Report from MediaPost In Brief – A panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the January dismissal of a class-action complaint alleging that Quest Diagnostics violated California’s wiretap law by sharing users’ web browsing information with Meta through...
Trump Administration Planning Executive Order on State AI Regulations
Report from Politico In Brief – The Trump Administration is exploring an executive order that aims to override restrictive state AI laws, although its release before Thanksgiving was abandoned due to pushback that included prominent state-level Republican officials....
Trump Administration Continues Linking Tariff Relief to EU Tech Regulation
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – European digital policies are again being raised by the Trump Administration in US-EU trade talks, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick linking lower tariffs on European steel and aluminum to the EU taking “the foot off” their...
Polish Competition Authority Challenges Apple App Tracking Privacy Policy
Report from Reuters In Brief – Poland’s antitrust agency, the UOKiK, is the latest regulator to announce a formal investigation of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy that requires all third-party apps to get explicit approval from iPhone users to collect...
French Retailers and Brands Sue Shein Arguing Unfair Competition
Report from New York Times In Brief – A large coalition of French retailers and brand owners has filed a class action lawsuit against Chinese ecommerce platform Shein, accusing the company of engaging in systematic unfair competition. The plaintiffs are seeking up to...
Twitch Added to Australia’s New Social Media Age Threshold Regime
Report from New York Times In Brief – Twitch, a live-streaming platform that emerged primarily with video-game related content but now features a wide range of material, has been added to the list of digital platforms that must implement age verification and block...
Amazon Settles Gig Delivery Labor Investigation in Italy
Report from Reuters In Brief – Amazon’s Italian logistics business unit has resolved a major investigation brought by the Milan public prosecutor’s office into alleged tax evasion and unlawful labor practices by paying roughly €180 million ($210 million) to Italy’s...
Google Testing Paid Media Relationships Related to AI Answers
Report from TechCrunch In Brief – Google has announced a pilot program with news publishers to test AI-powered article overviews as part of the Google News pages. Participating outlets, including The Guardian, Der Spiegel, El País, and the Washington Post, will work...
India Withdraws Mandate for Smartphones to Include State Security App
Report from Guardian In Brief – India’s government has withdrawn a controversial directive requiring all smartphone manufacturers to pre-install the state-run Sanchar Saathi security app after intense public and political backlash. The Department of Telecommunications...
EU Parliament Backs Social Media and Chatbot Age Threshold of 16 Years
Report from Reuters In Brief – The European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution calling for a harmonized minimum age of 16 across the EU for access to social media platforms, video-sharing sites, and AI-driven tools such as chatbots. EU member states currently...
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Aussie Media Wants Big AI Added to the Media Company Payments Regime
Report from The Guardian In Brief – Nine Entertainment, Australia's largest diversified media company with television, radio, print and digital platforms, is urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to fast-track legislation reinforcing Australia’s News Media Bargaining...
Japan Fair Trade Commission Raids Microsoft Over Cloud Business
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OpenAI Reaches Defense Department Deal Flanking Anthropic
Report from the New York Times In Brief – OpenAI says it has reached agreement with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to supply AI for classified systems in a manner that the company says addresses its opposition to the technology being misused in autonomous weapons...
Federal Judge Blocks Virginia’s One-Hour Time Limit for Social Media
Report from Reuters In Brief – US District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Virginia from enforcing Senate Bill 854 that imposes a time limit on teens using social media platforms with so-called “addictive” features. Platforms...
FTC Chairman Accuses Apple of News Media Viewpoint Discrimination
Report from the New York Times In Brief – The Federal Trade Commission announced that it sent a warning letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook expressing concerns that the operations of the Apple News may favor certain political viewpoints in a way that conflicts with Apple’s...
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