Meta Initiates Mass Account Deactivations for Australian Teens as Social Media Ban Looms

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Meta has initiated a 14-day warning period for Australian under-16s, setting a December 10 deadline to deactivate accounts under new federal laws.The post Meta Initiates Mass Account Deactivations for Australian Teens as Social Media Ban Looms appeared fi…

3 months / bbc

With upcoming ban, Meta begins to notify Australian teens that their accounts will be shut down

3 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Netherlands Hands Back Control of Chipmaker Nexperia

Matthew Mpoke Bigg / nytimes - Uncertainty over the availability of the Chinese-owned company’s chips, which are used in cars and electronics, had added to concerns of a global shortage.

#techpolicy #china #chips #government #business #supplychain #europe #semiconductor #tradesecrets

Dutch Hand Back Control of Chinese-Owned Chipmaker Nexperia

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

I fear this interpretation of what the Dutch government has done today is dead-wrong. They have not handed back control over Nexperia to its Chinese owner WingTech. The court order gave control to non-Chinese executives/directors and that still stands. w

3 months / bsky / @noahbarkin.bsky.social / noahbarkin.bsky.social

Netherlands returns control of Nexperia to Chinese owner

3 months / bloomberg

For anyone keeping score at home, this is the now the EU backing down to China on a high-stakes tech standoff, just weeks after the US did the same. Like Bidenism before it, Trumpism and its European corollaries are more the last gasp of a dying global o

3 months / bsky / @judah-grunstein.bsky.social / judah-grunstein.bsky.social

Netherlands stops Nexperia takeover after dialogue with China

3 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Netherlands Hands Back Control of Chipmaker Nexperia

3 months / nytimes / Matthew Mpoke Bigg

Dutch government says it's relinquishing control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia

3 months / go

Dutch halt state intervention at Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, paving way for exports to resume

3 months / cnbc

Larry Summers Resigns From OpenAI’s Board

Mike Isaac / nytimes - Mr. Summers’ departure from the artificial intelligence company’s board followed revelations of his communications with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

#techpolicy #openai #aiethics #politics #business #governance #executiveorder #regulation

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Epstein Emails and Resignation

OpenAI board member Larry Summers resigns as Epstein links revealed

3 months / mashable

Larry Summers steps down from OpenAI board over Epstein emails

3 months / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI's board after release of emails with Jeffrey Epstein

3 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

The Epstein files have claimed their first OpenAI victim: board member Larry Summers

3 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Larry Summers Resigns From OpenAI’s Board

3 months / nytimes / Mike Isaac

Larry Summers Resigns From OpenAI Board Amid Epstein Revelations

3 months / wsj / Joseph De Avila

Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after release of emails with Epstein

3 months / cnbc

Governance Vetting Crisis

OpenAI's Summers Problem: How Bad Vetting Became a Governance Crisis

3 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

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Larry Summers OUT from OpenAI board of directors www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/t...

3 months / bsky / @mikeisaac.bsky.social / mikeisaac.bsky.social

dare we take guesses at who might replace him? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/t...

3 months / bsky / @mikesbarnes.bsky.social / mikesbarnes.bsky.social

Larry Summers Resigns From OpenAI’s Board ~ Donald Trump needs to resign www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/t...

3 months / bsky / @misskrisss.bsky.social / misskrisss.bsky.social

Throwing him off the Board because they had an epiphany Summers is a bad egg? How many other bad eggs at OpenAI? #econsky www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/l...

3 months / bsky / @countbern.bsky.social / countbern.bsky.social

Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI’s board, succumbing to radioactive fallout of released Epstein emails. Recruited to stabilize governance after 2023 chaos, the renowned economist arguably becomes the very instability he was meant to prevent.

3 months / bsky / @flingjore.com / flingjore.com

Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after release of emails with Jeffrey Epstein. CNBC reports: https://flip.it/ircdx1 #OpenAI #LarrySummers #Technology

3 months / bsky / @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy / techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy

Meta wins monopoly trial, convinces judge that social networking is dead

Ashley Belanger / arstechnica - People are "bored" by their friends' content, judge ruled, siding with Meta.

