Report from Reuters In Brief – France’s highest administrative court, the State Council, has rejected Amazon’s appeal against the country’s minimum shipping fee for books, upholding a €3 delivery charge on book orders under €35 imposed by the French Government in...
Malaysia’s Social Media Age Limit Regime Enters into Effect
Report from Channel News Asia In Brief – Malaysia’s aggressive online-safety framework goes into operation with new rules effective June 1. The regulations issued by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) require online platforms to adopt...
South Korea’s Take on AI Training and Copyright Fair Use
Report from Korea JoongAng Daily In Brief – South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has released an English version of its guide on the application of the fair use exception in South Korea’s Copyright Act to the training of generative AI models....
Sizeable Fine Expected in the Google Vertical Search DMA Case
Report from Reuters In Brief – The European Union is reportedly preparing to impose a high triple-digit million euro antitrust fine on Google this summer for violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA) by unfairly prioritizing its own “vertical” search services in general...
Meta Offers a Month of WhatsApp Free to Chatbots to Negotiate
w/Commission Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – Meta has offered to allow rival AI chatbots to use WhatsApp to interact with their users in the EU free of charge for one month as it seeks to work out an agreement with the European Commission on how AI...
EU Court Says Italy Can Force Meta to Pay Media for Snippets
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – The Court of Justice of the European Union has upheld Italy’s forced media payments regime for the largest digital platforms, rejecting Meta’s challenge to national rules requiring tech platforms to negotiate compensation with...
State AGs Rally Around Colorado Social Media Warning Label Law
Report from MediaPost In Brief – A coalition of 42 State Attorneys General are backing Colorado's appeal to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the state to enforce its new law requiring social media platforms to display cigarette-style health warnings to young...
After Delays, European Commission Tech Sovereignty Plan Set for Release
Report from Euractiv In Brief – The European Commission is expected to unveil its long-awaited tech sovereignty package on 3 June after postponing the roll-out three times, underscoring ongoing political and policy tensions surrounding the bloc’s digital strategy. The...
Apple Still Trying to Reverse Epic Antitrust Loss at Supreme Court
Report from Reuters In Brief – Apple has asked the US Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that found the company in civil contempt for violating an injunction tied to its long-running legal fight with Epic Games. The Apple v Epic antitrust dispute began in...
Trump Cancels Executive Order on “Voluntary” AI Security Reviews
Report from the Washington Post In Brief – President Donald Trump cancelled signing a major executive order on artificial intelligence after last-minute lobbying from leading tech industry figures, including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and former White House AI...
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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...
EU High Court Rules YouTube Liable for Content Created by Vetted Affiliates
Report from Reuters In Brief – Europe’s highest court has ruled that Google can be held liable for YouTube videos uploaded by content creators with whom it has commercial partnerships, limiting the scope of legal protections for online platforms and potentially...
German Media Regulator Says AI-Search Hybrids are Subject to Media Laws
Report from Reuters In Brief – Germany’s media regulator has declared that AI-generated search summaries and chatbot responses produced by services such as Google’s AI Overviews and Perplexity AI fall under Germany’s media laws. The Commission for Licensing and...
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