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The European Commission on Monday initiated non-compliance investigations against tech giants Google, Apple and Meta under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). These investigations mark the first cases following the compliance deadline set by the DMA in early March. In Google’s case, the European Commission is investigating whether the search results provided prioritize the company’s vertical [...]

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A federal judge ruled on Thursday to temporarily block Montana’s ban on TikTok from coming into effect in the state. In issuing the preliminary injunction, US District Judge Donald Molloy found that Senate Bill 419 violates the US Constitution “in more ways than one” after determining that the ban “oversteps state power and infringes on [...]

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An NGO dedicated to protecting online privacy rights filed a complaint Tuesday against Meta’s paid no-ad subscription service. Meta’s service prevents individual data from reaching advertising companies on their websites, for a fee of up to 251 euros. Otherwise, users can “consent” to continue to use the site with ads. The NGO that filed the [...]

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US President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday setting landmark safety and security standards for artificial intelligence (AI). The order will force major AI developers to: share safety test results with the US government; create standardized safety testing; limit biological AI testing; issue best practices for AI fraud prevention; establish AI tools to find [...]

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The US District Court for the Northern District of California blocked the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) on Monday. Judge Beth Labson Freeman granted NetChoice‘s request for a preliminary injunction, claiming CAADCA was unconstitutional for violating the First Amendment, violating the Dormant Commerce Clause of the US Constitution by regulating activity outside of California, and [...]

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $93 million settlement with Google, Inc. on Thursday in a lawsuit over the company’s location tracking practices. The lawsuit initially arose when Bonta accused Google of violating that several California Business and Professions Code (BPC) provisions regarding the company’s statements about their use and collection of users’ location [...]

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The more humanity develops, the more problems it creates. As if overpopulation, environmental pollution, and climate change weren’t enough, we have introduced an uncontrollable alternative to our own intellects to the fray. In recent months, amid the proliferation of Chat GPT, Google Bard, and other consumer-accessible AI chatbots, media outlets have reported that AI ‘could [...]

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In February 2022, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism published a report, accusing Facebook of inciting ethnic violence and disseminating misinformation in Ethiopia. A senior government official condemned the tech giant, accusing it of standing idle as the nation descended into chaos. Yet, as previously announced, the Ethiopian government refused to sit by idly and pledged [...]

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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Wednesday announced a $1.5 million civil penalty against digital healthcare company GoodRx for its failure “to notify consumers and others of its unauthorized disclosures of consumers’ personal health information to Facebook, Google, and other companies” in violation the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) (18 CFR § 318) and 15 U.S.C. § [...]

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New York Attorney General Letitia James Wednesday released a letter to Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSG Entertainment) regarding its reported use of facial recognition software to identify and deny entry to MSG venues for all lawyers affiliated with law firms that represent clients in pending litigation related to MSG Entertainment. The policy may affect up to [...]

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