Report from The Verge In Brief – The federal court-ordered overhaul of Google’s Android app store practices is set to move forward after Google and Epic Games withdrew their joint request to modify the remedies imposed in Epic’s antitrust lawsuit. The companies...
EU General Court Rejects Apple’s Argument that DMA Does Not Apply
Report from Courthouse News Service In Brief – The EU General Court dismissed Apple’s challenge to its designation as a “gatekeeper” under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The ruling leaves intact the European Commission’s 2023 decision that Apple is a gatekeeper, and...
President Trump Still Opposes European Digital Taxes and Threatens Tariffs
Report from Politico In Brief – President Donald Trump used a social media post to threaten to impose a 100% tariff on any country that adopts a digital services tax (DST) targeting U.S. technology companies, warning in a social media post that the new tariff would...
Final Big 6 Ads Firm Settles with FTC on Ideological Content Moderation
Report from MediaPost In Brief – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that Havas Media Group has agreed to a proposed order that it will not participate in unlawful collusion related to digital advertising “brand safety” standards that the regulator says...
Yelp Wins Legal Ruling in Antitrust Battle with Google
Report from Courthouse News Service In Brief – Federal Magistrate Judge Susan Van Keulen has ruled that Yelp, a leading internet company critic of Google’s search practices, can rely on District Judge Amit Mehta’s 2024 decision in the Justice Department’s landmark...
Illinois Governor Signs Robust AI “Safety” Law
Report from CBS News In Brief – Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D) has signed the AI Safety Measures Act into law pushing the state to the forefront of AI regulation. The law imposes “safety” requirements on companies developing so-called frontier AI models, including...
Japan Moving to Regulate Social Media and AI in Election Campaigns
Report from Nippon.com In Brief – Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, has approved two bills by a majority vote that are intended to address the misuse of social media during election campaigns. The bills, which must next be considered by...
New Jersey Joins Blue States Regulating Grocery Store Pricing Practices
Report from the Shelby Report In Brief – The New Jersey legislature has approved the Fair Price Protection Act and sent it to Governor Mikie Sherrill (D), who has indicated she will sign the measure into law. Once enacted, New Jersey will become the third state to...
UK CMA Joins the Apple and Google App Store Global Regulation Parade
Report from Reuters In Brief – Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced its proposed new regulations to require Apple’s and Google’s app stores to allow app developers to direct users to third-party payment options to increase competition and...
Supreme Court Rejects Appeals to Block Texas App Age Limit Law
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – The US Supreme Court has rejected the emergency appeals filed by a youth advocacy organization and tech company trade group asking the justices to block Texas's App Store Accountability Act as litigation challenging its...
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Judge Dismisses Google’s DMCA Search Scraping Lawsuit
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Federal District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has dismissed Google's complaint against the Texas-based company SerpApi for allegedly violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anti-circumvention provisions by evading...
5th Circuit Delivers a Split Decision on Texas Social Media Teen Law
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – A three-judge panel of the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to block key sections of the Texas SCOPE Act that aims to protect teens from harmful online content such as promoting substance abuse and eating disorders, but...
OpenAI Sued for ChatGPT Giving Dangerous Medical Advice
Report from the New York Times In Brief – A Florida pastor has sued OpenAI in California Superior Court alleging ChatGPT provided dangerous medical advice, delaying care before he was hospitalized with a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. The complaint alleges that...
Teen Plaintiff Drops Meta Complaint Cancelling 2nd “Bellwether” Trial
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – A Florida teenager suing social-media companies over claims that their platforms contributed to his mental health problems has dropped his lawsuit against Meta, leading to the cancellation of the second “bellwether” trial...
European Commission Issues AliExpress a Big Digital Services Act Fine
Report from Politico In Brief – The European Commission has announced a fine of €550 million for Chinese e-commerce giant AliExpress for failing to curb the sale of illegal and harmful products, the largest penalty yet imposed under the EU’s Digital Services...
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