Report from Bloomberg In Brief – The moratorium on state laws regulating AI was stripped from the massive budget reconciliation bill carrying the budget and spending priorities of President Trump and the Republicans. A broad 10-year version, backed by AI industry...
Paris Court Pauses French Law Imposing Age Checks on EU Porn Sites
Report from Euractiv In Brief – A French administrative court has paused the implementation of a national law enacted in 2024 that requires all websites displaying adult content to use technical age verification methods to block minors in France from accessing their...
Australia Will Require Age Checks for Search Engines
Report from MediaPost In Brief – The Australian eSafety Commissioner has released the Search Engine Services Online Safety Code that directs search engines to implement technical age verification by the end 2025. Age verification will apply to Australian search engine...
President Trump Says He Will Soon Begin Talks with China Over TikTok Sale
Report from the New York Times In Brief – President Trump has said that he had found a buyer for the TikTok short-video app and will soon begin talks with the Chinese Government to get the deal approved. He previously indicated that the identities of the possible...
Top EU Company Leaders Urge Slowdown in AI Regulation
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – The chief executives of 44 large European companies including are publicly urging European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to initiate a two-year pause in the implementation of the AI Act, warning that unclear and...
Federal Judge Blocking California Law on Online Sale of Suspicious Goods
Report from Courthouse News Service In Brief – US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman is blocking enforcement of California’s SB 1144, a new state law that requires online platforms to take stronger actions against the sale of stolen goods. At a hearing, Judge Freeman...
Final Draft Code of Practice for EU’s Big AI Regulatory Regime Released
Report from TechCrunch In Brief – The European Commission has announced the release of the final draft AI Code of Practice that gives “voluntary” guidelines to AI developers to help them comply with AI regulation under the EU’s AI Act. The code focuses on copyright...
Canadian Regulator Proceeds with Amazon Pricing Policy Investigation
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – Canada’s Competition Bureau has secured a court order to advance its investigation into whether Amazon is abusing its dominant position as an online marketplace provider to push third-party sellers to increase prices on other online...
Danish “Deepfake” Bill Proposes Copyright Protection for Face and Voice
Report from the New York Times In Brief – The government in Denmark wants to protect citizens from deepfake images by expanding copyright law to give individuals control over their own likenesses. It is described as a proactive effort to combat so-called “deepfake”...
EU Commission Releases DSA Guidelines on the Protection of Minors
Report from Euronews In Brief – The European Commission has released their guidelines on the protection of minors under the EU Digital Services Act, landmark legislation enacted in 2022 directing digital platforms to reduce access to objectionable content online. The...
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Instacart Ends Retailer Access to Single-Store Product Price Testing Tool
Report from CNBC In Brief – Instacart will stop allowing retailers to use its Eversight AI-enabled price testing technology on its grocery delivery platform. The move followed public criticism, a consumer advocacy group study, and scrutiny from lawmakers and...
Google Sues to Stop Massive Scraping of Its Search Results
Report from Reuters In Brief – Google has filed a federal lawsuit accusing SerpApi of illegally and massively circumventing its technical safeguards intended to block automated scraping of search results with the intent of accessing and reselling copyrighted and...
Meta Names Highly-Connected Republican Banker as Company President
Report from The Hill In Brief – Meta has announced the appointment of Dina Powell McCormick as its new president and vice chair as it accelerates investment in artificial intelligence and its “superintelligence” initiative. In the role, Powell McCormick will oversee...
TikTok Will Roll Out Age Estimation Technology in Europe
Report from Reuters In Brief – TikTok will start rolling out a new technology-based age-estimation regime across Europe in the coming weeks with the goal of more effectively identifying and removing accounts belonging to children under 13. The new system follows a...
US TikTok Spinoff Deal Backed by President Trump Finally Completed
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – The business deal to spin off the US operations of TikTok from Chinese parent company ByteDance has been finalized, likely securing the app’s ability to operate in the American market. The new US-based entity includes Oracle, Silver...
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