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Meta removed ~756,000 underage accounts in Australia to comply with new under-16 social media ban, as regulators raise penalties. Compliance costs remain modest but could scale if other countries ado…
New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567M in child safety case, bringing total exposure to $942M in that state alone. More lawsuits pending nationwide, but Wall Street views sums as manageable for $…
Google appeals federal court ruling finding it illegally maintained monopolies in search and advertising. The company contests data-sharing remedies and argues its dominance stems from superior produ…
Signal, Apple, and Meta oppose Canada's Bill C-22 lawful access legislation, warning it would weaken encryption and privacy protections, threatening to exit the country or demand amendments.
Meta Platforms faces legal setbacks over internal safety research, raising investor fears of stricter regulations and impacting product development, leading to significant stock losses this year.
OpenAI, partly backed by Microsoft, indefinitely shelved plans to release an erotic chatbot, limiting potential products with sensitive content.
Google seeks to delay sharing proprietary search data with competitors amid legal challenge over monopoly ruling.
The European Commission launched an investigation into Google's search ranking practices under the Digital Markets Act, citing concerns that Google might unfairly demote news publishers, potentially …
Amazon agreed to a $2.5 billion FTC settlement ($1B fines, $1.5B refunds) over alleged Prime enrollment tactics, avoiding a trial; Prime adoption and subscription revenue remain strong, though regula…
The European Commission is preparing a charge sheet against Meta for inadequate policing of illegal content on Facebook and Instagram, risking fines and investigations into disinformation and decepti…
FTC alleges Amazon purposefully made Prime sign-ups hard to cancel, enrolling millions without consent; trial seeks damages, hefty fines and could harm Amazon's reputation. Amazon denies wrongdoing a…
Penske Media sued Alphabet, alleging Google’s AI Overviews republish content without consent and siphon traffic, hurting publisher revenue; Google denies claims and vows to defend against the lawsuit.
The FTC has sent inquiries to Alphabet (Google), Meta and other AI firms asking how they test and monitor chatbots for risks to children, launching a study into chatbot safety and child protections.
Anthropic agreed to a $1.5B settlement over using authors' books to train its AI, creating a legal precedent that raises copyright risk for AI-backed tech firms including Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and …
The EU fined Alphabet nearly $3.5 billion for antitrust abuses in adtech and ordered reforms; Google said it will appeal while shares barely moved. The piece also highlights UK political turmoil and …
Singapore ordered Meta to strengthen anti-scam measures on Facebook or face up to S$1m fine after a surge in impersonation scams, citing weak marketplace protections and enforcement gaps despite Meta…