UK, EU and US regulation, privacy changes, platform enforcement and the rules that hit digital operators.
In a recent podcast interview prior to receiving the Axel Springer Award, Peter Thiel condemned Pope Leo XIV’s AI encyclical, describing it as indirectly aiding the Chinese Communist Party. Thiel suggests that while China will ignore such calls for regulation...
AI-powered adaptive computer worms represent a novel and escalating cyber threat due to their ability to autonomously revise attack strategies, spread rapidly, and exploit vulnerabilities globally. These traits could enable malicious actors, including non-sta...
The FCC’s proposed rule would set deadlines and limit fees for local permits to speed broadband infrastructure buildout, but local leaders say the plan ignores delays caused by broadband providers themselves and undermines essential local oversight.
The lawsuit highlights Truth Social’s Truth API service, which grants prioritized early access to Trump's posts and those of other high-profile accounts, enabling certain paying customers to potentially profit on market-moving information hours before it beco...
The ongoing legal conflict spotlights the challenges AI companies face when developing music generation models that may incorporate copyrighted material. Sony and UMG argue that Suno's methods effectively recycle and amplify unlicensed content, even as the st...
Community Notes aims to leverage crowdsourced corrections to misinformation across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, with Meta reporting 1.4 million contributors and 50,000 notes published after 18 months in the US. Yet the small ratio of published notes per...
While defending sovereignty is a shared campaign theme among Brazil’s leading presidential candidates, their approaches to digital sovereignty reveal sharp divisions. Incumbent President Lula prioritizes multilateral governance and regulated digital markets,...
Meta’s handling of evidence in ongoing lawsuits concerning teen mental health and safety has attracted judicial criticism. A recent revelation showed the team behind Instagram’s Teen Accounts ordered ‘attorney/client privilege’ branded hats, symbolizing what...
Introduced in June 2026, Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, presents a fresh approach to protecting young Canadians online by establishing a dedicated Digital Safety Commission and enabling regulated market access for platforms meeting high safety standard...
ELITE, designed to aggregate and analyze data from multiple sources to prioritize enforcement targets, blurs the line between administrative data processing and active intelligence gathering. This has sparked concerns about whether ICE’s procurement methods a...
Public figures in the US have accused anti-AI acceleration and data center opposition movements of being psy-ops influenced or supported by China, while Chinese state media counters that US calls for AI safety serve unilateral geopolitical aims. These recipro...
The EU Kids Act proposal extends the EU’s digital safety framework by introducing interoperability features that enable parents and minors to control safety measures through third-party applications. This represents a new approach designed to address the limi...
Flock Safety’s network of over 120,000 cameras across 49 states, equipped with advanced AI capabilities, has become a flashpoint in debates over mass surveillance and data privacy. More than 130 cities have terminated contracts under public pressure, spotligh...
The Digital Services Act introduced a network of certified ODS bodies to handle user disputes over platform content removals and account deactivations without resorting to courts. While intended to improve content moderation through an independent second opin...
The communications shift reflects Microsoft’s intent to integrate messaging more closely with legal and external policy efforts at a time when media environments are increasingly fragmented. Brad Smith, known publicly as a key Microsoft spokesperson and polic...
Building on Article 28 of the Digital Services Act and forthcoming Digital Fairness Act, the KIDS Act seeks to impose concrete, binding rules against addictive design and unsafe interactions on platforms popular with minors, including video games and AI compa...
Introducing strict age gates and expanding intrusive age verification, the EU Kids Act seeks to protect children on social media, video-sharing platforms, and AI systems. However, the broad scope and implementation risks overshadow potential benefits, threate...
ICE and CBP’s use of Mobile Fortify facial recognition during street-level operations has intensified surveillance on Black and other migrants of color. The deeply embedded biometric system collects and shares information across agencies, expanding enforcemen...
Thermal drone images exposed the illegal running of high-capacity gas generators at DataOne’s Vineland data center, prompting the state's largest-ever data center pollution fine. Despite the penalty, local residents and environmental advocates remain skeptica...
During a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing, diverse witnesses including cybersecurity experts, law enforcement officials, and affected individuals highlighted significant risks posed by Flock's technology. Lawmakers expressed bipartisan wariness regarding...
Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation mandating monthly reporting on data center resource use and directing utility regulators to create specific power rates for these facilities. The new rules respond to growing concerns over data centers’ strain on commu...
ShinyHunters claims to have stolen about two to three terabytes of FBI employee data, including sensitive personal details and professional work information. The breach was communicated via a website defacement and accompanied by demands to retract a governme...
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