AdTech Law Digest

The EU's landmark DMA decision requires Google to grant rival AI assistants access to 11 Android features and share anonymized search data, reshaping...

An audit mapping 424 companies in the ad tech surveillance supply chain reveals how location data flows from ad exchanges to intelligence buyers....

• New CONAR president Eduardo Simon is examining cases involving AI in advertising and plans to clarify when synthetic content must be disclosed.
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Google will permit third-party app stores inside the US Play Store starting next week, complying with a court order in the Epic Games lawsuit and...

The EU is executing a coordinated regulatory offensive spanning multiple fronts.

• DSA enforcement: X's proposed fixes for transparency violations...

Publishers are intensifying copyright challenges against AI training, filing suits that test fair use boundaries.

• Google lawsuit: Hachette,...

The Supreme Court decision in Trump v Slaughter undermines FTC independence, placing the EU-US Data Privacy Framework in jeopardy for ad tech companies handling transatlantic data transfers. Immediate compliance reassessments are required.

No significant updates today.

EU experts reject blanket teen bans, urging platform responsibility for safe-by-design features and age-appropriate access instead.

• Age assurance...

Pleading standards require copyright plaintiffs to identify specific infringing works and show substantial similarity. Epidemic Sound's failure to do...

Meta's appeal of the $3 million jury award directly challenges whether platform design features like infinite scroll and autoplay can bypass Section...

• AI agents like Perplexity Comet and ChatGPT Atlas render full browser sessions, dismiss consent banners programmatically, and fire tracking pixels...

The EU’s DSA and DMA produce only superficial textual convergence in China, reflecting deliberate domestic learning rather than automatic regulatory...

Mobile web display drove 54.9% of brand suitability violations and 71.5% of ad clutter despite representing just 45.1% of impressions in 2025.

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EU proposals would force platforms to disable personalized recommendation systems for children under 13 by default, directly limiting...

The EU's DMA is compelling Apple to build a new API for seamless AirPods-style pairing with third-party devices like Meta's Ray-Ban glasses and Quest...

Publishers and authors allege Google knowingly copied books from its Google Books settlement to train Gemini models without authorization, seeking an...

Platforms hosting user-generated content now face active FTC enforcement of the TAKE IT DOWN Act's notice-and-takedown rules for nonconsensual...

EU digital policy has pivoted from data residency and compliance toward economic competitiveness and AI participation.

Key drivers for sovereign...

The EU is shifting from expert advice to phased policy action on children's social media access, emphasizing platform accountability over outright...