A US federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1
Document #65 Ryan Mac / New York Times : Judge Blocks Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores Anthony Kimery / Biometric Update : Judge blocks Texas app store age verification law as unconstitutiona...
Utah becomes the first state to pass an app store age-verification bill and require parental consent for minors to download apps; the bill heads to the governor
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Epic launches a free games program on mobile and promises to pay the Apple Core Technology Fee for participants in the program on iOS for one year
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ByteDance-owned video editing app CapCut is now working in the US, but is still not in app stores, after Trump signed an EO attempting to pause the TikTok ban
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TikTok's service providers are risking billions in fines for keeping the app online, as Trump's assurances that it's safe to support TikTok are legally flimsy
but the ban hasn't gone away Benedict Collins / TechRadar : Providers hosting TikTok could still face penalties despite extension, experts warn Jamaica Gleaner : US bans TikTok - Five essential reads ...
The US DOJ and Google made their closing arguments in the ad-market antitrust case before Judge Leonie Brinkema, who expressed some skepticism toward both sides
Tech Giant Says 31% and Falling Lauren Feiner / The Verge : Google and the DOJ make their final arguments in the ad tech monopoly case Marty Swant / Digiday : DOJ and Google make closing arguments in ...
Snap files to dismiss New Mexico's lawsuit over alleged teen account recommendations to child predators, saying the case misrepresents the state's investigation
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A study finds US judges use algorithmic risk assessments for criminal defendants selectively, instead of wholesale adopting or rejecting algorithms' advice
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A US federal judge has given the FTC the green light to pursue antitrust claims against Amazon, but ruled that some claims under state laws won't move forward
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US DOJ lawyers told a court that Google employees liberally labelled emails as “privileged and confidential”, a strategy that may backfire in the antitrust case
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