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Apple and Meta Hit with First Fines under EU Digital Markets Act

The European Commission recently found Apple and Meta (formerly Facebook) to violate the recently enacted EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), which regulates the digital market “gatekeepers” that provide services crucial for the digital markets.

The DMA places various obligations and prohibitions on the “gatekeepers” designed to ensure contestability. For example, gatekeepers must allow consumers to choose operating systems and software, ...

Virginia Governor Vetoes Regulation of High-Risk AI

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 ...

U.S. Courts Grapple with Constitutionality of State Laws Protecting Minors in Social-Media

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 ...

El Salvador Is the First Latin American Country to Regulate AI

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 Future of AI Training: UK’s Policy Shift and New Business Models

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 ...

UAE To Be the World’s First Country to Use AI to Recommend Legislative Updates

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 ...

Norway’s Privacy Regulator Issues Fine for Organizational GDPR Breaches

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 ...

Google and Apple Face Legal Setbacks Over Anticompetitive Practices

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 ...

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