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Tech platforms unlikely to see EU countries agree on CSAM law by end of June May 27, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Online messenger services such as Meta Platforms' WhatsApp and Signal are unlikely to see an agreement by EU governments on the draft EU law to prevent and combat child sexual abuse material in June. The text,... (more story)

China signals competition boundaries as Meituan vows to win delivery war May 27, 2025 | Yonnex Li

Chinese regulators must take decisive action "when necessary" to stop destructive market competition, according to a commentary in the Communist Party's People's Daily that articulates the official reasoning b... (more story)

X takes Australian online-safety regulator to court over new obligations May 27, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Social-media giant X Corp. is taking legal action against Australia’s online-safety watchdog over a newly enforced obligation designed to curb the spread of harmful online content. The company has filed a laws... (more story)

ECHR president Marko Bošnjak set to join the EU Court of Justice May 26, 2025 | Jean Comte

Representatives of EU member states are set to approve the nomination of Marko Bošnjak, the current president of the European Court of Human Rights, as a judge at the EU Court of Justice. The appointment is pa... (more story)

Vietnam orders ban on Telegram due to alleged violations of telecom law May 26, 2025 | Hoa Dinh

Vietnam has ordered its telecommunication companies and Internet-service providers to block the operations of messaging app Telegram due to violations of the Law on Telecommunications, and report the actions t... (more story)

Online yearbook site faces scrutiny by US appeals court in fight against class certification May 23, 2025 | Xu Yuan

The company operating Classmates.com, an online database of digitalized yearbooks, faced doubts from a US appeals court panel in its attempt to overturn a lower court’s order to certify a class of users who al... (more story)

Google should produce analysis of adtech business for US remedy trial, DOJ says May 23, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Google must be made to produce "highly relevant" internal documents in which executives analyzed the feasibility of making changes to the way it operates its ad tech business, because those documents go to the... (more story)

Ferguson says US FTC privacy enforcement accepts ad tech 'tradeoffs,' will focus on kids May 23, 2025 | Mike Swift

New US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said the agency will be a privacy law enforcer that will emphasize the protection of children online, but acknowledged "tradeoffs" in regulating the ad ... (more story)

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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)

New EU e-commerce roadmap adds tools, but no fix for ‘parcel tsunami’ May 23, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello

The new EU proposal for a 2-euro handling fee on low-value parcels, alongside plans to remove the current duty-free threshold for small shipments, aims to ease pressure on national customs and boost oversight ... (more story)

Why Australia's online-safety watchdog must win X, Telegram lawsuits May 23, 2025 | James Panichi

Telegram Messenger and X have both launched lawsuits targeting Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant over her attempts to hold Big Tech responsible for illegal material their users may send. Both l... (more story)

Why opposition to New Zealand’s under-16 social-media ban is brewing May 23, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

New Zealand appears set to follow Australia down the path of legislating a social-media ban for children under 16 years of age. While there appears to be broad — but not unanimous — popular and political suppo... (more story)

EU Digital Fairness Act lobbying asks questions over enforcement of current rules May 19, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Tech platforms including gaming, e-commerce and social media platforms are in lobbying mode over the planned EU Digital Fairness Act. While they don't see a new law as needed at all, consumer organizations sup... (more story)

A hundred days into US FTC under new chairman, don't call leadership regulators May 09, 2025 | Mike Swift and Ilana Kowarski

Last week marked 100 days since the start of Andrew Ferguson’s leadership of the US Federal Trade Commission, and while the new chairman has frequently talked the talk of a full-throated Trump populist, the wa... (more story)

Age-verification regulation at EU level is needed, Danish minister Stage says May 09, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Social media platforms’ age verification — intended to keep children out — needs to be regulated at the EU level, Denmark's digital minister told MLex in an interview. Caroline Stage Olsen said that platforms ... (more story)

US faces crunch to secure critical minerals May 01, 2025 | Bradley Dress

The US is accelerating efforts to secure more critical minerals as a bitter trade war and other constraints are sparking concerns about supply chain security in Washington. 

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