DMA designations, gatekeeper compliance and the contest over fair platform markets. Coverage from Continental Brief.
A US court has rejected calls to dismantle Google's advertising technology business, opting instead for interoperability requirements and data-sharing rules. The decision raises questions about the effectiveness of antitrust enforcement against tech giants.
A US judge has ruled out dismantling Google's advertising technology business, opting for behavioral remedies instead. The European Commission must now decide whether to pursue a different path with structural remedies or align with Washington's approach.
A Human Rights Watch investigator found that Facebook and TikTok's recommendation systems are amplifying content from armed groups, turning recruitment from a rural coercion tactic into a digital operation targeting vulnerable youth.
As the US marks Labor Day, concerns mount over artificial intelligence's impact on worker protections and hiring decisions, while the European Commission moves to regulate major online platforms under new digital rules.
The European Commission's August 31 decision to classify ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine triggers the Digital Services Act's strictest compliance regime, with implications extending far beyond the chatbot itself.
A federal judge in Virginia has ruled on remedies in Google's antitrust case, but the decision falls short of breaking the company's stranglehold on digital advertising infrastructure.
Meta's landmark settlement over harm to children's mental health has sparked global debate, but without grounding the response in universal child rights standards, the impact will remain limited to one country.
A landmark agreement between Meta and US state attorneys general over Instagram and Facebook practices targeting minors has sparked widespread debate about whether the company's commitments will translate into meaningful change—and what the deal means for regulators worldwide.
The UK government is proposing 14-year prison sentences and unlimited fines for sabotaging subsea cables and pipelines, replacing a Victorian-era law as concerns grow over state-sponsored attacks on critical infrastructure.
eMudhra, one of India's few root certificate authorities recognized by major browsers, is abandoning its SSL/TLS certificate operations following a security failure that exposed eight intermediate certificates with dangerously weak cryptographic keys.
EU lawmakers united on international AI cooperation but divided over whether Europe should tighten rules or prioritize industry competitiveness. The debate also reignited calls to revive a shelved liability directive.