#techpolicy #meta #antitrust #business #judiciary #economy #law #facebook #regulation

AI and the feds: A love story

3 months / qz / Jackie Snow

Meta wins against FTC in major antitrust lawsuit

3 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Meta Won Its Antitrust Case While Losing the Talent War That Actually Matters

3 months / implicator / Robert Brown

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3 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Meta Learns That Nothing Is a Monopoly If You Just Wait Long Enough https://gizmodo.com/meta-learns-that-nothing-is-a-monopoly-if-you-just-wait-long-enough-2000687691

3 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Meta Wins Antitrust Case, Won't Have to Give Up WhatsApp or Instagram

3 months / cnet / Tyler Graham

Federal judge rules against FTC in Meta antitrust case

3 months / mashable

Meta wins monopoly trial, convinces judge that social networking is dead

3 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Meta Learns That Nothing Is a Monopoly If You Just Wait Long Enough

3 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Meta's big antitrust win, Salesforce's deal closure, and iPhone's popularity in China

3 months / cnbc

Meta is not a monopolist, judge rules

3 months / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Meta Did Not Create an Illegal Monopoly with Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - A U.S. judge ruled today that Meta did not illegally create or maintain a monopoly by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp.The post Meta Did Not Create an Illegal Monopoly with Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#techpolicy #meta #antitrust #judiciary #acquisitions #law #instagram #ftc #regulation

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Antitrust verdicts, rapid legal wins (13)
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Acquisition trends alter Silicon Valley deals

Meta’s Victory Opens the Way for Silicon Valley to Go Deal Shopping

3 months / nytimes / Eli Tan, Mike Isaac and Erin Griffith

Antitrust verdicts, rapid legal wins

Judge rules WhatsApp and Instagram acquisitions aren’t monopolization

3 months / siliconangle / James Farrell

Key Excerpts: Meta Wins Bout with FTC Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals

3 months / techpolicy

Judge rules Meta doesn't have monopoly after Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions

3 months / bbc

Judge Rules Meta Is Not a Monopoly, Dismissing FTC Antitrust Lawsuit about Instagram and WhatsApp

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Meta Did Not Create an Illegal Monopoly with Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions

3 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Meta wins antitrust trial as judge denies that it’s a monopoly

3 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Judge sides with Meta in antitrust trial, will not spin off WhatsApp and Instagram

3 months / npr / John Ruwitch

Meta wins antitrust fight over Instagram and WhatsApp

3 months / qz / Shannon Carroll

Meta has won the antitrust case that could have forced it to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp

3 months / engadget

Meta Defeats FTC’s Antitrust Case Alleging Social-Media Monopoly

3 months / wsj / Dave Michaels

Meta Did Not Violate Antitrust Law, Judge Rules

3 months / nytimes / Cecilia Kang

Meta wins FTC antitrust trial that focused on WhatsApp, Instagram

3 months / cnbc

Federal Judge Rules Meta's Instagram and WhatsApp Purchases Did Not Stifle Competition

3 months / slashdot / msmash

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A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Facebook-owner Meta is not a monopolist in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission over its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. Tech Policy Press associate editor Cristiano Lima-Strong looks at some of t

3 months / bsky / @justinhendrix.bsky.social / justinhendrix.bsky.social

Im so fucking tired of this corrupt justice.

3 months / bsky / @parisien.cc / parisien.cc

Meta has won its case against the FTC which argued the company is an illegal monopoly that shouldn’t have been allowed to acquire WhatsApp and Instagram. The judge wrote: “People treat TikTok and YouTube as substitutes for Facebook and Instagram.”

3 months / bsky / @carnage4life.bsky.social / carnage4life.bsky.social

“Whether or not Meta enjoyed monopoly power in the past, though, the agency must show that it continues to hold such power now,” Boasberg said in the filing. “The Court’s verdict today determines that the FTC has not done so. A judgment so stating shall i

3 months / bsky / @joshsternberg.com / joshsternberg.com

What a joke www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/m...

