The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), rejecting a First Amendment challenge brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Section 1201 prohibits circumventing technological protections on copyrighted works and distributing tools for such circumvention. It also empowers the Librarian of Congress to grant temporary exemptions through ...
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and a Notice of Inquiry regarding AI-generated calls and texts. This proposal, now open for public comment, aims to ensure transparency and protect consumers from the potential misuse of AI technology, including fraud, impersonations, and misinformation.
The NPRM proposes defining an AI-generated call as "a call ...
Following the failure of X (formerly Twitter) to follow a Brazilian court's order to suspend accounts alleged of spreading misinformation, the court in Brazil recently ordered a complete ban on X in Brazil. According to the court's decision, the ban was issued because X has shut down the office of its legal representative in Brazil. X's decision to do so ...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with two international consumer protection organizations, have uncovered that many websites and mobile apps employ "dark patterns"—design strategies that subtly manipulate consumers into making purchases or compromising their privacy. The study, led by the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN) and coordinated with the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN), reviewed 1,010 websites ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that geofence warrants are unconstitutional, holding that they violate the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits the U.S. government from conducting "unreasonable searches and seizures." Geofence warrants allow law enforcement to request information about all subscribers located in a specific geographic area during a given timeframe, to identify potential suspects of ...
TikTok agreed to suspend its rewards program for European users after European Union regulators raised concerns about potentially addictive elements in its TikTok Lite app. This decision is part of a first-of-its-kind settlement under the EU Digital Services Act.
TikTok Lite, designed for use on slower wireless networks, included a program that rewarded adult users with points for activities like ...
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