Report from MediaPost In Brief – Google has outlined plans to give publishers more authority over how their content appears in AI-driven search features in response to the consultation by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding application of the...
Dutch Court Bans Grok from Creating Nude and Partially Nude Images
Report from Reuters In Brief – A Dutch court has ordered AI company xAI to stop its chatbot Grok from generating or distributing non-consensual sexualized images, including depictions of adults or children partially or wholly stripped naked. The preliminary...
Federal Judge Rejects Publisher Antitrust Lawsuit Targeting Google Search
Report from Reuters In Brief – Google has won the dismissal of a proposed class action lawsuit from two news publishers that claimed it monopolized the online news market and exploited its dominance in internet search to extract publisher content without payment. In...
Snapchat Facing an EU Probe for Failing to Protect Minors
Report from Politico In Brief – The European Commission has announced an investigation into concerns that Snapchat is failing to adequately protect children under its authority as the lead enforcer of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for the largest online platforms....
Pressure Grows in EU Parliament for an EU-Wide Digital Services Tax
Report from DigWatch In Brief – The chair of the European Parliament’s subcommittee on tax matters is calling for an EU-wide digital services tax (DST) despite strong opposition from the US. Pasquale Tridico argues that an EU DST would make Europe’s tax system fairer...
Trump Administration “Settles” Social Media Case They Always Agreed With
Report from Reuters In Brief – The Trump Administration has reached a legal settlement that restricts three federal agencies from pressuring social media companies to remove or limit content, ending a legal battle that initially pitted conservative commentators...
Still More AI Copyright Suits — Encyclopedia Britannica Sues OpenAI
Report from TechCrunch In Brief – Encyclopedia Britannica, which owns Merriam-Webster and retains the copyright on over 100,000 online articles, has sued OpenAI for widespread copyright infringement. The publisher claims that OpenAI unlawfully scraped and used its...
Judge Says Utah’s Lawsuit Alleging Snapchat Harms Kids Can Proceed
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – A federal judge has dismissed an attempt by Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, to block the State of Utah from engaging in civil litigation in state court to enforce consumer protection laws against the social media...
Ecuador Considers Social Media Age Limit to Counter Gang Recruiting
Report from DigWatch In Brief – The Ecuador National Assembly is considering legislation to ban teens under age 15 from social media. The measure broadly covers digital platforms that enable public interaction, messaging, and content sharing, encompassing most major...
Italian Court Scraps 2024 Fine Levied Against OpenAI for GDPR Violations
Report from Reuters In Brief – A Rome court has cancelled the 15 million euro fine imposed on OpenAI by Italy's data protection authority for violations of the GDPR in the development and operation of ChatGPT. The fine was issued in December 2024 over the alleged...
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EU Commission Issues Fines to Google in Two DMA Compliance Cases
Report from Reuters In Brief – The European Commission has fined Google €890 million ($1 billion) under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for unfairly treating “vertical search” competitors and not appropriately allowing app developers to steer users to cheaper payment...
Federal Judge Approves Anthropic and Authors Copyright Settlement
Report from Engadet In Brief – Federal District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin has approved Anthropic’s record $1.5 billion settlement of a copyright lawsuit brought by authors who accused the company of violating their copyrights to train its Claude AI models. The...
EU Directs Google How to Open Android AI and Search Data to Competitors
Report from CNBC In Brief – The European Commission has directed Google on how to open its Android system to AI rivals and share its search data with online search competitors. The orders are part of two Digital Markets Act (DMA) “specification proceedings” in which...
Economist-Led Expert Group Wants Expert Guardrails to Avoid Jobs Calamity
Report from the New York Times In Brief – In a short public statement titled "We Must Act Now", nearly 200 signatories, led by economists, including 15 Nobel laureates, numerous officials from top universities, business and technology leaders, warned that AI could...
EU Panel Wants Regime to Regulate How Platforms Identify and Serve Minors
Report from Biometric Update In Brief – The European Commission’s special panel on child safety online delivered its report calling for age-based tiers of access and regulation for social media and other digital platforms to protect young people while preserving their...
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