YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, X and other platforms listed on the top tier of a new UK online safety register would need to give users a chance to filter out harmful but legal content on their feeds under plans p... (more story)

AI chatbot developers would have to disable harmful design features for minors and regularly assess the risk that their products foster emotional dependence under new legislation from two US House Democrats. T... (more story)

Uber Eats, Airbnb, Quora and ChatGPT Search are among the less expected services to face additional UK online safety duties, sector regulator Ofcom's long-awaited first categorization register shows. Facebook,... (more story)

Meta Platforms is breaching the EU’s Digital Services Act through the addictive design of Facebook and Instagram, the European Commission found on Friday. The probe focuses on features including infinite scrol... (more story)

China is moving to tighten oversight on how online retail platforms use algorithms to shape product visibility and sales, requiring platforms to share key data with regulators. This initiative is part of Beiji... (more story)

China's leading artificial-intelligence chatbot providers are removing intelligent agent functions from their flagship consumer apps ahead of sweeping new rules governing AI virtual companions and emotional-su... (more story)

A parliamentary committee has recommended the Policing Amendment Bill be passed after declining the New Zealand privacy regulator’s request for regulation-making powers to impose safeguards on the law enforcem... (more story)

As the US Federal Trade Commission prepares to decide a rare request by X Corp. to terminate the social media company's 20-year privacy consent order, the FTC has received comments that span a wide ideological... (more story)