3 months / bsky / @jonathancohn.bsky.social / jonathancohn.bsky.social

EU could hand Amazon, Microsoft ‘gatekeeper’ title for cloud services

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - The EU is also probing whether the DMA in its current state is effective to govern the cloud sector.Read more: EU could hand Amazon, Microsoft ‘gatekeeper’ title for cloud services

#cloud #techpolicy #amazon #microsoft #antitrust #europe #azure #digitalmarketsact #eu #regulation

Cloud Services Face Scrutiny Under the Digital Markets Act

3 months / techpolicy

Brussels eyes AWS, Azure for gatekeeper tag in cloud clampdown

3 months / theregister / Lindsay Clark

EU could hand Amazon, Microsoft ‘gatekeeper’ title for cloud services

3 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

EU to assess whether Amazon and Microsoft cloud businesses need extra scrutiny

3 months / go

Amazon, Microsoft cloud services could face tougher EU rules

3 months / techxplore

Anthropic's CEO is 'deeply uncomfortable' being one of the only people deciding AI's future

Joseph Zeballos-Roig / qz - Amodei has cultivated a reputation for being alarmist about the prospect of AI unleashing major disruptions in the U.S. economy and wiping out half of entry-level white-collar jobs in next five years

#ai #ml #techpolicy #anthropic #antitrust #aiethics #governance #digitalmarketsact #regulation

Anthropic Claims about Chinese State-Sponsored AI Cyberattack Face Backlash from Security Community

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic's CEO is 'deeply uncomfortable' being one of the only people deciding AI's future

3 months / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Anthropic CEO Says He's 'Deeply Uncomfortable' With Unelected Tech Elites Shaping AI

3 months / slashdot / msmash

Your Apple Watch could face a new US import ban over $634m fight

digitaltrends - Apple’s latest courtroom clash with Masimo now includes a $634 million verdict and a fresh US trade review, putting the Apple Watch’s blood oxygen feature and future stock of newer models under real pressure.

#wearables #techpolicy #apple #tariffs #us #law #tradesecrets #litigation #intellectualproperty #applewatch

Apple Loses $634 Million Apple Watch Patent Case to Masimo

3 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Apple ordered to pay Masimo $634 million in patent dispute as Apple Watch ban threat returns

3 months / techspot

Your Apple Watch could face a new US import ban over $634m fight

3 months / digitaltrends

Apple ordered to pay medtech Masimo $634m for patent infringement

3 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Google rolls out new Gemini app design

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Google is rolling out a visual update to the Gemini app that introduces new design elements and color changes. This follows recent improvements to the app’s video generation capabilities and Gemini Live features. According to 9to5Google, the update brings…

#ai #automation #techpolicy #google #aiethics #apps #privacy #ux #updates #gemini

Eurofiber France disclosed a data breach it discovered late last week when hackers gained access to its ticket management system by exploiting a vulnerability and exfiltrated information.

3 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

Eurofiber France warns of breach after hacker tries to sell customer data

3 months / bleepingcomputer / Bill Toulas

Project Gemini

3 months / geminiprotocol

Google’s AI Just Mastered Video Games

3 months / datamation / Datamation Staff

Google rolls out new Gemini app design

3 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

How to turn off Gemini AI across the Google services you visit every day

3 months / digitaltrends

European Union Plans To Water Down AI And Data Privacy Rules Amid US Pressure?

Chaitanya Kohli / medianama - The EU is considering rolling back parts of the GDPR, AI Act, and ePrivacy rules under its Digital Omnibus reforms. Critics warn the changes could weaken privacy protections, expand Big Tech’s access to data, and reduce user control across Europe.The post…

#ai #startups #dataprivacy #techpolicy #aiethics #europe #privacy #eu #digitalprivacy #regulation

Europe Begins Rethinking Its Crackdown on Big Tech

3 months / nytimes / Adam Satariano and Jeanna Smialek

AI Hype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course

3 months / techpolicy

European Union Plans To Water Down AI And Data Privacy Rules Amid US Pressure?

3 months / medianama / Chaitanya Kohli

European startups welcome expected AI Act delay

3 months / sifted

Apple Speeds Planning for Replacing CEO Tim Cook Next Year

EditorDavid / slashdot - From the Business Standard:Apple has accelerated its succession plans as the company prepares for Chief Executive Tim Cook to potentially step down as early as next year, Financial Times reported. Apple's board and senior leaders have recently increased t…

#innovation #techpolicy #apple #business #jobs #technology #executiveorder #timcook #ternus

Is Tim Cook really leaving Apple?

