Report from Courthouse News In Brief – A federal jury in a consumer class-action lawsuit ruled that Google violated users’ privacy by continuing to collect data from apps even after they believed that they had opted out of tracking, but awarded the class, estimated at...
Germany Opposes CSAM Chat Control Plan Undermining Encryption
Report from Tech Radar In Brief – Germany and Luxembourg joined the list of EU member states that are opposing the latest version of the child sexual abuse material (CSAM) message scanning bill, dubbed the Chat Control regulation, on the eve of the September 12...
Meta Exploring More Media Company Payments, Now for AI Uses
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – Meta has been in discussions with several prominent media companies, including Axel Springer, Fox Corp. and News Corp, about licensing their articles for use in its AI-powered products, including a variety of chatbots....
UK National Security Service Drops Demand for Apple Encryption Backdoor
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – The US Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has announced that the UK Government has dropped its demand of Apple to give its national security services the ability to access data uploaded to Apple’s iCloud...
US May Sanction European Officials Who Implement Online Safety Law
Report from the Reuters In Brief – The Trump Administration is considering imposing direct sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing the Digital Services Act (DSA) that regulates how digital platforms address objectionable...
Judge Backs Humility and Restraint in Google Search Monopoly Remedy
Report from the New York Times In Brief – Federal District Judge Amit Mehta has set out remedies to address Google’s monopoly in general online search, placing limits for six years on the kinds of business deals the company can make with device makers and other...
EU General Court Upholds Latest US-EU Data Transfer Agreement
Report from the Bloomberg In Brief – The European General Court has ruled that the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) adequately protects the privacy rights of Europeans regarding their personal data held by companies in the United States. The agreement...
EU Hits Google with $3.5 Billion Fine in AdTech Antitrust Case
Report from the CNBC In Brief – The European Commission has hit Google with a €2.95 billion ($3.45 billion) antitrust fine for a range of anti-competitive practices in its vast AdTech business, including unfairly favoring its own display advertising technology...
Judge Challenges Settlement Proposal in Anthropic-Author Copyright Suit
Report from the AP In Brief – Federal District Judge William Alsup, who is overseeing a major class action lawsuit accusing AI company Anthropic of violating federal copyright law, expressed deep disappointment with the lack of specificity in the $1.5 billion...
EU General Court Dings EU Commission for Process Used to Set DSA Fee
Report from the Reuters In Brief – The European General Court has handed Meta and TikTok a limited victory in their challenge against the supervisory fee developed by the European Commission to fund enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA, which...
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Meta Lawsuits Challenge UK Online Safety Act Implementation
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – Meta is mounting another legal challenge against Ofcom over the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA), adding to a series of court actions by US technology companies that British officials and politicians argue are intended to delay...
Judge Rules that Montana Political Deepfake Law is Likely Unconstitutional
Report from NBC Montana In Brief – US District Judge Susan Watters has ruled that a Montana law requiring disclosures on certain AI-generated political ads likely violates the First Amendment in an order barring the state from enforcing the measure against former...
Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse Shopping Agent
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Amazon is restricting its customers from using Meta’s Muse AI agent after Meta declined Amazon’s request to remove the site from Muse’s operations. Amazon shoppers attempting to use Muse now receive an automated message saying that...
California Passes a News Media Jobs Tax Credit without Big Tech Funding
Report from The Well News In Brief – California lawmakers have passed a bill creating a refundable tax credit for local news organizations to hire and retain journalists. Assembly Bill 2222, the Community Newsroom Employment and Workforce Sustainability Act,...
Virginia Law Setting Social Media Time Limits Remains Blocked
Report from MediaPost In Brief – A divided federal appeals court has rejected Virginia’s request to lift an injunction blocking its law requiring social-media platforms to verify users’ ages and limit minors under 16 to one hour of daily access unless they have...
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