Report from Reuters In Brief – The US State Department is reported to be developing a government-run website hosted at freedom.gov to give international internet users, including in Europe, access to social media content that is available in the United States but...
California AG Requests Temporary Injunction Blocking Amazon Price Policy
Report from Reuters In Brief – California Attorney General Rob Bonta has asked a state judge to issue a preliminary injunction against Amazon blocking the company from penalizing third-party sellers who offer items on other platforms such as eBay and Walmart for lower...
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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