Report from Euractiv In Brief – The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced proposed rules to govern how Google operates its search engine, including requiring that the company allow website publishers to opt out of having their content used in...
Paris Prosecutors Continue to Investigate X for Criminal Law Violations
Report from Reuters In Brief – French authorities have raided X’s Paris offices as part of an expanded criminal investigation into the social media platform over its handling of unlawful content. The probe, which began last year as an investigation of the platform’s...
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European Parliament Calls for Influencer Economy Code of Conduct
Report from Net Influencer In Brief – The European Parliament has called for an EU-wide code of conduct governing influencers, agencies and online platforms to be part of the EU’s broader efforts to make social media safer for young people. A non-binding resolution...
Federal Judge Rejects DoJ – TikTok Child Privacy Settlement
Report from MediaPost In Brief – US District Judge George Wu has rejected a proposed $400 million settlement between the Justice Department and TikTok over allegations that the platform violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting...
Private Plaintiffs File Antitrust Suit Alleging AI Slowdown Harms AI Users
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – A lawsuit alleges that Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, and Google illegally agreed to slow the pace of artificial intelligence (AI) development, depriving paying subscribers of product improvements they otherwise would have received. According...
TikTok Reaches Settlement with Alabama Before Teen Safety Trial Begins
Report from Engadget In Brief – TikTok has agreed to make changes to its app and pay Alabama at least $100 million to settle a lawsuit by the state that alleged that the app was deliberately designed to keep children and teenagers addicted to social media. The...
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...
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