Report from DPA International In Brief – Apple is saying that it might turn off its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature in Europe due to regulatory pressure that the iPhone giant attributes to lobbying from the advertising industry. ATT is the Apple policy that...
Character.AI Setting an 18-Year-Old Age Limit for Its Companion Chatbots
Report from New York Times In Brief – AI “companion” company Character.AI has announced that they will bar users under 18 from its chatbots in a sweeping move to address concerns over teen safety. The move follows mounting scrutiny over how AI chatbot companions can...
Google and Epic Games Settle Federal Antitrust Battle Over the Play Store
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – Google and Epic Games have agreed to settle their long-running antitrust battle over the rules and fees of the Android Play Store, with Google agreeing to implement changes both sides say will lower fees and expand choices for...
Reddit and Kick Added to Social Media Platforms Facing Aussie Age Limit
Report from BBC In Brief – The Australian eSafety Commissioner has announced that nine digital platforms will be required to comply with the country’s new threshold of 16 years of age for individuals to have an account on social media platforms when the mandate goes...
EU Commission Expected to Propose GDPR Changes to Ease AI Training
Report from Computerworld In Brief – The European Commission is planning to propose revisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) intended to ease the ability to train AI systems with data collected in Europe as part of its “Digital Omnibus”...
Google Pulls Gemma AI Developer Tools Following Conservative Criticism
Report from TechCrunch In Brief – Google has removed Gemma, a family of AI models the company says were intended for developers, not consumers, from its AI Studio after US Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) accused the AI model of defamation by fabricating accusations of...
UK Tech Minister Criticizes Ofcom Delaying Some Online Safety Act Rule
Report from National Technology News In Brief – The UK’s technology minister has expressed deep disappointment to communications regulator Ofcom about its updated roadmap for rules implementing the Online Safety Act (OSA) that extends the rollout of some platform...
Judge Delivers Conclusive Win to Meta in Federal Antitrust Trial
Report from New York Times In Brief – Federal Judge James Boasberg has ruled that Meta did not violate federal antitrust law when it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp, delivering a major victory to the social media giant. In an 89-page decision, Judge Boasberg held that...
EU Commission Releases “Digital Omnibus” to Boost European AI and Tech
Report from Reuters In Brief – The EU Commission has announced proposals dubbed the “Digital Omnibus” aimed at simplifying AI and privacy regulations to promote European digital innovation and boost efforts to claw back ground against tech dominance by the US and...
Teen Social Media Class Action Suits Advancing in CA State Court
Report from Deadline In Brief – Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl has rejected the motion for summary judgement filed by Google, Meta, ByteDance and Snap asking the judge to rule that they are not responsible for mental health problems experienced by teen...
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AI Fears are Powering Bills Regulating “Surveillance Pricing” in US States
Report from Gizmodo In Brief – Democratic state lawmakers are increasingly proposing legislation to curb so-called “surveillance pricing,” a practice in which retailers use data and technology to help set prices, claiming that AI will be used to rapidly change prices...
Meta Proposes Allowing AI Chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe for a Fee
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – Meta has announced that it will allow third-party AI chatbots to communicate with users on its WhatsApp messaging platform for a per-message fee in response to pressure from the European Commission. The Commission...
UK Government Vexed About How to Apply Copyright Law to AI Training
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – The UK government is reconsidering a proposal that would allow AI developers, including giants like OpenAI and Google, to train AI models on copyrighted materials without obtaining prior consent from rightsholders. After a...
Kochava Settles Federal Trade Commission Location Privacy Lawsuit
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Data broker Kochava has reportedly negotiated a settlement with lawyers for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that the company improperly sold sensitive mobile device geolocation data. The terms of the deal have not...
Polish Antitrust Agency Investigating Allegro for Unfair Logistics Preferences
Report from TVP World In Brief – Poland’s competition authority (UOKik) is investigating Allegro, the country’s leading e-commerce platform, for allegedly breaching consumer protection and competition rules related to the platform’s logistics services. UOKiK said...
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