US FTC sues major advertising agencies over collusion in digital advertising
→ Media-buying teams face antitrust scrutiny of agency contracts
USA
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Big Tech
IBM pays $17M penalty to United States to settle False Claims Act DEI claims
→ Compliance teams at federal contractors must review DEI programs for False Claims Act risk
USA
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Meta Platforms ordered to face Massachusetts youth social media addiction lawsuit
→ In-house legal teams at Meta Platforms must prepare a state-court defense in Massachusetts
USA
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IBM pays $17 million to settle US DOJ probe over DEI
→ HR and compliance teams at US federal contractors must halt bonuses tied to demographic targets
USA
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UK bans pornography depicting sexual acts between stepfamily members
→ Adult-content producers barred from making stepfamily sexual scenes
UK
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EU parliament blocks extension of ePrivacy carve-out for automated child-abuse scanning
→ Platform safety teams lose legal basis to run automated CSAM scans
USA
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Turkey's Competition Board opens investigation into Google advertising and billing practices
→ Turkey's Competition Board opened a probe into Alphabet Inc and related Google companies to determine whether their billing and commercial practices for online advertising to advertisers and advertising agency clients violate Turkish law.
Turkey
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Court of Rome rules Netflix price hikes illegal
→ Court of Rome declared Netflix's 2017–2024 subscription price increases unlawful and ordered the company to reduce current Italian prices and reimburse affected subscribers up to €500.
Italy
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India brings user-posted news under IT rules
→ India amended the Information Technology rules to subject online user-posted news and current-affairs content to government oversight, extend an inter-departmental committee's blocking and review powers to such content, and require intermediaries to comply with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology advisories under Section 79 or risk losing safe-harbour protection.
India
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US District Judge Troy Nunley halts Nexstar/Tegna integration
→ US District Judge Troy Nunley issued a temporary restraining order requiring Nexstar Media Group and Tegna to immediately cease all integration and consolidation of assets and operations for 14 days while the court considers whether to convert the order into a preliminary injunction.
USA
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UK fines Apple subsidiary £390,000 for Russia sanctions breach
→ The UK imposed a £390,000 civil penalty on Ireland-based Apple Distribution International Limited for making funds available to a designated person without a licence in connection with two payments in 2022.
USA
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EU charges Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos for letting children access porn
→ The European Union charged Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos with breaching the Digital Services Act and said they face fines of up to 6% of global annual turnover if found guilty.
EU
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