Report from the BBC In Brief – A federal judge in New York has allowed a lawsuit brought by two voice actors to move forward against LOVO, a company that describes itself as an AI-powered platform that converts written text into human-like speech. The plaintiffs...
Wikimedia Foundation Challenges Online Safety Act Designation in UK Court
Report from UKTN In Brief – The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind the Wikipedia knowledge platform, has gone to the High Court of Justice in London to challenge how the platform is categorized under the Online Safety Act (OSA). The non-profit says that...
European Commission Holding Onto DSA Decision on X for US Trade Talks
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – The European Commission has slowed its Digital Services Act (DSA) investigation of X to allow the contentious US-EU trade negotiations to reach a resolution before their regulatory decision is finalized. The Commission hoped...
UK Government Wants to Climb Down from Apple Encryption Standoff
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – The UK is reportedly looking to step back from its legal standoff with Apple over the company’s use of encryption in its iCloud storage service. The Starmer Government is concerned that the conflict could hamper their ability...
Justice Alito Weighing Emergency Stay of Mississippi Social Media Law
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who is weighing the emergency appeal of tech trade group NetChoice to block Mississippi from enforcing its law regulating how social media platforms serve teen users, has asked Mississippi’s Attorney...
European Commission Issues Preliminary DSA Decision Against Temu
Report from EuroNews In Brief – The European Commission has made a preliminary determination that Temu does not comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA), legislation enacted in 2022 to regulate how digital platforms address illegal and objectional content. Platforms...
President Trump Indicates He Would Again Extend TikTok Deal Deadline
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – President Donald Trump said he would give social media video platform TikTok another extension of a deadline to sell to a US owner. Trump has said many times that he likes the platform because it helped his 2024 presidential campaign...
Yelp Antitrust Lawsuit Targeting Google Search Practices Can Proceed
Report from Courthouse News Service In Brief – A federal judge has rejected keys parts of Google’s motion to dismiss Yelp’s antitrust complaint alleging that the digital giant has a monopoly over local search services and related advertising. Yelp, a platform...
UK Ofcom Issues Rules Requiring Platforms to Protect Younger Users
Report from The Guardian In Brief – Ofcom, the UK online content moderation regulator under the Online Safety Act (OSA), has announced a set of new rules for online sites likely to be used by young people, including the largest social media platforms, search engines,...
Florida Sues Snap Alleging Snapchat has Illegal Addictive Features
Report from The Hill In Brief – The State of Florida has sued Snap, operator of Snapchat, for violating HB 3, a state law enacted in 2024 to protect teens from “addictive” social media features, including though infinite scrolling, push notifications, auto-play...
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Spanish Court Orders Meta to Pay $550 million to Media Companies
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – A Spanish commercial court has ordered Meta to pay €479 million in damages to 87 Spanish media outlets for gaining an unlawful competitive advantage in advertising on its top platforms. The ruling follows a lawsuit brought in...
Japanese Court Orders Cloudflare to Pay $3m for Aiding Manga Piracy Site
Report from Torrent Freak In Brief – Cloudflare, a leading US-based online security service and content delivery network (CDN) provider, has been held legally liable in Japan for copyright infringement carried out by anonymous users of its platform. The ruling by...
RealPage Settles with the DOJ in Algorithmic Pricing Lawsuit
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – The Justice Department (DOJ) announced that it will settle its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage, an apartment-pricing software provider accused of enabling landlords to coordinate rent increases. The case, filed in...
EU Commission Opens Antitrust Probe of WhatsApp’s AI Chatbot Policy
Report from Politico In Brief – The European Commission has announced an antitrust investigation into whether Meta is unfairly blocking chatbot providers from using its WhatsApp messaging app. In October, WhatsApp changed its business API policy to ban general-purpose...
EU Fines X Millions of Euros for Violating DSA with Blue Checkmark Change
Report from EuroNews In Brief – The European Commission has imposed its first-ever fine on a large online platform for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA), hitting X with a 120 million euro penalty after a two-year investigation. Among the findings, regulators...
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