Report from TechCrunch In Brief – The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has designated both the Apple and Google mobile ecosystems as having “strategic market status” (SMS) under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer’s Act (DMCC). The CMA found that...

Report from Bloomberg In Brief – The European Commission has issued a preliminary decision finding Meta’s Facebook and Instagram and TikTok all in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for not allowing independent researchers to easily access data regarding content...

Report from AP News In Brief – Federal Judge William Alsup has granted preliminary approval to Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement resolving an authors’ copyright class action lawsuit alleging that the company illegally downloaded pirated books. Judge Alsup...

Report from the New York Times In Brief – California has enacted legislation imposing major new transparency requirements on AI developers. The “Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act” (TFAIA) requires developers of the largest AI models to meet the most...

Report from Reuters In Brief – The Karnataka High Court has rejected X’s legal challenge to block a centralized social media takedown system run by the government. In its ruling, the High Court argued that social media companies operating in India must adhere to the...

Report from Bloomberg In Brief – Apple used the European Commission’s first consultation on the impact and effectiveness of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to reiterate its long-held concerns with the legislation and urge the EU regulators to make changes. Apple wrote...

Report from Reuters In Brief – India is considering a change in its novel foreign direct investment (FDI) rules for ecommerce companies to allow foreign-owned companies to operate as retail exporters for products made by Indian suppliers. Indian law prohibits foreign...

Report from MediaPost In Brief – With the US Supreme Court considering Google’s final appeal of its loss in the antitrust lawsuit brought by Epic Games, a trade group that represents small and mid-sized app developers urged the court to back Google’s appeal to...

Report from Politico In Brief – Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said that her government wants to ban children from under the age of 15 from several social media platforms. “Mobile phones and social media are stealing our children’s childhood,” she said in...