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Italian Regulator Fines Apple €98 million for App Tracking Data Policy

Report from EuroNews In Brief – Italy’s competition authority has fined Apple 98 million euro for imposing its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework on third-party add developers starting in 2021. The ATT policy requires app developers to gain explicit user...

French Court Rejects Effort to Fully Ban Shein

Report from Wall Street Journal In Brief – Shein scored a win in French court with a ruling that rejected a government effort to fully suspend the ecommerce platform in France for three months. French authorities had sought the shutdown after finding third-party...

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....

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...

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