Regulation

YouTube Test Community ‘Notes’ Feature For Added Context

YouTube begins testing Notes feature that allows selected users to add contextual information to videos, amidst misinformation scrutiny

5 months ago

FTC Sues Adobe Over Hidden Fees, Termination ‘Resistance’

US regulator sues Photoshop maker Adobe over large, hidden termination fees, intentionally difficult cancellation process

5 months ago

TikTok US Ban Appeal Gets 16 September Court Date

Action by TikTok, ByteDance and creators against US ban law gets 16 September hearing date, weeks before US elections

5 months ago

US Surgeon General Calls For Warning Labels On Social Media

US surgeon general calls for cigarette-style warning labels to be shown on social media advising of 'mental health harms'

5 months ago

Google Must Face Trial In Ad Tech Monopoly Case

Google loses bid for summary judgement as judge says 'too many facts in dispute' as US adtech case heads for…

5 months ago

Apple, Meta Likely To Face EU Antitrust Charges

Apple, Facebook parent Meta reportedly likely to face EU antitrust charges before August under new Digital Markets Act rules

5 months ago

Winklevoss’ Gemini To Pay $50m In Crypto Fraud Settlement

Winklevoss twins' Gemini Trust to pay $50m to settle cypto fraud claims over failed Gemini Earn product in New York…

5 months ago

Meta Delays EU AI Launch After Privacy Complaints

Meta delays Europe launch of AI in Europe after user, privacy group complaints over plans to train models on user…

5 months ago

AI Fuels Local Memory Chip Demand For China’s Sanctioned YMTC

China chipmaker YMTC sees surge in demand from local companies, government projects amidst AI infrastructure boom, in spite of US…

5 months ago

Musk’s X Lawsuit Against Nazi Report Author Slated For 2025 Trial

Trial set for April 2025 against Media Matters, after its report prompted an advertising exodus from Elon Musk's X

5 months ago

Microsoft President Grilled By US Lawmakers After China, Russia Hacks

Microsoft's Brad Smith answer questions from US lawmakers about hacks of US governmental systems by China, Russia

5 months ago

Japan Passes Law To Allow Third Party App Stores, Payments

Copy of EU's DMA? Japan passes law that will require Apple and Google to open up their respective ecosystems

5 months ago

US Mulls Additional AI Chip Restrictions For China – Report

Tightening the screws. Biden Administration is considering further restrictions on Chinese access to cutting-edge AI chip tech

5 months ago

SpaceX, Elon Musk Sued By Engineers For Unfair Firings, Sex Bias

Elon Musk and SpaceX sued by eight engineers who had been fired after calling Musk a “distraction and embarrassment”

5 months ago

SEC Reaches $4.5bn Settlement With Bankrupt Terraform Labs

Terraform Labs and disgraced founder Do Kwon agree to pay the US SEC a combined $4.5 billion in civil fraud…

5 months ago

Tech Groups Call On US DoJ To Investigate YouTube Monopoly

Open letter urges US Department of Justice to investigate Alphabet's YouTube for alleged domination of home entertainment sector

5 months ago

EU To Impose Tariffs Up To 38 Percent On Chinese EVs

European Commission investigation provisionally concludes China offers unfair subsidies to its EV makers – tariffs announced

5 months ago

Tesla Investor Slams Elon Musk’s $56bn Pay Deal, Amid Another Lawsuit

Head of one of the largest pension funds in US to vote against Elon Musk's ‘ridiculous’ pay package, as another…

5 months ago

Elon Musk Drops OpenAI Lawsuit, Threatens Apple Ban

Surprising twist by Elon Musk after he ditches lawsuit against OpenAI, and also threatens to ban Apple devices over ChatGPT…

5 months ago

US Supreme Court To Hear Facebook Shareholder Suit Appeal

US Supreme Court agrees to hear Facebook attempt to dismiss shareholder lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica data-sharing scandal

5 months ago

UK Retailers Sue Amazon For £1bn Claiming Data Misuse

Independent retailers sue Amazon for £1bn in biggest-ever UK retail case alleging company misused their data to launch rival products

5 months ago

LinkedIn Disables Ad Feature In Europe Over Targeting Concerns

LinkedIn disables feature allowing advertisers to target European users based on membership in groups after concerns over DSA compliance

5 months ago

Microsoft ‘Recalls’ AI Screenshots After Backlash

Microsoft takes step back on 'Recall' AI screenshot feature on Copilot+ PCs after critics compare it to pre-installed spyware

5 months ago

Google Will Not Face Jury In US Adtech Trial

Judge rules Google adtech competition case to be decided in non-jury trial after company pre-emptively pays government $2.3m

5 months ago

Meta Plan To Train AI With EU, UK User Data Spurs Complaints

European privacy group files GDPR complaints over Meta plan to use public user data from Facebook, Instagram to train AI…

5 months ago

Mike Lynch Cleared In HP Autonomy Fraud Trial

Dr Mike Lynch has been cleared of all fraud charges in the US, over $11 billion sale of Autonomy to…

5 months ago

US Regulators To Open Antitrust Probes Into Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia

Both the Federal Trade Commission and US Justice Department are reportedly set to open antitrust investigations into leading AI players

5 months ago

Google Must Face $17 Billion Adtech Lawsuit, Tribunal Rules

London's Competition Appeal Tribunal rules Alphabet must face a £13.6bn lawsuit over alleged online ad market domination

6 months ago

OpenAI, DeepMind Workers Warn Of AI Risks In Open Letter

Current and former staff members of OpenAI and Google DeepMind warn of lack of safety oversight in AI industry

6 months ago

Australia Drops Knife Attack Case Against X

High profile 'content ban' battle with Elon Musk's X has been dropped by the Australian safety regulator after legal setback

6 months ago