Report from MediaPost In Brief – Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who is weighing the emergency appeal of tech trade group NetChoice to block Mississippi from enforcing its law regulating how social media platforms serve teen users, has asked Mississippi’s Attorney...
European Commission Issues Preliminary DSA Decision Against Temu
Report from EuroNews In Brief – The European Commission has made a preliminary determination that Temu does not comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA), legislation enacted in 2022 to regulate how digital platforms address illegal and objectional content. Platforms...
President Trump Indicates He Would Again Extend TikTok Deal Deadline
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – President Donald Trump said he would give social media video platform TikTok another extension of a deadline to sell to a US owner. Trump has said many times that he likes the platform because it helped his 2024 presidential campaign...
Yelp Antitrust Lawsuit Targeting Google Search Practices Can Proceed
Report from Courthouse News Service In Brief – A federal judge has rejected keys parts of Google’s motion to dismiss Yelp’s antitrust complaint alleging that the digital giant has a monopoly over local search services and related advertising. Yelp, a platform...
UK Ofcom Issues Rules Requiring Platforms to Protect Younger Users
Report from The Guardian In Brief – Ofcom, the UK online content moderation regulator under the Online Safety Act (OSA), has announced a set of new rules for online sites likely to be used by young people, including the largest social media platforms, search engines,...
Florida Sues Snap Alleging Snapchat has Illegal Addictive Features
Report from The Hill In Brief – The State of Florida has sued Snap, operator of Snapchat, for violating HB 3, a state law enacted in 2024 to protect teens from “addictive” social media features, including though infinite scrolling, push notifications, auto-play...
X Files Lawsuit to Block Minnesota’s Law Banning Deepfake Political Content
Report from Reuters In Brief – X has filed a lawsuit in federal court to block enforcement of a Minnesota state law that bans people from using AI-generated “deepfakes” to influence an election and threatens those who disseminate such content with fines and jail...
The US Wants Digital Services Tax Relief in a US-EU Trade Deal
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent singled out national Digital Services Taxes (DSTs) imposed by some EU member states on the largest digital companies, who are most often US-based, as something the Trump Administration wants to...
Federal Judge Hammers Apple for Violating Her App Store Fees Court Order
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – Federal Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers hammered Apple for violating her 2021 unfair competition ruling related to App Store restrictions, issued an order prohibiting Apple from charging any fees on any in-app sales made by...
Congress Passes Bill Targeting Non-Consensual Intimate Images Online
Report from the New York Times In Brief – The TAKE IT DOWN Act, bipartisan legislation criminalizing the posting online of nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) and forcing platforms to quickly take it down has been overwhelmingly passed by the US Congress and sent to...
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Ecuador Considers Social Media Age Limit to Counter Gang Recruiting
Report from DigWatch In Brief – The Ecuador National Assembly is considering legislation to ban teens under age 15 from social media. The measure broadly covers digital platforms that enable public interaction, messaging, and content sharing, encompassing most major...
Italian Court Scraps 2024 Fine Levied Against OpenAI for GDPR Violations
Report from Reuters In Brief – A Rome court has cancelled the 15 million euro fine imposed on OpenAI by Italy's data protection authority for violations of the GDPR in the development and operation of ChatGPT. The fine was issued in December 2024 over the alleged...
Google Ordered to Pay 16.2 Million Euros to L’Equipe for Advertising Abuses
Report from The Media Leader In Brief – The Paris Commercial Court has ordered Google to pay €16.2 million to French sports newspaper L’Équipe for damages caused by its anti-competitive practices in online advertising. The ruling builds on a 2021 decision by the...
EU Parliament Backs AI Intimate Images Ban in Digital Omnibus
Report from Reuters In Brief – The European Parliament is backing a proposal to amend the AI Act to prohibit apps from creating sexualized images of people without their consent. The ban on so-called “nudification” apps, which follows similar backing from the EU...
Sen. Blackburn Proposes Combining AI Regulation with Anti-Internet Priorities
Report from Roll Call In Brief – Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), a leading Republican critic of Big Tech companies, has released a nearly 300-page draft of federal AI regulation. Titled the “TRUMP AMERICA AI Act”, it preempts state AI laws in place of federal...
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