3 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Tim Cook May Step Down As CEO Of Apple As Early As Next Year

3 months / bgr

End of an era? Tim Cook’s exit looms for Apple leadership

3 months / digitaltrends

Succession Race Is On as Apple Prepares for Cook’s Departure

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Apple Speeds Planning for Replacing CEO Tim Cook Next Year

3 months / slashdot / EditorDavid

Are we nearing the end of Apple’s Tim Cook era?

3 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Apple’s Succession Wars Start. Here’s Who Might Take Tim Cook’s Spot

3 months / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

German court awards €572m to rival shopping platforms in Google antitrust case

techspot - A Berlin court has ordered Google to pay a combined €572 million ($664 million US) in damages to two German price comparison platforms after finding the company abused its dominant market position for years. Reuters reports that the ruling stands as one o…

#techpolicy #google #antitrust #business #judiciary #europe #pricing #law #digitalmarketsact #regulation

German court awards €572m to rival shopping platforms in Google antitrust case

3 months / techspot

Google Fined to Pay €465 Million to Price-Comparison Services in German Antitrust Case

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

German court rules Google must pay €572M for violating antitrust rules in price comparison sector

3 months / techcrunch / Ram Iyer

Google pitches EU on adtech fixes to dodge breakup after €2.95B slap

Richard Speed / theregister - Brussels reviewing proposal as Mountain View insists it will appeal antitrust ruling Google has proposed a plan to the European Commission aimed at addressing antitrust concerns following a €2.95 billion fine imposed on the company for its online advertis…

#techpolicy #google #antitrust #alphabet #europe #digitalmarketsact #eu #ads #advertising #regulation

Google pitches EU on adtech fixes to dodge breakup after €2.95B slap

3 months / theregister / Richard Speed

Google offers changes to satisfy EU ad-tech case but they don't include breakup

3 months / go

Google aims to avoid break-up with EU adtech plan

3 months / siliconrepublic / silicon

Google Proposes Changes In EU Ad Tech Case For Ad Manager & More

3 months / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Google proposes adtech changes to avoid breakup after EU fine

3 months / techxplore

Apple Denied Appeal in UK App Store Case, Faces Over £1 Billion in Damages

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Apple's request to appeal a landmark UK ruling that its App Store fees are 'excessive and unfair' has been denied, exposing it to over £1.2B in damages.The post Apple Denied Appeal in UK App Store Case, Faces Over £1 Billion in Damages appeared first on W…

#techpolicy #apple #antitrust #uk #apps #europe #pricing #law #litigation #regulation

Apple suffers setback in UK App Store fee lawsuit

3 months / engadget

Apple Denied Appeal in UK App Store Case, Faces Over £1 Billion in Damages

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

UK refuses Apple's request to appeal $2 billion App Store ruling

3 months / appleinsider

Apple Denied Permission to Appeal UK App Store Ruling

3 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Google Eases Android Sideloading Rules After Developer Backlash

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google is reversing a controversial Android security policy after backlash, introducing a new 'advanced flow' to allow experienced users to install unverified apps.The post Google Eases Android Sideloading Rules After Developer Backlash appeared first on …

#software #techpolicy #google #android #apps #community #technology #developertools #digitalprivacy #regulation

Google will let Android power users bypass upcoming sideloading restrictions

3 months / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Google is Tweaking its Android Developer Verification Requirements to Add New Sideloading Process

3 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Android won't kill sideloading after all, but new verification rules will make it harder

3 months / techspot

Google To Allow 'Experienced Users' To Install Unverified Android Apps

3 months / slashdot / msmash

Google will allow 'experienced users' to sideload unverified Android apps

3 months / engadget

Google adds advanced flow for sideloading Android apps

3 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Google will soon give Android power users a safer way to sideload apps from unverified developers

3 months / digitaltrends

Google will let ‘experienced users’ keep sideloading Android apps

3 months / theverge / Dominic Preston

Google Eases Android Sideloading Rules After Developer Backlash

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google to allow Android users with high pain tolerance to sideload unverified apps

