As additional states in the U.S. advance legislation aimed at restricting minors’ use of social media, federal courts in the U.S. are increasingly confronted with the tension between these laws and the First Amendment of the Constitution.
Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio struck down the state’s social media Parental Notification Act, which was set ...
Latin America’s smallest country, El Salvador, became the first country in the region to enact a law on Artificial Intelligence. The recently enacted Ley De Fomento A Inteligencia Artificial Y Tecnologías takes a novel approach, focusing on the creation of a developer-friendly regulatory ecosystem rather than limiting AI uses.
The Act seeks to make El Salvador attractive to AI developers. ...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently announced the creation of a new “Regulatory Intelligence Office”, tasked with integrating the country’s legislative framework with judicial rulings, executive procedures, and public services, through the use of artificial intelligence.
According to the announcement, the office will deploy AI systems to analyze government data, track the societal and economic impacts of legal and regulatory ...
The legal battle over AI training and its implications for intellectual property rights continues to unfold globally. While the UK government is conducting controversial public consultations on the proposal to allow AI companies to use protected works for training AI, new initiatives are offering content creators methods to cash in on the demand for AI training data.
Since 2014, the ...
Tech giants Google and Apple have recently lost court cases related to anti-competitive practices in their platforms and applications.
In Brazil, Apple has been facing scrutiny over its practice of allowing iOS apps to be available exclusively through the App Store, barring new competitors from entering the app distribution market. The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) issued an injunction ...
Following an investigation prompted by anonymous tips, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) found that Telenor ASA, a Norwegian telecommunications company, violated several GDPR requirements on organizational processes and structures. Datatilsynet ordered corrective measures be taken and imposed a fine of approximately $380,000.
The GDPR requires data controllers to implement specific organizational measures to mitigate data protection concerns and prevent ...
Virginia was set to become the third U.S. state to legislate AI regulations, after Utah and Colorado, with its High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Bill. However, the Governor of Virginia vetoed the bill, and the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates may now attempt to override the veto with a supermajority vote, an unlikely outcome.
The bill followed similar ...
Recent developments underscore a growing global trend towards increased protection for minors using the Internet. Virginia is amending its Virginia Consumer Data Privacy Act to limit minors’ social media use to one hour per day per platform unless otherwise determined by a parent. Social media companies are also required to verify user age or obtain parental consent when necessary.
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