Report from the Financial Times In Brief – The chief executives of 44 large European companies including are publicly urging European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to initiate a two-year pause in the implementation of the AI Act, warning that unclear and...
Federal Judge Blocking California Law on Online Sale of Suspicious Goods
Report from Courthouse News Service In Brief – US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman is blocking enforcement of California’s SB 1144, a new state law that requires online platforms to take stronger actions against the sale of stolen goods. At a hearing, Judge Freeman...
Final Draft Code of Practice for EU’s Big AI Regulatory Regime Released
Report from TechCrunch In Brief – The European Commission has announced the release of the final draft AI Code of Practice that gives “voluntary” guidelines to AI developers to help them comply with AI regulation under the EU’s AI Act. The code focuses on copyright...
Canadian Regulator Proceeds with Amazon Pricing Policy Investigation
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – Canada’s Competition Bureau has secured a court order to advance its investigation into whether Amazon is abusing its dominant position as an online marketplace provider to push third-party sellers to increase prices on other online...
Danish “Deepfake” Bill Proposes Copyright Protection for Face and Voice
Report from the New York Times In Brief – The government in Denmark wants to protect citizens from deepfake images by expanding copyright law to give individuals control over their own likenesses. It is described as a proactive effort to combat so-called “deepfake”...
EU Commission Releases DSA Guidelines on the Protection of Minors
Report from Euronews In Brief – The European Commission has released their guidelines on the protection of minors under the EU Digital Services Act, landmark legislation enacted in 2022 directing digital platforms to reduce access to objectionable content online. The...
Federal Judge Says Voice Actors’ AI Company Lawsuit Can Move Forward
Report from the BBC In Brief – A federal judge in New York has allowed a lawsuit brought by two voice actors to move forward against LOVO, a company that describes itself as an AI-powered platform that converts written text into human-like speech. The plaintiffs...
Wikimedia Foundation Challenges Online Safety Act Designation in UK Court
Report from UKTN In Brief – The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind the Wikipedia knowledge platform, has gone to the High Court of Justice in London to challenge how the platform is categorized under the Online Safety Act (OSA). The non-profit says that...
European Commission Holding Onto DSA Decision on X for US Trade Talks
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – The European Commission has slowed its Digital Services Act (DSA) investigation of X to allow the contentious US-EU trade negotiations to reach a resolution before their regulatory decision is finalized. The Commission hoped...
UK Government Wants to Climb Down from Apple Encryption Standoff
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – The UK is reportedly looking to step back from its legal standoff with Apple over the company’s use of encryption in its iCloud storage service. The Starmer Government is concerned that the conflict could hamper their ability...
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Snapchat Facing an EU Probe for Failing to Protect Minors
Report from Politico In Brief – The European Commission has announced an investigation into concerns that Snapchat is failing to adequately protect children under its authority as the lead enforcer of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for the largest online platforms....
Pressure Grows in EU Parliament for an EU-Wide Digital Services Tax
Report from DigWatch In Brief – The chair of the European Parliament’s subcommittee on tax matters is calling for an EU-wide digital services tax (DST) despite strong opposition from the US. Pasquale Tridico argues that an EU DST would make Europe’s tax system fairer...
Trump Administration “Settles” Social Media Case They Always Agreed With
Report from Reuters In Brief – The Trump Administration has reached a legal settlement that restricts three federal agencies from pressuring social media companies to remove or limit content, ending a legal battle that initially pitted conservative commentators...
Still More AI Copyright Suits — Encyclopedia Britannica Sues OpenAI
Report from TechCrunch In Brief – Encyclopedia Britannica, which owns Merriam-Webster and retains the copyright on over 100,000 online articles, has sued OpenAI for widespread copyright infringement. The publisher claims that OpenAI unlawfully scraped and used its...
Judge Says Utah’s Lawsuit Alleging Snapchat Harms Kids Can Proceed
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – A federal judge has dismissed an attempt by Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, to block the State of Utah from engaging in civil litigation in state court to enforce consumer protection laws against the social media...
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