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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...

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Report from Guardian In Brief – India’s government has withdrawn a controversial directive requiring all smartphone manufacturers to pre-install the state-run Sanchar Saathi security app after intense public and political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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