Report from Colorado Newsline In Brief – Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed House Bill 26-1210, legislation that would have barred companies from using personal data and algorithmic tools to set individualized wages or prices. The bill targeted so-called...
Cyber Concerns Results in Ban on Foreign Use of Top Anthropic Models
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – The Trump administration's decision to halt foreign access to Anthropic's most advanced Fable and Mythos AI models followed warnings from Amazon’s CEO that his company’s researchers had been able to prompt the Fable 5...
Meta Adds Funding to the Content Moderation Oversight Board
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Meta has agreed to provide the Oversight Board, an independent organization it created in 2020 to review content moderation decisions across Meta’s platforms, an additional $13 million in “top up” funding to support its operations...
Social Media Settlements with KY School District Involved $27 Million Payout
Report from Reuters In Brief – The four social media platforms that settled a lawsuit filed by a rural Kentucky school district that alleged their products are addictive and helped create a teen mental health crisis that drained school resources agreed to pay about...
White House Trying to Pair AI State Preemption with Social Media Limits
Report from Politico In Brief – The White House is reportedly engaged in negotiations with Big Tech critics to craft a bill that combines three years of federal preemption of some state AI laws with social media and AI regulatory proposals that have been tied up in...
German Court Rules That Google Is Responsible for AI Overview Errors
Report from The Decoder In Brief – The German Regional Court of Munich has ruled that Google is directly liable for false statements produced by its AI Overviews feature. The case involves two plaintiffs who alleged that Google’s AI summaries wrongly linked their...
Florida Sues OpenAI for Creating Chatbot That Endangers Children
Report from the Washington Post In Brief – The State of Florida has filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT was developed and marketed in ways that endanger children while prioritizing profit. The lawsuit...
European Commission Releases Long-Awaited Tech Sovereignty Plan
Report from the New York Times In Brief – The European Commission announced its technology sovereignty strategy to reduce dependence on foreign providers and strengthen Europe’s economic and geopolitical resilience. The initiative focuses on technology products and...
The European Commission Issues Temu a Digital Services Act Fine
Report from the New York Times In Brief – The European Union has fined the Chinese e-commerce platform Temu €200 million ($232 million) for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA) by failing to adequately identify and prevent the sale of illegal products on its...
US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Restores Texas App Age Limit Law
Report from MediaPost In Brief – The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has cleared the way for Texas to enforce its App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420) that broadly expands age verification for online apps and requires app stores such as Apple and Google to...
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EU Panel Wants Regime to Regulate How Platforms Identify and Serve Minors
Report from Biometric Update In Brief – The European Commission’s special panel on child safety online delivered its report calling for age-based tiers of access and regulation for social media and other digital platforms to protect young people while preserving their...
EU Commission Believes Meta’s Platforms Violate Law by Encouraging Use
Report from Reuters In Brief – The European Commission has issued preliminary findings that Meta’s Facebook and Instagram breach the EU’s Digital Services Act by using design features that encourage excessive engagement. The findings follow a two-year investigation...
South Korea’s Fake News Law Raises Free Speech Concerns
Report from EuroNews In Brief – South Korea has begun enforcing a “fake news” law aimed at curbing online misinformation. It imposes tougher penalties for users who deliberately spread false information and requires major digital platforms to strengthen content...
UK Ofcom Proposes Rules Directing Largest Platforms to Fight Scam Ads
Report from the Guardian In Brief – Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has released a set of Online Safety Act (OSA) regulatory proposals headlined by rules directing the largest platforms to combat scam advertisers. The requirements will apply to large social...
French Competition Authority Orders Meta to Agree to Pay Media Companies
Report from Reuters In Brief – France’s competition authority has ordered Meta Platforms to submit a media payments proposal and resume negotiations with French media groups over more than a year of unpaid fees for the use of news content on its platforms. The...
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