Policy and Regulations in the News

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• A federal judge rejected Google's motion to toss a lawsuit alleging that it continued collecting information on users who opted out of functionality that records a users' web and app activities — Link

• The EU plans to investigate Twitter/X for alleged right-wing bias — Link

• Meta said it would end fact-checking programs and instead rely on community notes like on Twitter — Link

• Meta plans to test eBay listings alongside its own classifieds in the Meta marketplace in the EU in response to allegations that Meta had squeezed out competitors on its platform — Link

• Israel’s GDPR-like privacy legislation will take effect in 2025, the first national-level regime like the one the EU enacted — Link

• A top China court issues a list of ways it thinks IP protections and technology legal processes should be improved in the country’s courts — Link

• Immigrants are setting up Temu and TikTok Shop fulfilment centres in their living rooms in the U.S. as the companies plan an end run around any regulations on the “de minimis” important loophole that is the key to their business — Link