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EU AI Act enforcement deadline arrives for general-purpose models
Providers of GPAI systems now face fines of up to 7% of global turnover for non-compliance with the systemic-risk transparency, copyright, and red-team disclosure regimes.
FTC sues Microsoft over OpenAI cloud-exclusivity terms
The complaint, filed in the Northern District of California, alleges that the Azure-only inference clause amounts to an illegal tying arrangement in the foundation-model market.
California's SB 53 signed into law, replacing vetoed SB 1047
The narrower frontier-model bill requires whistleblower protections and incident reporting but drops the kill-switch liability provisions that drew industry opposition.
TikTok divestiture deadline extended a fourth time, to March 2027
Oracle and Silver Lake remain the lead bidders for the US operations, though ByteDance still refuses to part with the For You Page recommendation algorithm.
UK CMA blocks Amazon's $1.7B acquisition of iRobot — again
Regulators say the Roomba maker's home-mapping data would entrench Amazon's smart-home dominance, even after a revised remedy package.
India's DPDP rules take effect, forcing Big Tech consent overhauls
Meta, Google, and X have until Q3 to ship granular consent flows for India's 800M+ internet users or face penalties up to ₹250 crore per violation.
US BIS expands chip export controls to cover HBM4 and 1c-nm DRAM
The Commerce Department's latest rule sweeps in advanced memory used in AI accelerators, closing a loophole that had let Chinese fabs source SK Hynix and Micron stacks.
DOJ files revised remedy proposal in Google search antitrust case
The government is no longer seeking a forced Chrome divestiture but wants a ten-year ban on default-search payments and mandatory data sharing with rivals.
Brazil's STF orders X to appoint a local representative within 48 hours
Justice Alexandre de Moraes warned of a renewed nationwide block if Musk's company does not comply, reopening a fight that froze 22 million Brazilian accounts last year.
South Korea's KFTC fines Apple ₩70B over App Store anti-steering rules
The order requires Apple to permit external payment links in Korean apps within 60 days, mirroring obligations imposed by the EU's Digital Markets Act.
Australia's under-16 social-media ban survives constitutional challenge
The High Court rejected Meta and TikTok's appeal, clearing the way for an age-verification framework that other Commonwealth nations are now actively drafting from.
SEC charges Tornado Cash co-founder as crypto-policy whiplash continues
The civil complaint, filed days after a parallel DOJ deal collapsed, signals that the new SEC chair is not done unwinding the prior administration's enforcement posture.