3 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Apple Study Finds Mandated Fee Reductions Never Reached European Consumers

msmash / slashdot - Apple said Wednesday that European Union developers pocketed the savings from mandated commission reductions rather than lowering prices for consumers. The iPhone maker commissioned Analysis Group to study pricing behavior [PDF] after the Digital Markets …

#techpolicy #apple #antitrust #business #apps #europe #pricing #digitalmarketsact #eu #regulation

A study backed by Apple claims to show that the Digital Markets Act is not lowering prices for App Store users, even when the company is forced to lower its fees.

3 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

EU가 야심차게 밀어부친 DMA로 인해 개발자 수수료가 소폭 인하되긴 했으나 90%의 개발자가 가격을 인상하거나 유지함에 따라 소비자 가격 인하로 이어지지 않았다는 지극히 뻔한 결말. appleinsider.com/articles/25/...

3 months / bsky / @purengom.com / purengom.com

Apple Study Finds Mandated Fee Reductions Never Reached European Consumers

3 months / slashdot / msmash

Apple says EU’s Digital Markets Act failed to lower app prices

3 months / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

EU developers don't pass on App Store fee savings to users

3 months / appleinsider

EU's Digital Markets Act Failed to Lower App Store Prices, Apple-Commissioned Study Says

3 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

OpenAI loses music copyright battle in German court

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - The judgement is not final and OpenAI has said that it is considering next steps. Read more: OpenAI loses music copyright battle in German court

#techpolicy #openai #aiethics #judiciary #europe #music #law #technology #litigation #copyright

OpenAI Used Song Lyrics In Violation of Copyright Laws, German Court Says

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

German court deepens the split on AI and copyright with its latest ruling

3 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI has violated German copyright laws by reproducing song lyrics by popular artists, the Munich Regional Court has ruled today.

3 months / bsky / @siliconrepublic.bsky.social / siliconrepublic.bsky.social

German music body wins copyright case against OpenAI

3 months / techxplore

OpenAI loses music copyright battle in German court

3 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

ChatGPT: OpenAI Loses Landmark Copyright Case Over Song Lyrics

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI may not use lyrics without license, German court rules

3 months / reuters

Wikipedia Asks AI Companies to Stop Scraping Data and to Start Paying Up

Imad Khan / cnet - The free internet encyclopedia is the seventh-most visited website in the world, and it wants to stay that way.

#ai #bigdata #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #business #wikipedia #api #digitalprivacy #copyright

Wikipedia tells AI companies to stop scraping and start paying

3 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Wikipedia Asks AI Developers To Support Platform, But Non-Compliance Fears Remain

3 months / medianama / Chaitanya Kohli

Wikipedia Urges AI Companies to Use Its Paid API Instead of Website Scraping

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Wikipedia Asks AI Companies to Stop Scraping Data and to Start Paying Up

3 months / cnet / Imad Khan

Wikipedia Urges AI Companies To Use Its Paid API, and Stop Scraping

3 months / slashdot / msmash

Wikipedia calls for fair licensing as AI companies rely on its content

3 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Wikipedia urges AI companies to use its paid API, and stop scraping

3 months / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

“Literal AI Spam Machine”: Google’s Opal Tool Comes Under Fire

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google faces backlash for marketing its new AI tool, Opal, for creating 'scalable' content, a practice that appears to violate its own anti-spam search policies.The post “Literal AI Spam Machine”: Google’s Opal Tool Comes Under Fire appeared first on WinB…

#ai #automation #techpolicy #google #aiethics #contentmoderation #algorithm #digitalprivacy #advertising

“Literal AI Spam Machine”: Google’s Opal Tool Comes Under Fire

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google Opal Tool Creates Optimized Content In Scalable Way - Seriously?

3 months / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Apple told to remove LGBTQ+ dating apps by China

Sarah Fielding / engadget - LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance have taken another hit in China, with Apple removing two of the countries biggest LGBTQ+ dating apps. Wired reports that Blued and Finka are no longer available on the iOS App Store or certain Android App Stores following orde…