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...
A US-China Deal Is Close to Certify That TikTok Can Keep Operating
Report from the New York Times In Brief – The US and Chinese officials have said that they have the “framework for a deal” on TikTok as part of broader bilateral and foreign policy talks that could see President Trump certifying that the divestiture conditions set in...
Major Online Publisher Sues Google Over AI-Enabled Search Features
Report from Reuters In Brief – Penske Media, which owns online publisher sites including Billboard, Rolling Stone, and Variety, has sued Google in federal court alleging that it is leveraging its online search monopoly to gain access to Penske’s content for the...
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US Judge Releases Remedy Specifics in the Google AdTech Antitrust Case
Report from AdExchanger In Brief – Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema’s 106-page remedies order in the US government’s antitrust case against Google’s advertising technology business has been released publicly. Brinkema rejected the Justice Department’s call to force...
X Facing Irish Regulatory Probe Over Online Safety
Report from Silicon Republic In Brief – Ireland’s media regulator, the Coimisiún na Meán (CnaM), has launched its first investigation under the country’s Online Safety Code, scrutinizing social media platform X for its compliance with requirements designed to protect...
Florida AG Sues Netflix Following the Social Media Litigation Playbook
Report from NBC News In Brief – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) has filed a 66-page lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the streaming giant of misleading Florida consumers about its data-collection practices and exposing children and families to so-called...
SpaceXAI Fails to Block Minnesota Law Banning “Nudification” Apps
Report from Politico In Brief – Federal Judge Donovan Frank rejected SpaceXAI’s effort to block Minnesota’s law banning the creation of sexually explicit deepfake images while the company challenges the measure. Frank said the company, then xAI, waited too long to...
Australia Digital Duty of Care Law to Require Algorithm Choice
Report from ABC News Australia In Brief – The Australian Government has released draft legislation to add a Digital Duty of Care to the Online Safety Act of 2021. A key provision is the “My Feed, My Way” initiative requiring social media platforms to give all users a...
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