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No one cause of plaintiff's condition, Calif. jury hears in social media trial March 09, 2026 | Xu Yuan

Depression, anxiety and other mental health problems suffered by the plaintiff suing Meta Platforms and Google over alleged social media addiction were caused not by one single factor but a combination of them... (more story)

Germany backs EU Commission plan to 'clarify' personal data definition March 09, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi

Germany is supporting a proposed overhaul of the definition of personal data as the EU seeks to simplify its landmark data protection law, MLex has learned. Berlin is one of the European Commission’s strongest... (more story)

Live Nation settles with US DOJ mid-trial, state buy-in remains unclear March 09, 2026 | Chris May

Live Nation and the US Department of Justice cut a mid-trial deal Monday resolving the agency’s claims of monopolization and anticompetitive conduct across the live entertainment and ticking industries.

India's social-media bans tangled in different definitions of 'child' March 09, 2026 | Freny Patel

India’s proposed social media bans in the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh face operational turmoil as states define what a “child” is differently from federal law, creating compliance confusion, privacy... (more story)

SeatGeek offered retaliation insurance to US arenas against Live Nation, executive testifies March 07, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

SeatGeek's top executive told a New York jury on Friday that the company has had to offer expensive retaliation insurance to US arenas as a last resort to get the venues to switch over from Ticketmaster and to... (more story)

Social media harms unknown to mother of plaintiff in Calif. trial, jury hears March 07, 2026 | Xu Yuan

The mother of the 20-year-old woman suing Meta Platforms and YouTube over their apps’ negative impact on children was not aware of her daughter’s social media use or the potential harms it poses to young peopl... (more story)

NY Stock Exchange to pay $9 million to US SEC over 2023 technology glitch March 06, 2026 | Neil Roland

The New York Stock Exchange has agreed to pay a $9 million fine to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission charges related to a 2023 technology glitch that disrupted the opening of trading in thousands of... (more story)

Indonesia to phase in under-16 account ban for high-risk platforms from March 28 March 06, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan

Indonesia has issued a ministerial regulation barring children under 16 from creating accounts on designated high-risk digital platforms, with phased implementation starting March 28. The initial rollout will ... (more story)

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Live Nation still being sued by states as US judge grills parties over surprise DOJ deal March 09, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

US states suing Live Nation and Ticketmaster over alleged monopolization of the entertainment ticketing industry have quick and critical decisions to make this week on the timing and means of how to pursue cla... (more story)

UK parliament to debate paving way for unspecified government online safety powers March 09, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo and Frank Hersey

Companies that provide what the UK government is calling “internet services” could get a clearer indication by late evening as to what sweeping new powers for online safety might mean — and how likely it is th... (more story)

Google AI chatbot hearing at EU’s top court to test press copyright limits March 05, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Google’s Gemini will be under scrutiny at the EU’s top court next week, in a case brought by a Hungarian publisher that promises to help define how the bloc’s copyright law applies to AI training and chatbot s... (more story)

Social media executives' live testimony not guaranteed in US trials due to distance March 04, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

A New Mexico jury has heard only from current Meta Platform executives through taped depositions, as the state is expected to rest its case after hearing from its final live witness on Wednesday.

Post-election social media rhetoric unlikely to spur Japan content rule changes March 04, 2026 | Jeyup S Kwaak

After veteran lawmaker Jun Azumi was defeated in Japan’s Feb. 8 general election and lost the seat he had held for three decades, he renewed calls for Tokyo to tighten rules governing online content. Days befo... (more story)

Porn platforms’ UK age-check fines spotlight questions over Ofcom’s transparency February 27, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Another porn-hosting platform received a fine from the UK online safety regulator this week for inadequate age assurance. But as the number of fines grows, there is scant information about whether they are pai... (more story)

Juries must navigate diverging views of Meta emerging in US social media trials February 27, 2026 | Madeline Hughes, Maria Dinzeo, Mike Swift and Xu Yuan

Juries in Los Angeles and New Mexico will have to parse two very different views of Meta Platforms that they have heard during the first three weeks of parallel social media trials. Is the culture of “move fas... (more story)

Japan's watchdog under pressure after disappointing Apple, Google mobile reports February 26, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act was meant to be a tougher answer to years of frustration with Apple and Google’s grip over the country’s $16.5 billion app market. But the first compliance reports under... (more story)