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Regulatory glare turns on video-games sector in global push to protect children
The video-games industry has moved into the global regulatory spotlight. Policymakers, particularly in the EU, are advancing new rules and stricter enforcement, whi... (more story)
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As Tong takes leadership of attorneys general, states confront tech on AI, platform addiction
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, who this week began his one-year term as president of the National Association of Attorneys General, sees approaching tri... (more story)
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Vietnam pairs first AI law with sweeping digital, IP and cybersecurity reforms
Vietnam passed four laws Wednesday that together create a comprehensive AI regulatory regime. Alongside a standalone AI law that adopts a risk-based regulatory appr... (more story)
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EU cybersecurity rules governing the bloc’s certification framework require a fundamental reset, seven member states said, warning that the Cybersecurity Act has produced only one framework in six years and is... (more story)
South Korea’s Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy has released a draft national AI action plan outlining 98 tasks across 12 strategic areas to help the country catch up with globa... (more story)
Askul, a Japanese office-supply retailer affiliated with the internet company LY Corp., said Friday that recent cyberattacks on its systems compromised the personal data of nearly 740,000 people, most of them ... (more story)
Data handlers in China’s energy sector, including energy enterprises and industry associations, are bracing for a wave of data-security obligations with the introduction of new measures issued by the country’s... (more story)
A US state court judge in Los Angeles heard arguments from Meta Platforms, ByteDance, Google and Snap, as well as plaintiffs suing them, related to how to instruct jurors on issues including key immunity doctr... (more story)
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is likely to be re-deposed in the District of Columbia Attorney General’s lawsuit alleging the company’s design features harmed children after the company began turning over ... (more story)
Online advertisers, medical device makers, and privacy advocates have discussed how EU regulators should provide guidance on how the bloc’s data protection rules apply when they share pseudonymized data, perso... (more story)
South Korea’s privacy watchdog is planning its toughest shake-up in years, seeking punitive fines of up to 10 percent of companies’ total turnover and expanding group lawsuits to allow damages as it scrambles ... (more story)
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Regulators worldwide have woken up to a need to police online safety for minors. Australia has arguably gone the furthest, banning social media for under-16s from this week. In Europe, America, Asia and beyond... (more story)
The video-games industry has moved into the global regulatory spotlight. Policymakers, particularly in the EU, are advancing new rules and stricter enforcement, while court cases are multiplying in the US, all... (more story)
Age verification is increasingly seen as a way to keep children away from harm online, as seen with versions in place in the EU, UK and the US. But there are widespread fears that proving your age necessarily ... (more story)
Government social media age restrictions, such as the one coming into force this week in Australia, or broad content-moderation laws such as those in the EU and the UK, are impossible in the US because they ar... (more story)
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, who this week began his one-year term as president of the National Association of Attorneys General, sees approaching trials in lawsuits by state attorneys general ag... (more story)
As Washington moves to ease restrictions on Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China, Beijing is likely to respond with a calibrated two-track approach that might allow Chinese companies to buy the powerful chips under... (more story)
Reddit has a complicated relationship with AI. While the 20-year-old social platform recently sued Anthropic and Perplexity alleging the AI companies illegally scraped its content to train their large language... (more story)
Brazil's National Data Protection Agency, or ANPD, has been restructured to facilitate implementation in March 2026 of a law aimed at protecting children and adolescents in digital environments.