Report from National Technology News In Brief – The UK’s technology minister has expressed deep disappointment to communications regulator Ofcom about its updated roadmap for rules implementing the Online Safety Act (OSA) that extends the rollout of some platform...
Judge Delivers Conclusive Win to Meta in Federal Antitrust Trial
Report from New York Times In Brief – Federal Judge James Boasberg has ruled that Meta did not violate federal antitrust law when it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp, delivering a major victory to the social media giant. In an 89-page decision, Judge Boasberg held that...
EU Commission Releases “Digital Omnibus” to Boost European AI and Tech
Report from Reuters In Brief – The EU Commission has announced proposals dubbed the “Digital Omnibus” aimed at simplifying AI and privacy regulations to promote European digital innovation and boost efforts to claw back ground against tech dominance by the US and...
Teen Social Media Class Action Suits Advancing in CA State Court
Report from Deadline In Brief – Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl has rejected the motion for summary judgement filed by Google, Meta, ByteDance and Snap asking the judge to rule that they are not responsible for mental health problems experienced by teen...
EU Commission Opening DMA Investigations of Largest Cloud Services Providers
Report from Reuters In Brief – The European Commission has announced three Digital Markets Act (DMA) market investigations into cloud services and its market leaders. Two of the probes will assess if the cloud services business of either or both Amazon and Microsoft...
TikTok to Face Class Action Suit Alleging Underage Privacy Violations
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Federal District Judge George Wu has rejected TikTok’s bid to dismiss a class-action lawsuit brought by young people alleging that the company violated various laws and privacy standards in their home states. The plaintiffs, all under...
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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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