Report from Crowdfund Insider In Brief – Sweden’s Patent and Market Court has delayed until June 10th its decision in a major antitrust damages case between comparison shopping site PriceRunner, which is owned by Sweden-based fintech company Klarna, and Google, citing...
Appeals Court Rejects Bid to Reinstate Virginia Social Media Time Limits
Report from MediaPost In Brief – A federal appeals court has denied Virginia’s request to enforce SB 854, its new law requiring social media platforms to verify users’ ages and limit minors under 16 to one hour of daily use unless they receive parental consent to use...
Indonesia Warns YouTube Over Not Complying with Age Limit Rules
Report from Business Today In Brief – Indonesia has issued a formal reprimand to Google over noncompliance by its YouTube service with the country’s new child-protection rules for social media platforms that took effect March 28. The regulations require “high-risk”...
xAI Challenging Colorado AI “Safety” Law Over First Amendment Violations
Report from Jurist News In Brief – xAI, the AI company founded by Elon Musk, has filed a federal lawsuit arguing that Colorado’s Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence (CPAI) law unconstitutionally forces developers to incorporate the state’s preferred...
Meta Sued for Addictive Design in Denmark by Nonprofit Association
Report from Anadolu News In Brief – A Danish non-profit association, SOMI, has filed a lawsuit against Meta in Denmark on behalf of parents and children, alleging that the company’s platforms cause psychological harm to minors. The complaint in Copenhagen City Court...
Florida AG Investigating ChatGPT After Alleged Use by University Shooter
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has launched an investigation into OpenAI and its ChatGPT models, citing concerns about national security and potential links to criminal activity. Uthmeier released a video on...
Macron Calls for EU Commission to Strictly Apply DSA to Election Content
Report from EuroNews In Brief – French President Emmanuel Macron is calling on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to fully enforce the Digital Services Act (DSA) to counter foreign election interference ahead of major votes in 11 EU countries in 2026...
Major Brazilian Law to Protect Teens on Social Media Goes into Effect
Report from AP News In Brief – A Brazilian law enacted last September to shield minors from harmful online content has taken effect with experts calling it a milestone in the protection of children and adolescents. The Digital Statute of Children and Adolescents does...
European Commission Expands Their DSA Probe of Online Porn Sites
Report from CBC News In Brief – The European Commission has announced that they have preliminarily found four large adult content platforms to be in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for failing to protect minors from being exposed to pornographic content on...
UK Government Targeting Manosphere Content on Online Platforms
Report from The Guardian In Brief – More than 60 Labour MPs have urged Ofcom, the country’s communications and digital regulator, to use its authority under the Online Safety Act to press platforms to better protect young men from risks they argue are linked to...
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Federal Appeals Court Panel Upholds Florida Teen Social Media Law
Report from the Orlando Sentinel In Brief – A unanimous three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel has ruled Florida’s law restricting minors’ social media accounts is likely constitutional and is allowing enforcement during remaining litigation. The...
The Federal Trade Commission is Investigating Anthropic and OpenAI
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – Federal Trade Commission officials have said that the agency is investigating Anthropic and OpenAI over whether they have deceived consumers about potential harms from AI. The effort has reportedly been underway for weeks...
Polish Antitrust Regulator Presses Google on Media Payments
Report from Digital Watch In Brief – Poland’s competition regulator has opened an investigation of Google that accuses the search giant of abusing its market dominance in negotiations with news publishers over payments for the use of media article snippets in results...
White House SI Force Orders AI Companies to Quickly Report Incidents
Report from Silicon Valley In Brief – The White House, through its recently established Super Intelligence (SI) Force, has demanded “full transparency” and “immediate remediation” after Anthropic disclosed that its AI agents submitted false information to the...
California Enacts Law Regulating AI Use by Employers
Report from CNBC In Brief – California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has signed SB 947, the No Robo Bosses Act, making California the first state to prohibit employers from relying solely on artificial intelligence to discipline or fire workers. Employers that heavily use...
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