Big Tech Regulation Watch

Final EU Antitrust Ruling Against Google

• 🔥 ECJ upholds €4.1B fine: The European Court of Justice dismissed Google's appeal, making the €4.1...

Amazon's $2.25 million FTC settlement underscores growing regulatory pressure on its data practices just as AWS doubles down on AI services.

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EU data rules are already delaying AI products while DMA and AI Act scrutiny intensifies.

• 11% of LLMs from Meta, Google and others delayed or...

Does the FTC's new policy on undisclosed ideological steering in AI override state efforts to curb algorithmic bias?

• Core warning: AI firms tuning...

The ECJ's dismissal of Google's appeal makes the €4.1B fine legally binding after eight years, ending all appeals in the EU system.

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• Privacy groups urged the FTC to reject X's bid to end audits, warning Musk's platform poses a serious risk to user data.
• X claims rebranding and...

FTC AI Policy Initiative

• 🔥 FTC Seeks Comments on AI Accuracy: The FTC is seeking public comment until July 31, 2026 on a proposed policy...

The FTC's proposed policy warns AI developers that undisclosed "ideological objectives" distorting model outputs could violate Section 5's ban on...

Apple and EU regulators appear to be moving past public blame over Siri AI delays, with Tim Cook and Henna Virkkunen holding constructive talks this...

The dominant thread across 55 comments is refining the 2025 HSR form by cutting high-cost, low-return items rather than scrapping it.

• Dechert and...

Companies following state AI laws risk federal enforcement actions amid conflicts with federal guidance.

Yelp won a key procedural victory when a federal court accepted the DOJ's prior findings that Google holds monopoly power in internet search, skipping...

AI Regulation Updates

• 🔥 Rhode Island AI Laws: Rhode Island enacts three new AI laws including a therapy chatbot ban.
• US-EU AI Partnership:...

• Custom launch for inference: OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled Jalapeño, their first joint Intelligence Processor optimized for LLM inference workloads...

Governments are shifting from broad AI rules to precise, use-case bans in sensitive sectors.

• Norway's elementary ban: Generative AI is prohibited...

The US has proposed a formal AI partnership with the EU to align regulation and secure semiconductor supply chains amid intensifying competition with...

Virginia became the first state to levy a $600 million annual electricity tax on data centers, moving beyond ineffective moratoriums to actual costs...

A UK court has compelled Google to share documents from the US DOJ antitrust investigation as part of a £14B class action over its adtech practices.

US Antitrust Moves on AI

• 🔥 Warren Targets AI Acqui-hires: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Democratic colleagues urged FTC and DOJ to scrutinize Big...

The EU's sovereignty package builds on prior digital rules to cut reliance on non-EU suppliers and impose extraterritorial obligations.

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