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South Korea's PIPC seeks to keep data issues from becoming trade flashpoints
South Korea’s privacy regulator is ramping up efforts to ensure that data issues do not escalate into trade or political disputes, its vice chairman said. The PIPC ... (more story)
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California AI report urges 'trust-but-verify' rules for most powerful models
In response to a charge by California Governor Gavin Newsom, a group of AI scholars set out eight key principles around the development of the most powerful frontie... (more story)
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Social-media under-16 ban could lead to bulk-data collection, NZ regulator says
A proposed social-media ban for children under 16 could be “challenging” in practice, because it would be likely to trigger the collection of large volumes of perso... (more story)
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E-commerce platforms now face formal liability in the Philippines as the country's trade regulator has begun full enforcement of the Internet Transactions Act, or ITA, which grants authorities powers to take d... (more story)
The Internet regulator in Beijing has urged app operators in the consumer services sector to conduct self-checks while simultaneously undertaking follow-up technical reviews of issues flagged in a recent enfor... (more story)
YouTube’s promised exemption from Australia’s groundbreaking under-16 social-media ban shouldn’t be allowed to stand and could spark challenges from other platforms offering similar services, the country’s top... (more story)
Amazon defended its AI shopping assistant "Rufus" today, insisting it complies with the Digital Markets Act at a public workshop on the company's overall compliance with the EU's digital " gatekeeper" law. Att... (more story)
Chris Meyers, Amazon's Associate General Counsel for EU competition law, said today that compliance with the EU Digital Markets Act was proving much more demanding than expected, and was driving resources away... (more story)
The chair of the body representing EU member states has asked governments to reflect on possible reforms to the General Data Protection Regulation, ahead of upcoming talks on the future of the privacy law. In ... (more story)
New Australian laws targeting digital platforms moved a step closer today, with the country’s antitrust regulator presenting the government with a report that makes an unambiguous call for “ex ante” rules to r... (more story)
A US judge is weighing whether 23andMe can sell its trove of consumer genetic data to a nonprofit led by its former chief executive, after a marathon hearing in which lawyers for Texas and California argued th... (more story)
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A Texas federal judge ruled that a jury, rather than the judge, will decide key liability issues on a Texas-led coalition of 17 states and territories' allegations that Google’s adtech business violates state ... (more story)
In a clear signal that geopolitics can override even the most widespread goodwill, an Indian court recently delivered a pointed verdict in the high-stakes case of ByteDance (TikTok) vs. The Registrar of Tradem... (more story)
Judging that the "narrow, hollowed out, ideologically inflected conception" of Reagan-era privacy enforcement limited to deceptive conduct could no longer protect American consumers in the modern digital econo... (more story)
WhatsApp’s announcement this week that it will start offering targeted advertising, while unlikely to happen in the EU for some time, poses questions over compliance with the EU’s "digital gatekeeper" competit... (more story)
Companies get more flexible rules for automated decision making but are set to face tougher enforcement on cookies and direct marketing under the UK's Data (Use and Access) Act, which becomes law today. Short ... (more story)
Although the trial on the constitutionality of Article 19 of Brazil’s Civil Rights Framework for the Internet is still ongoing, the Supreme Federal Court has already indicated a shift in how digital platforms ... (more story)
In a win for Meta Platforms and a setback for the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Canada's Supreme Court will consider whether to reverse an appeals court ruling which found last year that the former Facebook ... (more story)
Platforms in Brazil could face new obligations as the country's highest court advances rulings on content liability and calls for “moderate” regulation of AI, the Supreme Court's president indicated. Luís Robe... (more story)