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US judge in Google search suit says scale of antitrust litigation 'challenging' September 20, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

US District Judge Amit Mehta, who recently handed down a ruling in the nearly five-year old Internet search monopolization lawsuit brought by the government against Google, said the scale of antitrust cases is challenging.

EU Commission official flags weak AI licensing market ahead of copyright review September 19, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

The European Commission is preparing to review copyright rules in 2026, as the head of the intellectual property unit warns of a weak AI licensing market. The commission is currently analyzing remuneration as ... (more story)

US DOJ's Slater prioritizing task force against 'really egregious' discovery practices September 19, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Gamesmanship during the discovery process by some bad actors that are being investigated or sued by the US Department of Justice has shown to be "really egregious," which is impacting morale, and the agency is... (more story)

US DOJ’s Slater signals tougher enforcement as algorithms spread September 19, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Not all pricing algorithms are bad but the use of shared algorithms that rely on competitively sensitive data will see a crackdown from antitrust enforcers as these proliferate across industries, Gail Slater, ... (more story)

China draft defines which platforms, AI services face extra minors-protection duties September 19, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s Cyberspace Administration has issued draft rules clarifying when online platform service providers will be designated as having a large base of underage users or significant influence on minors. The dr... (more story)

South Korean broadcasters challenge Naver in court over AI training September 19, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korea’s three major broadcasting companies argued in court that Naver illegally used their news content to train its artificial intelligence model Hyper Clova X. Korea Broadcasting Service, Seoul Broadca... (more story)

California Law Revision Commission moves toward antitrust reform plan September 19, 2025 | Alex Wilts

The California Law Revision Commission moved a step closer Thursday to recommending changes to state antitrust law, voting to have agency staff draft a tentative recommendation for addressing “single-firm cond... (more story)

US House panel divided on 'Californication' of AI regulation, blocking state laws September 18, 2025 | Amy Miller

California Governor Gavin Newsom had a message for US House members Thursday after a hearing focused on the “Californication” of artificial intelligence regulation: "bring it on." But most members of the House... (more story)

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AI 'slop' hits worrisome note for recording industry: Can regulation protect creators? September 19, 2025 | Mike Swift

Music platforms like Deezer are being flooded with ersatz AI-generated tunes, social media platforms like Reddit face an inundation by machine-generated text and images. Is there a role for regulation and legi... (more story)

Where now for UK AI regulation after 'prosperity deal' aligns it with the US? September 19, 2025 | Frank Hersey

The text of the US-UK "Technology Prosperity Deal" announced during President Donald Trump's state visit seems to show the US pulling the UK ever further across the Atlantic on AI policy and lack of regulation... (more story)

Standalone AI chatbots test limits of European online child-protection regimes September 19, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo and Sara Brandstätter

AI chatbots are under increasing scrutiny for risks to children, but the EU's Digital Services Act and the UK’s Online Safety Act have so far left them in a regulatory grey zone. Pressure is mounting on multip... (more story)

Inside the EU’s rocky path to regulate AI under its gatekeeper rulebook September 19, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

The European Commission is putting AI at the heart of its first review of the Digital Markets Act, which is due by May 2026. Regulators are weighing whether existing obligations cover AI services, whether lega... (more story)

The politics behind Australian retailers' flirtation with biometric-data September 18, 2025 | James Panichi and Saloni Sinha

Kmart’s trial of facial-recognition technology has hit a regulatory snag, with Australia’s privacy watchdog ruling this week that the discount retailer had broken the law when it collected and stored the biome... (more story)

US FTC consumer protection chief Mufarrige to focus on 'kitchen-table' issues September 17, 2025 | Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes

In a wide-ranging conversation with MLex, the US Federal Trade Commission's new consumer protection chief, Chris Mufarrige, discusses how the agency’s probe of AI chatbots and a flurry of recent privacy and on... (more story)

TikTok's licensing plan shows app's role as bargaining chip in US-China trade talks September 17, 2025 | MLex Staff

ByteDance may grant TikTok’s US operator a 10-year license to its recommendation algorithm, MLex has learned, as part of a framework to resolve the dispute over the app’s American operations. The proposal, alo... (more story)

South Korea's draft AI law decree fails to quell doubts, concerns September 16, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

South Korea’s draft enforcement decree for its new AI law aims to plug legislative gaps but leaves key definitions vague. The decree, published by the Ministry of Science and ICT last week, offers a grace peri... (more story)