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OpenAI chief tells G7 to 'not cede responsibilities' to AI giantsAt the G7 summit, OpenAI's Sam Altman implored global leaders to take charge of artificial intelligence regulation. He champions the idea t...
Central Asia's VC ecosystem hits record $320 million in 2025 but faces a critical pipeline, capital gap: ReportCentral Asia's venture capital funding hit a record USD 320 million in 2025. This growth was boosted by two major deals. However, the regio...
Brazil's Supreme Court clears way to hold social media companies liable for user contentAfter Thursday's ruling is published by the court, people will be able to sue social media companies for hosting illegal content if they re...
Brazil bans Sam Altman's tech firm Tools for Humanity from paying for iris scansBrazil's data protection authority has ordered Tools for Humanity, co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, to stop offering iris scan compensa...
2024 in Review: How governments tried to rein in the social media beastFrom Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) to ByteDance's TikTok, social media platforms have been under scrutiny this year, with governments as...
Brazil's top court says X paid pending fines to wrong bankBrazil's Supreme Court postponed its decision to allow social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, to resume services in the country, as t...
G20 nations agree to join efforts to fight disinformation and set AI guidelinesIt is the first time in the G20's history that the group recognizes the problem of disinformation and calls for transparency and accountabi...
How Brazil's experiment fighting fake news led to a ban on XBrazil's yearslong fight against the internet's destructive effect on politics, culminating in the current blackout of X, shows the pitfall...
Brazil watchdog moves to block access to Elon Musk's X after court orderBrazil's telecom regulator is set to suspend access to Elon Musk's X social network due to a court order. The platform failed to appoint a ...
How one Brazilian judge could suspend Elon Musk's XThe justice, Alexandre de Moraes, has threatened to suspend social media giant X nationwide if its billionaire owner Elon Musk doesn't swif...
Can tech executives be held responsible for what happens on their platforms?And on Saturday, Pavel Durov, who founded the online communications tool Telegram, was arrested in France as part of an investigation into ...
Brazil authority suspends Meta's AI privacy policy, seeks adjustmentBrazil's National Data Protection Authority suspends Meta's privacy policy, affecting personal data processing for AI training. ANPD's deci...
Elon Musk slams Brazilian judge Alexandre De Moraes, calls for his resignationIn a direct rebuke, Musk stated, "Coming shortly, X will publish everything demanded by @Alexandre and how those requests violate Brazilian...
Meta wins appeal of court order to stop using its name in BrazilMeta, previously Facebook, successfully appealed a ruling in Brazil to change its name within 30 days due to confusion with another company...
Brazil readies 15% minimum tax on multinational profits ahead of G20 presidencyThe planned move would help Brazil align with the G20's agenda to combat tax evasion in an increasingly global and digital economy, said Ta...
BRICS competition regulators to focus on large digital companiesIndia has taken a series of steps in recent years to bolster its competition regime. These include amendments to the competition law to int...
Telegram calls Brazil disinformation law 'attack on democracy'"Brazil is about to pass a law that will end free speech," the company said in a message sent to users on Bill 2630, which has passed the S...
Brazil pushes back on big tech firms' campaign against 'fake news law'Bill 2630, also known as the Fake News Law, puts the onus on the internet companies, search engines and social messaging services to find a...
Big tech vs regulators: Global battlegroundThe EU may have just forced it to make one of the biggest changes that would come to iPhones in almost 10 years.
In Brazil, firms sought black workers. Then LinkedIn got involvedMany Brazilian companies have started to explicitly seek out Black and Indigenous workers to diversify their ranks, a step to reverse the d...