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Illinois Legislature Includes a Social Media Tax in Its FY 2027 Budget

Report from the New York Times In Brief – European Union regulators forcefully rejected Apple’s claim that Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules are responsible for the company delaying the launch of its upgraded Siri AI assistant in Europe. Apple claimed that Commission...

Canadian Government Proposes Regulating Social Media and Chatbots

Report from Reuters In Brief – Canada has introduced a sweeping Safe Social Media Act that aims to protect children under 16 from online harms by setting an age limit for social media and creating a digital regulator to establish and enforce safety standings for...

Apple and EU Commission Argue Over Why Siri AI Won’t Roll Out in Europe

Report from the New York Times In Brief – European Union regulators forcefully rejected Apple’s claim that Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules are responsible for the company delaying the launch of its upgraded Siri AI assistant in Europe. Apple claimed that Commission...

New York Legislature Passes Bill Banning Data-Informed Pricing

Report from Gothamist In Brief – The New York state legislature has passed a bill to prohibit most businesses from using consumers’ personal data to set individualized prices, a long-standing practice in ecommerce that critics call “surveillance pricing.” Backers say...

Bipartisan AI Bill in US House Gets Chilly Reception from Both Sides

Report from Politico In Brief – A bipartisan proposal from Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Lori Trahan (D-MA) to establish a comprehensive federal framework for AI regulation was met by significant resistance on both sides of the partisan divide, illustrating the major...

European Publishers Suing Google for Adtech Monopoly Damages

Report from the Press Gazette In Brief – More than 20 European news publishers from eight countries have launched a lawsuit against Google seeking over €640 million in damages, alleging the company’s dominance in advertising technology harmed their businesses by...

European Commission Orders Meta to Allow Chatbots on WhatsApp for Free

Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – The European Commission competition authority has issued an interim order to Meta requiring the digital giant to allow AI companies to use WhatsApp to interact with European users without charges. The dispute stems...

Cyber Concerns Results in Ban on Foreign Use of Top Anthropic Models

Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – The Trump administration's decision to halt foreign access to Anthropic's most advanced Fable and Mythos AI models followed warnings from Amazon’s CEO that his company’s researchers had been able to prompt the Fable 5...

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