Tech Law

Meta says it is expanding AI-based age enforcement tools across Facebook and Instagram to identify potentially underage users.

Australia's new social media ban for minors challenges platforms, advertisers, and creators to rethink age verification, data practices, and compliance across social channels.

This high-stakes deal could either restore America’s semiconductor leadership or serve as a warning about failed industrial policy.

The Internet Security Alliance is pitching a zero-cost cybersecurity plan with five recommendations, from cutting duplicate rules to creating a national dashboard, that could strengthen defenses and save billions.

By blocking AI bots and enabling micropayments for access, Cloudflare aims to help content creators protect and monetize their content.

Two new studies indicate that Google's AI Overviews are having a negative impact on click-through rates from online searches, which could ultimately reduce traffic to original sources and affect the quality of content on the internet.

A new partnership between AI applications builder MindStudio and content payment firm TollBit helps websites monetize AI usage and ensure content creators get paid. It also gives companies a legal, transparent way to access online data — avoiding the ethical and legal pitfalls of traditional scrap...

In its court filing, Chegg argues that Google forces companies to supply proprietary content in order to be included in Google’s search function, unfairly exercises its monopoly power within search, and reaps benefits from Chegg's content without paying for it.

Nearly two dozen dating apps were flagged by Mozilla's Privacy Not Included researchers as failing to meet privacy and security standards, sharing customer data with third parties, and excluding the right of a user to wipe their data from the app.

Meta is taking to court a law enforcement intelligence company for gathering data about users of its Facebook and Instagram properties. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California, alleges that Voyager Labs, an international scraping and surveillance service, improperly collected data from t...

The law aims to protect Americans by blocking and prohibiting all transactions from any social media company in, or under the influence of, China, Russia, and several other foreign countries of concern.

Loopholes in the rules governing advertising for stimulant medications should be closed, according to a report released Monday by the Center for Data Innovation.

Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, introduced the legislation that seeks to address open source software risks in government. The proposed Bill, S. 4913, now awaits action by the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Data privacy laws are becoming a major focus worldwide as businesses hasten to meet new compliance obligations. Many organizations involved with international commerce must alter their procedures to comply with new legislation.