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Trump’s firing of FTC Commissioner Slaughter ‘unlawful,’ US court says
President Donald Trump's firing of US Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was "unlawful and without legal effect," a US federal judge said today whil... (more story)
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US appeals court lifts block on Mississippi online age-verification law
Mississippi can begin enforcing its social media age-verification law after a federal appeals court paused a lower court’s ruling that had blocked the measure on Fi... (more story)
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How a 'one-off' case could upend the CFAA and a critical cyber defense tool
A prominent cybersecurity group is warning that a recent appellate court ruling upholding the conviction of former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan could undermine ... (more story)
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Meta Platforms faced doubts from a US federal judge over the relevance of evidence concerning former employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen in defending against allegations that its social media apps contri... (more story)
President Donald Trump's firing of US Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was "unlawful and without legal effect," a US federal judge said today while noting that the law on removal of FTC commi... (more story)
An FBI agent specializing in cybercrime investigations traced the flow of more than $1 billion stolen in hacking incidents to the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer during the US trial today of co-founder Roman... (more story)
Mississippi can begin enforcing its social media age-verification law after a federal appeals court paused a lower court’s ruling that had blocked the measure on First Amendment grounds. The US Court of Appeal... (more story)
Meta Platforms and the German government’s press office told judges in a Cologne court today that for the office to use the social-media giant's Facebook Fan Page isn’t violating data protection laws and calle... (more story)
The UK privacy regulator is set to lose a second senior executive this year, with Stephen Almond due to leave the Information Commissioner’s Office in September. His departure follows that of Deputy Commission... (more story)
Facebook executives and a group of shareholders reached a settlement today in litigation alleging Facebook prioritized Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and other senior leadership over the company’s fiduciary r... (more story)
Video-sharing platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo and Twitch will have to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act in full from July 25, the same day the media regulator starts enforcing additional measures... (more story)
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A recent US Supreme Court decision allowing states to implement laws requiring age verification to access online pornography is spilling into discussions about social media regulations.
The actions of Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and the company's board as the company made privacy moves during the past decade will face extreme scrutiny in an $8 billion US trial over claims by inve... (more story)
Online platforms have been told to expect more UK regulation to protect children online, with a focus on addictive design and healthier online habits. But it remains to be seen whether the British government i... (more story)
A prominent cybersecurity group is warning that a recent appellate court ruling upholding the conviction of former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan could undermine the use of bug bounty programs, a cornerstone... (more story)
The EU’s push for simplification of its laws has come up against a range of underlying tensions in the digital arena, including political ambition, bureaucratic inertia and industry pressure to roll back years... (more story)
Social media and search services could face new UK duties to share data with researchers, under proposals published by regulator Ofcom as part of its Online Safety Act implementation. But industry resistance, ... (more story)
A broad swath of businesses’ data-processing activities could be subject to scrutiny under US rules targeting access to American data by foreign countries considered as adversaries, as a grace period ends and ... (more story)
Timely responses and a demonstrated effort to comply with the Connecticut Data Privacy Act are crucial for avoiding severe fines, state Attorney General William Tong said as he announced the first monetary fine under the law.