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Coupang interim South Korea chief faces perjury push after NIS rebuts hearing testimony December 31, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Coupang’s interim South Korea chief Harold Rogers has been thrust into a political and legal storm after the country’s intelligence agency asked parliament to file a perjury complaint, saying his testimony abo... (more story)

Social-media platforms put on notice over obscenity, unlawful online content in India December 31, 2025 | Freny Patel

Social-media platforms have been warned to review their internal compliance frameworks as the Indian government intensifies its crackdown on obscene, vulgar and pedophilic content circulating online.

South Korea flags gaps in antitrust rules for tackling data-driven dominance abuse December 30, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korea’s antitrust regulator has flagged gaps in the enforcement decree of the country’s competition law. In a new Data and Competition policy report, the Korea Fair Trade Commission said the decree lacks... (more story)

China sets late-January deadline for companies to file minors' data-compliance audits December 30, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s internet regulator urged companies to comply with compliance audits on the protection of minors’ personal information, in an unexpected move that will saddle companies with a late-January 2026 deadline for compliance.

Brazilian data protection authority outlines priorities through 2027 December 29, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

The Brazilian data protection authority has outlined its strategic direction for the next two years, approving a roadmap of priority themes and updating its regulatory agenda to incorporate the recently enacte... (more story)

KT held responsible in femtocell breach as South Korea flags fee waivers December 29, 2025 | Jenny Lee

South Korea's science ministry found that KT bore clear negligence in a breach that exposed thousands of customers to data theft and enabled fraudulent payments, determining that the carrier failed to meet the... (more story)

Top China legal adviser calls for advancing AI lawmaking December 25, 2025 | MLex Staff

A prominent Chinese legal scholar has called for advancing legislation to promote the healthy development of artificial intelligence, rekindling debate over how Beijing should regulate the fast-growing technol... (more story)

Indian court calls for Australia-style social media ban for under 16 December 24, 2025 | Freny Patel

The Indian judiciary has urged the government to consider an Australia-style social-media ban for minors under 16. The Madras High Court cited the need for stronger protections against harmful online content w... (more story)

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Consensus emerges on AI governance as Brazil closes the year; results will take time December 31, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil ends 2025 without a definitive AI law in force, but the year closes with a clear roadmap for governance. Two major bills and the Redata program for data infrastructure form the backbone of a national st... (more story)

US regulators to use same playbook for battling social-media harms to assess chatbots December 31, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

From US courts to the halls of Congress, AI chatbots are seen as the next frontier in online harm to children, and regulators are using the same strategy to address it.

As Meta, Google find cookies hard to give up, is there a way forward in 2026? December 31, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo and Matthew Newman

Privacy-enhancing technologies were meant to free online advertising from the tangle of tracking cookies, but UK and EU regulators end 2025 signaling that more work is required. Meta’s proposal of an encrypted... (more story)

Wave of data breaches forces South Korea to rethink privacy enforcement for 2026 December 31, 2025 | Jenny Lee

South Korea’s wave of data breaches in 2025 laid bare how easily basic controls can fail even at the country’s biggest platforms, and how little reassurance certification offered once those failures surfaced. ... (more story)

Tougher California enforcement, privacy rules coming in 2026 December 30, 2025 | Xu Yuan

In California, the leading state in privacy regulation, companies in the coming year will continue to see a high level of scrutiny of their data-processing practices by the state’s privacy regulator as it inte... (more story)

Online platforms’ EU data-protection duties thrown into doubt by ECJ ruling December 29, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Social media giants and other online platforms that host user-generated content will be starting the new year puzzling over urgent questions thrown up by an EU Court of Justice ruling that threatens new data p... (more story)

US children sue Meta, Google, Snap, TikTok in addiction litigation December 26, 2025 | Xu Yuan

The first three trials against social media platforms set to begin in January will test the viability of the allegations that companies including Meta Platforms, ByteDance, Google and Snap deliberately designe... (more story)

Murky rules, bubble fears cloud South Korea's reignited AI push December 26, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

The administration of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s early AI overhaul has succeeded in reviving momentum after some delay due to domestic politics, but his AI policy agenda now faces tougher regulator... (more story)