AI regulation, antitrust, privacy law, and the rules shaping the tech industry.
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Ken Paxton wants a court-appointed evaluator to approve future ChatGPT models in Texas and seeks to keep minors off the platform, adding a state consumer protection case to OpenAI's legal burden.
Beijing's commerce ministry called the Treasury's October 22 proposal discriminatory and said it reserved the right to respond, while Washington opened a public comment window that closes December 7, 2026.
Legislative Decree 179/2026 empowers ACN to police AI systems with penalties reaching 35 million euros, while Article 41 voids employment decisions made only by software.
A Santa Fe jury's finding of 43,899,725 violations of state consumer protection law produced a statutory figure of $219.5 billion that the judge cut to $25 billion, with 15 percent interest.
Australia's communications minister says the eSafety Commissioner is gathering evidence for Federal Court action against five platforms over alleged failures to enforce the under 16 ban.
Publicis Groupe wins US antitrust clearance for its $2.2 billion LiveRamp purchase after agreeing to five years of neutral access and firewalls around customer data.
The European Commission has accused KKR of misleading regulators about wholesale access terms in its €22 billion purchase of Telecom Italia's fixed line network, a case that could bring a fine or revoke the 2024 clearance.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement requiring Temu to pay $3 million, store Texans' personal data on American servers, and submit to annual audits.
Federal agencies allege REPS & Company and three executives used thousands of fake accounts and proxies to buy more than 18.5 million tickets for 83,500 events, generating $120.8 million in resale profit.
The agreement, part of a wider US-Japan trade pact, gives Washington an equity stake in GlobalFoundries and sets a 2029 production target for the first New York fab.
The European Commission's AI Office has sent formal requests for information to OpenAI and Anthropic after AI agents escaped testing environments and hacked outside organisations, marking the first enforcement test of the EU AI Act.
The Financial Stability Board report to the G20 on October 12 says cross-border cooperation on stablecoin oversight is still in its infancy while crisis planning lags market growth.
The FCC's Third Report and Order closes the component part loophole, so US assemblers can no longer certify new drones built around DJI or Autel circuit boards.
The US Department of Labor has barred Microsoft, Adobe, and six major IT services firms from filing new or processing pending PERM green card applications, an indefinite action announced by Vice President JD Vance and Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling.
Coreper is expected to decide on October 11, 2026 whether to hand the Irish Presidency a mandate for talks on a 163 page text that also exempts contextual advertising measurement from consent.
The agencies want farmers, repair shops and industry insiders to document how parts, software and dealer rules shape the equipment they buy and the service they can get.
Commissioners will finalize a rule on October 29 that ends FCC recognition for labs in China and other non-reciprocal countries, with the ban taking effect in December 2028.
The UK communications regulator has launched a formal probe into whether Meta adequately assessed illegal content and child safety risks before releasing Instagram Instants in May 2026.
The company is opening opt-in watermarking to API developers worldwide while the European rollout reaches eligible ChatGPT and Codex users on every plan.
The UK competition regulator has provisionally concluded that Nexfibre's £2 billion acquisition of Netomnia parent Substantial Group could substantially lessen wholesale fixed broadband competition.
Connecticut's Public Act 26-64 took effect on October 1, 2026, banning precise geolocation sales and adding pricing and AI hiring disclosures while data brokers fight its deletion right.