulating Content Moderation Under Consumer Protection Law
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced a rule under Missouri’s Merchandising Practices Act that bans social media platforms from setting their own content moderation standards. The rule states that it is an unfair,...
Big House Tax Bill Massively Raises Ante in International Digital Tax Standoff
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – The massive budget reconciliation tax and spending bill passed by the House of Representatives includes a tax provision that aggressively penalizes foreign countries that impose “unfair” taxes on US companies, bringing the House...
Missouri AG Regulating Content Moderation Under Consumer Protection Law
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced a rule under Missouri’s Merchandising Practices Act that bans social media platforms from setting their own content moderation standards. The rule states that it is an unfair,...
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Apple and EU Commission Argue Over Why Siri AI Won’t Roll Out in Europe
Report from the New York Times In Brief – European Union regulators forcefully rejected Apple’s claim that Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules are responsible for the company delaying the launch of its upgraded Siri AI assistant in Europe. Apple claimed that Commission...
New York Legislature Passes Bill Banning Data-Informed Pricing
Report from Gothamist In Brief – The New York state legislature has passed a bill to prohibit most businesses from using consumers’ personal data to set individualized prices, a long-standing practice in ecommerce that critics call “surveillance pricing.” Backers say...
Bipartisan AI Bill in US House Gets Chilly Reception from Both Sides
Report from Politico In Brief – A bipartisan proposal from Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Lori Trahan (D-MA) to establish a comprehensive federal framework for AI regulation was met by significant resistance on both sides of the partisan divide, illustrating the major...
European Publishers Suing Google for Adtech Monopoly Damages
Report from the Press Gazette In Brief – More than 20 European news publishers from eight countries have launched a lawsuit against Google seeking over €640 million in damages, alleging the company’s dominance in advertising technology harmed their businesses by...
European Commission Orders Meta to Allow Chatbots on WhatsApp for Free
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – The European Commission competition authority has issued an interim order to Meta requiring the digital giant to allow AI companies to use WhatsApp to interact with European users without charges. The dispute stems...
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