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US FTC will appeal Meta antitrust trial loss, agency says
The US Federal Trade Commission plans to appeal its trial loss in landmark antitrust litigation over Meta’s alleged dominance of personal social networking and anti... (more story)
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US DOJ Antitrust Division’s top enforcers barred from public events
Political appointees at the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division are being barred from speaking at public events by the agency’s leadership, MLex has learn... (more story)
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Trump imposes tariffs on semiconductor chips, takes action on critical minerals
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed proclamations imposing tariffs on semiconductor chips and taking separate trade action on critical minerals — moves that ... (more story)
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EU lawmakers are pressing the European Commission to use existing digital laws to curb AI-driven online harm to minors, citing risks from AI companion chatbots. Following the Grok deepfake scandal, lawmakers q... (more story)
UK lawmakers in the House of Lords approved an amendment late Wednesday that would require social media platforms to block users under 16, adding the proposal to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. The ... (more story)
The Chinese government and industry players have pushed back against the EU's plan to mandate a phaseout of “high-risk” information and communications technology suppliers under a revised Cybersecurity Act. Sp... (more story)
China's top competition regulator outlined its 2025 campaign against destructive competition, highlighting interventions in the photovoltaic industry, online freight platforms and local government policies. In... (more story)
A US judge allowed plaintiffs suing Multiplan over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy to seek new discovery concerning its Medical Audit and Review Solutions service, pursuant to a motion-to-compel which claim... (more story)
The EU’s revamped telecom rules didn’t include a binding arbitration mechanism to resolve disputes between telecom operators and tech companies over network fees because a negotiating system was working well, ... (more story)
Social media platforms are facing the prospect of new age limits in the UK as lawmakers prepare to debate rival proposals to restrict under-16s’ access on Wednesday evening, despite the government saying it wa... (more story)
Cyprus, the country chairing the meetings of EU ministers in the first half of this year, is keen to move quickly to secure agreement among member states on changes to the Critical Raw Materials Act to reduce ... (more story)
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X’s Grok deepfake scandal has shone a light on the EU’s enforcement of its extensive digital rulebook. Even though the landmark AI Act, the Digital Services Act and national laws theoretically all apply, the E... (more story)
VPNs do not infringe copyright when users bypass geo-blocking, an EU court adviser has said in a case over The Diary Of Anne Frank. But he warned that liability could arise if providers actively promote unlawf... (more story)
EU plans to phase out high-risk IT suppliers, aimed at China, might end up being used against US technology companies if trans-Atlantic tensions spiral downward. Rising EU-US tensions, trade disputes and sover... (more story)
In rejecting a standalone AI Act in favor of a light-touch, piecemeal approach, India is gambling on existing laws and compulsory licensing to foster growth while balancing emerging risks and citizen safety as... (more story)
The UK's response to the outcry over the use of X's Grok artificial intelligence chatbot to create sexualized images of people without their permission has been focused on strengthening online safety laws and ... (more story)
The outcry over the use of X’s Grok chatbot to create sexualized deepfakes has provided a global stress-test of online safety laws and highlighted how national legal frameworks are shaping different approaches... (more story)
The pressure is on for a quick turnaround from UK regulator Ofcom in its investigation into non-consensual images on X. But the Online Safety Act’s emphasis on risk assessments — paired with its own lack of tr... (more story)
Elon Musk’s platform X has moved to restrict Grok's image generation and editing tools to paying users following weeks of regulatory and political backlash over the creation of intimate deepfakes. The change h... (more story)