Report from National Technology News In Brief – The UK’s technology minister has expressed deep disappointment to communications regulator Ofcom about its updated roadmap for rules implementing the Online Safety Act (OSA) that extends the rollout of some platform...
Judge Delivers Conclusive Win to Meta in Federal Antitrust Trial
Report from New York Times In Brief – Federal Judge James Boasberg has ruled that Meta did not violate federal antitrust law when it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp, delivering a major victory to the social media giant. In an 89-page decision, Judge Boasberg held that...
EU Commission Releases “Digital Omnibus” to Boost European AI and Tech
Report from Reuters In Brief – The EU Commission has announced proposals dubbed the “Digital Omnibus” aimed at simplifying AI and privacy regulations to promote European digital innovation and boost efforts to claw back ground against tech dominance by the US and...
Teen Social Media Class Action Suits Advancing in CA State Court
Report from Deadline In Brief – Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl has rejected the motion for summary judgement filed by Google, Meta, ByteDance and Snap asking the judge to rule that they are not responsible for mental health problems experienced by teen...
EU Commission Opening DMA Investigations of Largest Cloud Services Providers
Report from Reuters In Brief – The European Commission has announced three Digital Markets Act (DMA) market investigations into cloud services and its market leaders. Two of the probes will assess if the cloud services business of either or both Amazon and Microsoft...
TikTok to Face Class Action Suit Alleging Underage Privacy Violations
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Federal District Judge George Wu has rejected TikTok’s bid to dismiss a class-action lawsuit brought by young people alleging that the company violated various laws and privacy standards in their home states. The plaintiffs, all under...
Nvidia’s Massive Investment in OpenAI Raises Antitrust Concerns
Report from Reuters In Brief – Nvidia’s giant business deal with OpenAI, with the market-leading AI chipmaker investing up to $100 billion in OpenAI, allowing the market-leading AI chatbot developer to buy millions of chips from Nvidia that will be housed in new...
EU Talking Google AdTech Breakup with US Remedies Trial Underway
Report from Euractiv In Brief – When the European Commission hit Google with a $3.45 billion fine for a range of anti-competitive practices in its vast AdTech business, the regulator ordered Google to end self-preferencing practices and implement measures to cease its...
US Second Circuit Asks NY State Court to Interpret Social Media Law
Report from MediaPost In Brief – New York’s highest court has agreed to review the state’s “Hateful Conduct Act” at the request of the US Second Circuit of Appeals which is considering a challenge to the law that requires social platforms to accept complaints about...
Australia’s 16-Year-Old Social Media Ban May Apply to More Platforms
Report from ABC News In Brief – With Australia’s 16-year-old age limit for social media going into effect on December 10, the country’s eSafety Commissioner has indicated that the ban could apply to more platforms beyond Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X, and...
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EU Parliament Backs AI Intimate Images Ban in Digital Omnibus
Report from Reuters In Brief – The European Parliament is backing a proposal to amend the AI Act to prohibit apps from creating sexualized images of people without their consent. The ban on so-called “nudification” apps, which follows similar backing from the EU...
Sen. Blackburn Proposes Combining AI Regulation with Anti-Internet Priorities
Report from Roll Call In Brief – Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), a leading Republican critic of Big Tech companies, has released a nearly 300-page draft of federal AI regulation. Titled the “TRUMP AMERICA AI Act”, it preempts state AI laws in place of federal...
US Supreme Court Soundly Rejects Broad ISP Liability for User Piracy
Report from the New York Times In Brief – The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Cox Communications cannot be held liable for copyright infringement committed by its users, even if the company knows some customers engage in piracy and yet it does not cut them...
Tech Trade Group Challenges Chicago’s Social Media Tax
Report from the Chicago Sun-Times In Brief – NetChoice, a digital company trade group, is suing to block the City of Chicago’s new social media tax, arguing it violates the First Amendment and the federal Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA). The new tax extends...
Big Trial Losses for Social Media Giants in New Mexico and Los Angeles
Reports from CNBC and the Wall Street Journal In Brief – A New Mexico state court jury has found Meta liable for $375 million in civil damages in a lawsuit brought by the Attorney General of New Mexico for misleading users about the safety of its platforms and...
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