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RSS feed →Iowa’s New AI Chatbot Law Signals the Beginning of America’s Next Major Tech Regulation Fight: AI Companions and Minors
The United States is entering a new phase of artificial intelligence regulation, one focused less on abstract fears about superintelligence and more…
The UAE Just Launched One of the World’s First National AI Certification Labs and It Could Reshape Global AI Governance
The global race to regulate artificial intelligence is entering a new phase.
Japan’s APPI Amendments Signal a New Era of Data Governance and Companies Have Less Time Than They Think
Japan is preparing for one of the most important privacy law overhauls in Asia since the modernization of the Act on the…
EU Reaches Last-Minute Deal to Rewrite Key Parts of the AI Act Ahead of August Compliance Deadline
The European Union has once again reshaped the future of artificial intelligence regulation, reaching a provisional agreement to amend portions of the…
The White House May Want AI Models Reviewed Before Release. That Would Mark a Major Shift in American Tech Oversight.
The United States may be moving toward one of the most consequential changes in artificial intelligence governance since the modern AI boom…
NEWS 6 min read
Ireland Opens DSA Investigations Into Meta as Europe Intensifies Scrutiny of Algorithmic Manipulation
Europe’s regulatory focus is rapidly shifting from content moderation alone toward something far more fundamental: the architecture of digital influence itself.
GERMANY’S BSI DATABASE SECURITY GUIDELINES ARE A WAKE-UP CALL FOR EVERY CLOUD-FIRST ORGANIZATION
Europe’s most influential cybersecurity authority just published the most comprehensive database security framework in years.
PRIVACY 6 min read
Morgan & Morgan: How America’s Largest Law Firm Is Bringing Mass Arbitration to Data Privacy Violations
With over 30 billion dollars recovered for clients, offices in all 50 states, and a brand built on the slogan “For the…
The Five-Digit Fault Line: Why Thomson Reuters’ Michigan Class Action is a Billion-Dollar Data Crisis
The class action lawsuit filed on April 30, 2026, in Michigan federal court against Thomson Reuters isn’t just another legal skirmish—it is…
Berman et al. v. Forbes Media Privacy Lawsuit Case
As of May 2026, Forbes Media is navigating a significant legal pivot point, nearing a $10 million settlement in a California-based privacy…
OpenAI Now Using Cookies
Breaking news OpenAI has just announced that they will be using cookies for tracking and targeting purposes where they were not disclosing…
When Your AI Agent Has Your Credit Card: FIDO, Google, and Mastercard Quietly Begin Building the Rules for Agentic Commerce
The FIDO Alliance announcement reported by Wired this week reads, on the surface, like a niche piece of payments-industry news: the standards…