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Major digital platforms commit to stricter measures against hate speech in the EU January 20, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and other major digital platforms have signed the updated “Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online+,” committing to take stronger actions against the activ... (more story)

China is open to US dialogue to foster respectful cyber relations​ January 20, 2025 | MLex Staff

China is open to dialogue with the US to establish a mutually respectful cyber relationship, a senior Chinese cyber diplomat stated while countering US accusations of cyberattacks. Wang Lei, the Coordinator fo... (more story)

TikTok should be co-owned by US, Trump says as app is restored for users January 19, 2025 | Mike Swift

TikTok was back on the screens of 170 million smartphones in the US today, with President-elect Donald Trump saying he'll sign an executive order upon taking office tomorrow that would extend the time for the ... (more story)

Microsoft, Google, Amazon tie-ups with AI firms raise regulatory concerns, FTC says January 17, 2025 | Mike Swift, Khushita Vasant and Amy Miller

A US Federal Trade Commission report detailing key concerns around more than $20 billion in partnerships between cloud service providers Amazon, Google and Microsoft with artificial intelligence developers Ope... (more story)

Meta fights insurers over costs to defend US social-media addiction lawsuits January 17, 2025 | Xu Yuan

Meta Platforms is fighting to get its insurers to cover the social media giant’s costs in fending off a multitude of US lawsuits accusing it of contributing to the deterioration of young people’s mental health... (more story)

Apple suspends generative AI news summaries worldwide amid media pressure January 17, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Apple has globally suspended its generative AI summary feature for news and entertainment apps, following pressure from media outlets and journalism campaign groups. The Apple Intelligence feature had been gen... (more story)

US Supreme Court allows TikTok ban to go into effect Sunday January 17, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

TikTok could cease US distribution on Sunday in the wake of a unanimous US Supreme Court today affirming a federal appeals court decision that would ban the app in the US unless it is divested from Chinese ownership.

Battle over EU data protection supervisor looms as governments pick Wiewiórowski January 17, 2025 | Júlia Tar

EU governments today endorsed Wojciech Wiewiórowski for a second term as the European Data Protection Supervisor, the lead data protection watchdog for the EU institutions, setting up a battle with the bloc's ... (more story)

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Biden's executive order on cybersecurity has real bite, could have staying power January 17, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

The Biden Administration’s 11th hour cyber executive order will require that companies looking to sell to the federal government show they meet basic cybersecurity standards, and the government isn’t afraid to... (more story)

TikTok ban enforcement unclear amid US presidential transition January 17, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Enforcement of the US law that forces the divestiture or ban of TikTok is uncertain as it comes into effect amid a presidential administration transition. The controversial law, which gave TikTok and parent co... (more story)

For Big Tech companies, Southeast Asia can no longer be an afterthought January 17, 2025 | Jet Damazo-Santos

Big Tech’s increasingly contentious relationship with Southeast Asian governments is unlikely to improve in the coming year, with regulators growing bolder in cracking the whip against companies once thought t... (more story)

Google gets ominous disbarment warning as Epic antitrust claims ramp up January 16, 2025 | Mike Swift

With another round of antitrust litigation between Epic Games and Google ramping up – and a new participant, Samsung, at its heart – a federal judge advised Google today that its conduct on evidence discovery ... (more story)

US FTC has opportunity to crack down on data brokers with new national security law January 16, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

The US Federal Trade Commission was tasked by Congress this summer with ensuring data brokers do not sell American data to foreign adversaries. Now it has received one of its first complaints under that law fr... (more story)

Probe of Tools for Humanity's biometric data collection a priority in Brazil January 16, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil's National Data Protection Authority not only confirmed an ongoing investigation into Tools for Humanity, a company linked to OpenAI that's behind the advanced Orb camera technology used to collect eye ... (more story)

UK plan for AI training on medical data faces privacy hurdle over anonymity January 16, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK plans to promote AI by making healthcare datasets available for AI model training have prompted data protection concerns, with a struggle expected in ensuring true anonymity in datasets. Experts argue the U... (more story)

Meta’s content-moderation changes continue to spark action in UK, Brazil January 16, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Big Tech’s policy changes for content moderation are still triggering action by authorities around the world. These include a disinformation probe opened by a UK parliamentary committee yesterday, and a statem... (more story)