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German Court Clears Meta to Train AI with Some EU User Data

Report from The Decoder In Brief – A German regional court has cleared Meta to use public data from Facebook and Instagram users to train its AI systems, dismissing an emergency lawsuit from a consumer protection group. Back in April, Meta announced that it would...

Texas Law Will Put Online Age Verification Duties on App Stores

Report from the New York Times In Brief – Texas is the second state to require app store operators to verify all users’ ages and then block minors from downloading apps without the permission of a parent or legal guardian. SB 2420, the App Store Accountability Act,...

European Hotels to Sue Booking for Retail Price Fixing Damages

Report from Reuters In Brief – Hotel associations from 26 European markets plan to file a class-action lawsuit against Booking .com in the Netherlands over the platform’s long-time use of price parity contract clauses that prohibited hotels using the site from...

German Government Eying Huge Tax on US Digital Giants

Report from Bloomberg In Brief – The Culture Minister of Friedrich Merz’s German Government has revealed that they are drafting legislation for a national digital services tax (DST) targeting the biggest internet companies operating in country, in particular US giants...

Senate Budget Bill Includes Modified “Revenge Tax” to Counter DSTs

Report from the New York Times In Brief – The Senate version of the massive budget reconciliation bill includes a modified version of a tax provision included by the House of Representatives that penalizes foreign countries that impose “unfair” taxes on US companies....

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