| Internet Governance EU Passes Landmark Tech Regulation: The Digital Services Act will ensure that platforms such as Facebook, Amazon, and Google strengthen content moderation, the privacy of sensitive data, and AI transparency, while the Digital Markets Act will curb dominant companies such as Google, Apple, and Microsoft from abusing their market share. |
| Privacy Google Takes Privacy-Enhancing Steps in Light of Abortion Restrictions: The company has limited a feature that allows app developers to collect information about other apps a user has installed on their Android devices, including apps related to reproductive health. Google also announced that it will begin to delete location data on devices that have been in close proximity to a “sensitive medical location.” |
| Information Security and Cyberthreats Marriott Breached Again: Although not as serious as previous breaches, the latest breach resulted in the theft of 20GB of data that includes “confidential business documents” and customer payment information that would enable fraudulent credit card purchases. A Marriott spokesperson noted that the hack was perpetrated by a single threat actor who used social engineering to gain access to an employee’s computer and who attempted to extort the company before going public with the theft. |
| Intellectual Property FBI, MI5, Warn of China’s Efforts to Steal Tech: In a joint appearance before business and university leaders, the heads of the two security agencies warned of an “immense” effort by the Chinese Communist Party to steal technology “on a massive scale.” |
| Freedom of Expression and Censorship Twitter Sues in India over Account-Blocking Orders: The platform is challenging orders issued pursuant to the country’s tech rules, which require that tech companies remove certain types of content, as “excessive” and “disproportionate.” |
| Practice Note Japan Strengthens Consequences for Online Insults: Amendments to the country’s penal law designed to curb cyberbullying provide for one year of jail time and fines of up to 300,000 yen ($2,200). |
| On the Lighter Side Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: A programmer configured a 40-year-old Commodore computer to play YouTube videos using its classic monochrome green display. |
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