Report from the Reuters In Brief – A three-judge panel of the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that had fully upheld the October 2024 District Court injunction in Epic Games’ successful antitrust lawsuit against Google, halted the requirement that it implement...
Brazil Discussing Digital Platform Regulations as US Tariffs Bite
Report from the >New York Times In Brief – Amidst a tariff standoff with the Trump Administration that includes accusations from President Trump and various US conservatives that critics of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his backers in the...
Supreme Court Rejects Motion to Pause Mississippi Social Media Law
Report from the >New York Times In Brief – The Supreme Court denied an emergency request by digital company trade group NetChoice to halt a Mississippi law that requires social media platforms to verify all users’ ages, prohibits minors from creating social media...
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Maryland Digital Tax Ban on Bill Line-Item
Report from the Reuters In Brief – A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit of the US Court of Appeals has unanimously blocked a provision in Maryland’s landmark 2021 digital advertising services tax that barred companies from using a line-item on bills to inform...
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Retailers Try to Revive Challenge to NY Algorithmic Pricing Labeling Mandate
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – The National Retail Federation is urging the Federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals to revive its lawsuit challenging a New York law requiring retailers using customers’ personal data to set individual prices to display an...
Norway’s 16-Year-Old Digital Age Limit Will Extend Beyond Social Media
Report from The Local Norway In Brief – Norway’s Minister of Children and Families says that the country’s planned social media ban for children under 16 will target “harmful platforms” beyond social media, including messaging platforms like Snapchat and gaming...
Australian Government Introduces Its Digital Duty of Care Legislation
Report from the Digital Watch In Brief – Australia’s Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026 has been introduced in the House of Representatives by the Albanese Government. The bill proposes requiring digital services to maintain a safe environment,...
UK to Designate Microsoft Business Software with Strategic Market Status
Report from Reuters In Brief – Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed designating Microsoft’s business software operations with “strategic market status" (SMS) to allow the regulator to apply new digital competition rules to products such as...
Georgia Can Begin Enforcing Law Limiting Social Media for Teens
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is allowing Georgia to enforce its law restricting the ability of minors under age 16 to create social media accounts, ruling that tech group NetChoice failed to...
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