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US judge signals she’ll block California law targeting online marketplaces June 26, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

A US federal judge said today she’s likely to block a California law that would force online marketplaces like Facebook and Nextdoor to monitor their platforms for illicit transactions, saying the measure appe... (more story)

Getty has ‘zero evidence’ on trademarks, says Stability AI in UK trial closing June 26, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Getty Images has provided “zero evidence” for its claims of trademark violation, Stability AI told a UK court today as it began setting out its closing defense arguments in the final stages of a three-week tri... (more story)

EU, South Africa seek deal on clean trade and investment partnership June 26, 2025 | Patrick Hatzis

The European Union is aiming to complete a Clean Trade and Investment Partnership with South Africa by November, a senior EU official said. Christina Miranda, a senior official at the European Commission, note... (more story)

Global momentum grows for redesigning platforms to protect children June 26, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

More regulatory measures targeting both large and small tech platforms used by minors are urgently needed, officials from the EU, Norway, and Sierra Leone agreed during a panel discussion today. Changing algor... (more story)

Adult websites to adopt UK age checks but still push for device-based solution June 26, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Pornhub and other major pornography platforms have agreed to implement site-level age checks in the UK from next month, despite long-standing calls for device-level verification. Enforcement looms from July 25... (more story)

Pause EU anti-greenwashing directive negotiations, Latvia says June 26, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

EU anti-greenwashing negotiations remain in limbo following yesterday's meeting of EU ambassadors, at which Latvia called for talks to be paused, an EU official told MLex. Italy also reiterated its opposition ... (more story)

X can't avoid new harmful online content provisions, Australian watchdog says June 26, 2025 | Saloni Sinha and James Panichi

Australia’s online-safety regulator has pushed back against claims by X, formerly Twitter, that it isn’t bound by new standards the watchdog issued under Australia’s 2021 Online Safety Act. In court documents ... (more story)

US DOJ on lookout for cases of ‘product-fixing,’ non-price restraints, Kallay says June 25, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

The US Department of Justice is on the lookout for instances of rival firms getting together and agreeing on what product features will or will not be made available to the market, said Dina Kallay, a senior e... (more story)

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Media Matters suit aims to block US FTC's foray into free-speech enforcement June 25, 2025 | Mike Swift and Chris May

A new lawsuit by the liberal advocacy group Media Matters, accusing the US Federal Trade Commission of advancing "a twisted vision of the First Amendment,” alleges that the law enforcement agency is actually p... (more story)

How ChatGPT might force the EU to rethink its gatekeeper rules June 23, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

With ChatGPT moving toward potential regulation under a key EU law governing digital services, its designation as the first standalone AI service could also open the door to strict curbs on digital gatekeepers... (more story)

Moody’s proposes tougher capital, liquidity standards for US banks, provoking indignation June 17, 2025 | Neil Roland

Stepping into a void left by President Donald Trump’s bank-friendly regulators, Moody’s Ratings has proposed a rating methodology for US banks that stiffens capital and liquidity requirements — and has stirred... (more story)

Crypto industry risks chill from UK overregulation, sterling stablecoin chief says (update*) June 12, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

A cautious approach to cryptoassets by the UK financial services regulator risks holding back the sector's potential in Britain, although there is no lack of buzz about the industry in London, according to the... (more story)

US FTC 'Attention Economy' conference carries kids' privacy warnings for tech industry June 10, 2025 | Mike Swift

An ambitious, young, conservative leadership at the US Federal Trade Commission — many of them now parents who grew up as digital natives in the 2000s — appear to have the means and the determination to police... (more story)

US authorities take keen interest in Brazil social media dispute June 06, 2025 | Henrique Santiago, Madeline Hughes

Political figures in Brazil and the United States have been paying close attention to actions taken against Big Tech in Brazil. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, known for his combative stance toward ... (more story)

US state bills targeting rent-setting algorithms seeing mixed results June 05, 2025 | Emma Whitford

A cluster of US state bills aimed at blocking the use of algorithmic rent-setting tools is seeing mixed outcomes this year — from a breakthrough in Connecticut to a dead end in Colorado — even as a proposed ba... (more story)

With Amazon 'dark patterns' trial looming, US FTC wins right to depose UX employees May 28, 2025 | Mike Swift

With Amazon's trial against the US Federal Trade Commission over whether it used "dark patterns" deceptive design to manipulate consumers to subscribe to its Prime service just four months away, the FTC has wo... (more story)