Report from Nippon.com In Brief – The Japan Fair Trade Commission, the country’s competition regulator, has announced an investigation as to whether online search services that use generative artificial intelligence to craft responses could constitute an abuse of a...
New York State Joins California Regulating AI “Safety”
Report from New York Times In Brief – New York followed California and became the second large US state to enact sweeping legislation regulating AI services as Governor Kathy Hochul signed the RAISE Act. The bill establishes a new office within the Department of...
Tech Trade Group Challenging Virginia’s Social Media Teen Time Limit Law
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Tech trade group NetChoice is squaring off in federal court with the State of Virginia to block a law requiring social media platforms to verify users’ ages and prohibit teens under age 16 from using their platform for more than one...
Cloudflare Threatens to Pull Out of Italy After Piracy Judgement and Fine
Report from TechRadar In Brief – Cloudflare, a leading US-based online security service and content delivery network (CDN) provider, is threatening to shut down its operations in Italy after being fined €14 million by the Italian communications regulator, AGCOM, for...
Meta’s WhatsApp Expected to be Added to Digital Services Act VLOP Roster
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Meta Platforms WhatsApp is likely to be classified as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) by the European Commission which will bring it under the strictest regulatory guidelines of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA...
No Tech “Fair Share” Fees Expected in Commission’s Digital Networks Act
Report from Reuters In Brief – A draft of the forthcoming Digital Networks Act (DNA) indicates that the European Commission will not propose requiring large online platforms and cloud providers to pay new fees to telecom operators. Expected to the released by...
WhatsApp’s AI Chatbot Ban Paused in Italy
Report from Reuters In Brief – Meta will temporarily exempt Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots using WhatsApp to interact with customers. The move comes in response to the Italian competition watchdog, AGCM, ordering Meta to suspend the ban while it investigates...
Trade Threat to US Big Tech Again Emerges as Greenland Conflict Heats Up
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – Facing rapid escalation of President’s Trumps demand that Denmark hand over control of Greenland to the United States, including the threat that the US would impose a new 10% tariff on exports from countries that “oppose” his plan as...
Kentucky AG Sues Character.AI for Violating Consumer Protection Law
Report from Mountain Top Media In Brief – Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has sued the maker of AI companion chatbot Character.AI alleging that its platform harms children and misleads consumers about its safety. Coleman’s office argues the company marketed...
Federal Trade Commission Will Appeal Loss in Meta Antitrust Suit
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – The US Federal Trade Commission announced that it notified the Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that it will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that Meta does not hold an illegal monopoly in social networking. In the...
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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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