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• March 12, 2026

  9th Circ. Partially Lifts Block On Calif. Kids' Privacy Law

  The Ninth Circuit on Thursday scrapped part of an injunction halting a groundbreaking California law requiring social media platforms to bolster privacy protections for children, finding that the tech trade group behind the lawsuit wasn't likely to succeed on its First Amendment challenge to the statute's coverage definition and age estimation mandate.

• March 12, 2026

  Social Media 'Lions' Hunted Plaintiff Like Gazelle, Jury Told

  The plaintiff's attorney in a bellwether trial accusing Meta Platforms Inc. and Google LLC of harming children's mental health encouraged a California jury during closing arguments Thursday not to buy the defendants' focus on his client's difficult childhood, saying it only weakened her to their social media "addiction machine" like a vulnerable gazelle being hunted by lions.

• March 12, 2026

  Valve Faces 'Loot Box' Gambling Suits After NY AG's Action

  On the heels of the New York attorney general's accusations that Washington-based Valve Corp. promotes illegal gambling through its popular video game franchises, gamers filed two putative class actions in Seattle federal court similarly targeting the entertainment giant's use of "loot boxes."

• March 12, 2026

  Piracy Tops List Of Worries In Next-Generation TV Changeover

  Broadcasters have a lot on their plates as they move to the next TV standard, but chief among their worries will be protecting content from piracy, a security group formed by the major networks told the Federal Communications Commission.

• March 12, 2026

  Beef Up Telecom Networks To Power AI, Tech Experts Say

  Sprawling artificial intelligence data centers will require larger shares of U.S. energy consumption in the coming years, but telecom networks also need more capacity and resilience if the U.S. wants to fuel an AI boom, a think tank said Thursday.

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