Report from MediaPost In Brief – The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has that Google holds “strategic market status” (SMS) in the markets for general internet search and search-based advertising. SMS is a regulatory status under the UK’s Digital Markets,...
Dutch Court Uses DSA to Order Meta to Alter Facebook and Instagram Feeds
Report from Reuters In Brief – A Dutch court has ruled that users of Facebook and Instagram are not “sufficiently able to make free and autonomous choices about the use of profiled recommendation systems,” and ordered Meta to change the platforms to allow users to...
Deloitte Delivered Report to Australian Government Filled with AI Errors
Report from ABC News In Brief – Consulting firm Deloitte Australia will refund part of the AU$440,000 ($290,000) it was paid by the Australian Government’s Department of Employment and Workplace Relations for a report assessing the agency’s use of automated welfare...
UK Ofcom Fines US 4chan Raising Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Concerns
Report from ArsTechnica In Brief – UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has imposed a £20,000 fine on 4chan, an online platform where users post texts and images anonymously and face minimal content moderation, for failing to respond to “legally binding information requests”...
Federal Judge Strikes Prohibition on Bill Line-Items for Maryland Digital Tax
Report from Maryland Matters In Brief – A federal district judge in Maryland has permanently blocked a provision in the state’s landmark 2021 digital advertising services tax that barred companies from using a line-item on customer bills to inform them of the tax and...
Federal Judge Allows Video Privacy Lawsuit Targeting LinkedIn to Proceed
Report from MediaPost In Brief – District Court Judge Casey Pitts has rejected LinkedIn’s motion to dismiss a class-action complaint that the company violated the federal Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by allegedly sharing a user’s video-viewing history with Meta...
Apple in European Court Because the DMA Outlaws Apple’s Business Model
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – In a hearing before the EU General Court in Luxembourg, Apple launched a sweeping legal attack against the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), arguing that the bloc’s landmark Big Tech regulation imposes “hugely onerous and intrusive”...
California Enacts Law Regulating AI Chatbot Companion Services
Report from The Verge In Brief – California has enacted legislation requiring companion chatbot developers to implement safeguards so that users are not misled into believing that they are interacting with a human. The measure requires a clear and conspicuous...
Louisiana Attorney General Sues Roblox for Failing to Protect Children
Report from the TechCrunch In Brief – The Attorney General of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit against Roblox, a vast platform of user-generated games and interactive experiences, accusing the company of failing to protect children and making the site the “perfect place...
Ohio State Judge Rules That Google is not a Common Carrier
Report from the MediaPost In Brief – Ohio State Judge James Schuck has dismissed state Attorney General David Yost’s lawsuit arguing that Google should governed under state law as a “common carrier’, comparable to a telecommunications company or electric utility, and...
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Trump White House AI Meeting Reconfirms Opposition to Regulatory Regime
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – President Trump reiterated his opposition to regulations that could constrain artificial-intelligence development, arguing that responsible practices by the leading AI companies backed up by existing laws and federal...
California Enacts AI Law to Require Notification of AI in Advertising
Report from MediaPost In Brief – California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has signed SB 1050 into law requiring advertisements featuring “synthetic” performers to disclose when the digital figures were generated by AI. The measure, which was strongly backed by the Screen...
Meta Lawsuits Challenge UK Online Safety Act Implementation
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – Meta is mounting another legal challenge against Ofcom over the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA), adding to a series of court actions by US technology companies that British officials and politicians argue are intended to delay...
Judge Rules that Montana Political Deepfake Law is Likely Unconstitutional
Report from NBC Montana In Brief – US District Judge Susan Watters has ruled that a Montana law requiring disclosures on certain AI-generated political ads likely violates the First Amendment in an order barring the state from enforcing the measure against former...
Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse Shopping Agent
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Amazon is restricting its customers from using Meta’s Muse AI agent after Meta declined Amazon’s request to remove the site from Muse’s operations. Amazon shoppers attempting to use Muse now receive an automated message saying that...
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