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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Final Big 6 Ads Firm Settles with FTC on Ideological Content Moderation
Report from MediaPost In Brief – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that Havas Media Group has agreed to a proposed order that it will not participate in unlawful collusion related to digital advertising “brand safety” standards that the regulator says...
Yelp Wins Legal Ruling in Antitrust Battle with Google
Report from Courthouse News Service In Brief – Federal Magistrate Judge Susan Van Keulen has ruled that Yelp, a leading internet company critic of Google’s search practices, can rely on District Judge Amit Mehta’s 2024 decision in the Justice Department’s landmark...
Illinois Governor Signs Robust AI “Safety” Law
Report from CBS News In Brief – Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D) has signed the AI Safety Measures Act into law pushing the state to the forefront of AI regulation. The law imposes “safety” requirements on companies developing so-called frontier AI models, including...
Japan Moving to Regulate Social Media and AI in Election Campaigns
Report from Nippon.com In Brief – Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, has approved two bills by a majority vote that are intended to address the misuse of social media during election campaigns. The bills, which must next be considered by...
New Jersey Joins Blue States Regulating Grocery Store Pricing Practices
Report from the Shelby Report In Brief – The New Jersey legislature has approved the Fair Price Protection Act and sent it to Governor Mikie Sherrill (D), who has indicated she will sign the measure into law. Once enacted, New Jersey will become the third state to...
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