Report from the Courthouse News In Brief – A federal judge has blocked enforcement of California law AB 2655 that requires large social media companies to remove “materially deceptive content” about political candidates and election officials from their platforms....
Illinois Bans AI Services from Directly Providing Mental Health Treatment
Report from the StateScoop In Brief – Illinois has banned artificial intelligence services from providing mental health services directly to patients. The Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act prohibits AI systems from directly delivering therapeutic...
A Sec. 230 Win as NY Court Rejects Social Media Liability for Shootings
Report from the MediaPost In Brief – A New York state appeals court overturned a lower court decision and dismissed a lawsuit by victims of a racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo in 2022 who argued that social media platforms used by the assailant were...
Top Apartment Landlord Settles DoJ’s Algorithmic Price Fixing Antitrust Suit
Report from the USA Today In Brief – In Brief – The Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a proposed settlement to resolve its antitrust case against Greystar Management Services, the largest residential apartment landlord in the country. Greystar was accused of...
Epic Games Prevails Over Apple and Google in Australian Antitrust Suit
Report from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation In Brief – Judge Jonathan Beach of the Federal Court of Australia has found the Apple and Google app stores to be uncompetitive, delivering a win to giant app developer Epic Games in its effort to force the two...
Match Group Settles FTC Complaint on Cancellation Processes
Report from the MediaPost In Brief – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that online dating service Match Group has agreed to pay $14 million to settle a complaint that was initially filed by the regulator in 2019. The FTC accused Match of violating the...
Google and Apple Designated as having Strategic Market Status in UK
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed designating the mobile ecosystems run by Apple and Google as having “strategic market status” (SMS) under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer’s...
No Tech Changes in US-EU Trade Deal but Issues Are Still on the Table
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – The framework US–EU trade deal reached by US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen does not include a pledge to end EU digital services taxes (DST) or moderate European regulation of digital...
EU AI Act Enforcement Regime Begins for Big Foundation Models (Sort of)
Report from EuroNews In Brief – The latest phase of the multi-year implementation timeline for the EU AI Act took effect on August 2, including rules regulating new General Purpose AI (GPAI) models and the requirement that EU member states appoint their compliance...
Top Irish Court Rejects X’s Attempt to Avoid National Online Safety Regime
Report from Euractiv In Brief – The Irish High Court has rejected X’s legal challenge arguing that the Irish Online Safety Code should not apply to it because it conflicted with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) that regulates how digital platforms address illegal...
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Trump Department of Justice Argues That AI Training is Copyright Fair Use
Report from MediaPost In Brief – The US Department of Justice has filed a brief in The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI arguing that training AI models on copyrighted works is generally transformative and fair use under US copyright law because...
California Legislature Sends AI and Social Media Bills to Governor
Report from NBC News In Brief – California’s Democratic-controlled Legislature passed more than two dozen measures in the final days of its session to restrict various uses of AI and limit how social media products can be used by minors. Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has...
Utah Promises Not to Enforce Law Against VPN Usage for Now
Report from Engadget In Brief – The Utah Department of Commerce has agreed to temporarily suspend enforcement of the state’s new law targeting VPN use to avoid its age limit for online pornography while a federal court considers a legal challenge brough by Aylo, the...
EU places ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox Under Strictest Digital Safety Rules
Report from EuroNews In Brief – The European Commission has announced that ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox are Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) under the Digital Services Act (DSA), subjecting all three to the EU's strictest online safety rules. ChatGPT is the first...
FTC and State AGs Sue Amazon for Deception Costing Advertisers Billions
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – The Federal Trade Commission and 22 state attorneys general have sued Amazon alleging that the e-commerce giant secretly manipulated advertising auctions on its platform to inflate the prices businesses paid for ads by...
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