Google is expanding Bard availability as the EU crafts landmark AI regulation.

Vietnam is preparing to make it mandatory for social media users of both local and foreign platforms to verify their identity in a bid to rein in online scams.

Die US-Verbraucherschutzbehörde FTC will Meta unter anderem verbieten, neue Produkte oder Funktionen herauszubringen, bis eine Aufsichtsperson das Datenschutz-Programm des Konzerns positiv bewertet.

ByteDance is registered in Beijing and thus subject to Chinese law, giving those whose data privacy it violates the potential for redress through Chinese courts.

In this documentary, Forbes unfolds the main issues surrounding TikTok and U.S.

In Italien wurde ChatGPT bereits gesperrt. Nun überprüfen auch deutsche und kanadische Datenschutzbehörden die Anwendung. Der Ruf nach politischer Regulierung wird lauter.

TikTok has been fined £12.7m for failing to protect the privacy of children, the UK's data watchdog has said.

Because of the amount of data collected and the possibilities of influence of state agencies, TikTok gives him "abdominal pain," the vice president of the authority told media. But Minister of Interior, Nancy Faeser, sees no reason for a ban on the app in Germany.

A top data protection firm from Austria says Meta is making use of tracking technology that violates laws in the EU.

TikTok + ByteDance employees — incl. members of Chinese Communist Party known to be on ByteDance’s payroll — can switch between Chinese + U.S. data with nothing more than the click of a button using a proprietary tool called Dorado.

Ulrich Kelber claims the page is not following data protection rules. Governent wants to "examine Kelber's decision in detail", but not follow the note, as it sees the page being "an important part of the public relations work of the Federal Government".

Data collection is something that you simply can’t escape, but in spite of the fact that a lot of consumers don’t seem to be all that happy about having to do it, willing to delete apps that collect to much data. But on the other hand, even more people might be willing to share their data - if they get paid in return.

Chinese social media company TikTok plans to open two more data centers in Europe, a senior executive said on Friday, a move that could mitigate concerns over the security of users' data and ease regulatory pressure on the company. Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Sandra Maler

According to a draft on planned, so called "chat control", EU states want to massively tighten blocking of content and access to it via technical tools. Meanwhile, researchers expose false claims by the EU to bring the laws into place.

Musk's Twitter still violates FTC security pact, new whistleblower says, since still many people can access a program that lets them tweet under any account.

The EU fined WhatsApp nearly $6 million (€5.5 million). Authorities found the Meta platform violated the bloc’s privacy laws just weeks after Facebook and Instagram were handed similar penalties.

Chinese social media company TikTok could face a ban in the European Union if it does not step up efforts to comply with EU legislation before September, the top official overseeing the EU's internal market told the company's CEO on Thursday.

Meta’s putting your Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger account settings in one place.

The updated tool will better enable users to manage their settings across Meta's apps.

A new report is shedding light on a massive array of companies in the EU being fined huge sums in the past three years.