Tech laws, regulation, antitrust, courts and government policy.
A proposed nationwide class action filed in California federal court accuses OpenAI of training its models on children’s private ChatGPT conversations without valid parental consent. The remedy it seeks is barely conventional: a slice of the company itself, or its cash equivalent. The 81-page complaint was lodged on October 13, 2026 in the U.S. District … Read more
An Italian court has convicted two men for creating and distributing a sexually explicit deepfake of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, sentencing each to just over two years in prison and ordering them to pay €100,000 in damages — compensation Meloni has said she will donate to a fund supporting victims of gender-based violence. The verdict, … Read more
Google is on trial in London over the economics of its app store. A £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) opt-out class action brought on behalf of roughly 20 million UK consumers opened this week at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, with consumer advocate Liz Coll alleging that the company used its grip on Android app distribution to … Read more