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NSO calls $168 million jury award to Meta ‘unlawful,’ seeks new trial over Pegasus May 30, 2025 | Xu Yuan

NSO Group Technologies, owner of the Pegasus spyware, called the $168 million awarded to Meta Platforms by a US federal jury as a punishment for its hacking into the servers of Meta’s WhatsApp “outrageous” and... (more story)

Nebraska governor signs kids code into law, Vermont likely to follow May 30, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Nebraska and Vermont are the latest states to crack down on Big Tech’s handling of kids’ data with sweeping age-appropriate design code laws that give minors greater control over their privacy and social media use.

UK gaming sector pushes back against study criticizing loot box use May 30, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK Interactive Entertainment, the main trade body for the UK gaming sector, has today rejected a study that said the industry is not following its own guidelines to restrict young users from using loot boxes, ... (more story)

New UK regulator, framework needed for biometrics, says Ada Lovelace Institute May 30, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Businesses and authorities using or planning to use biometrics systems such as facial recognition in the UK are stalling due to the legal uncertainties, Michael Birtwistle, associate director of the Ada Lovela... (more story)

China proposes strict safety standards for children's smartwatches May 30, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s draft national standards for children’s watch safety propose restricting generative AI services to safeguard content, alongside measures to protect information systems, data, and personal privacy. Chin... (more story)

US FTC aims to prevent censorship ‘catastrophe,’ Chairman Ferguson says May 29, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson warned that if government officials don't intervene, an ongoing “censorship crisis” on social media platforms might continue or worsen, and he outlined aggr... (more story)

PCLOB Democrats can stay on pending government's appeal, US judge rules May 29, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

A federal judge denied the US Department of Justice’s motion to stay the reinstatement of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board members Travis LeBlanc and Edward Felten, allowing them to remain in their ... (more story)

China clarifies certification, auditor bodies for data-protection audits May 29, 2025 | MLex Staff

Specialized institutions and auditors in China now have a clearer view of the regulatory outlook from the country’s Internet regulator, which has specified the accredited bodies eligible for certification and ... (more story)

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Mass arbitrations bringing privacy claims over website tracking increasing in US May 29, 2025 | Xu Yuan

US courts continue to see proposed class actions involving the use of website-tracking tools such as the Meta Pixel, but companies are also increasingly being hit with large numbers of coordinated arbitration ... (more story)

US Supreme Court reassures on Fed independence, stays silent on FTC, FCC, PCLOB May 23, 2025 | Clayton Vickers and Mike Swift

While the US Supreme Court explicitly spared the Federal Reserve from the brunt of its decision on agency independence, the court was conspicuously silent on other purportedly independent bodies, including the... (more story)

Why Australia's online-safety watchdog must win X, Telegram lawsuits May 23, 2025 | James Panichi

Telegram Messenger and X have both launched lawsuits targeting Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant over her attempts to hold Big Tech responsible for illegal material their users may send. Both l... (more story)

Why opposition to New Zealand’s under-16 social-media ban is brewing May 23, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

New Zealand appears set to follow Australia down the path of legislating a social-media ban for children under 16 years of age. While there appears to be broad — but not unanimous — popular and political suppo... (more story)

California privacy agency enforcement focused on data minimization, web design May 22, 2025 | Mike Swift

The California Privacy Protection Agency's two biggest enforcement cases this year, against Honda and clothier Todd Snyder, both involved data-minimization and “dark patterns” deceptive-design issues. That's n... (more story)

Belgian ruling on IAB Europe’s adtech consent framework divides opinion May 21, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Adtech association IAB Europe saw a Belgian court uphold a fine of 250,000 euros against it last week for breaching EU data protection rules, confirming its role as a joint controller of consent data collected... (more story)

California is rethinking its wiretapping law, but will it let Big Tech off the hook? May 21, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

A bill quickly moving through the California Senate promises to protect small businesses from a wave of privacy lawsuits being brought under a decades-old anti-wiretapping law. But is it giving a free pass to Big Tech?

NSO cites dire implications of Pegasus injunction sought by Meta following US jury award May 20, 2025 | Xu Yuan

On the heels of a $168 million award by a US jury to Meta Platforms for its hacking into Meta’s instant-messaging app WhatsApp, the owner of spyware Pegasus faces a potentially even bigger battle that it argue... (more story)