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Google ordered to put clearer links in AI search and let UK publishers opt out

Google must change AI Overviews after claiming users don't want "lots of sources."

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🚨 We’re proud to represent Jess Asato MP in the claim she filed today in against xAI in the English High Court. Ms Asato MP was one of the many women who were subjected earlier this year to the appalling manipulation of their image on X by Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot. awo.agency/articles/fir...

First claim in the UK against Grok’s nonconsensual deepfakes

Jess Asato MP launches legal claim against Elon Musk's company xAI for AI chatbot Grok creation of sexual deepfakes

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[🔍] AWO is conducting an External Perceptions Survey! If you’ve worked with us in the past, could interested in working with us, or work in the same field, we’d love to know what you think about us. 📝 The survey is fully anonymous and takes 2mins to complete! forms.awo.agency/r/Me6v0p?ref...

Perceptions Survey

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Really interesting to see how China regulates Gen AI anthropomorphism. This is actually a child safety risk featured in research @awo.agency did for the @nspcc.bsky.social learning.nspcc.org.uk/media/ikxlpz...

Luiza Jarovsky, PhD@luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨 BREAKING: China's new law on AI anthropomorphism has been officially enacted, and it is the world's STRICTEST law on the topic:

Anthropic postponing Mythos demonstrates how responsible release will be increasingly important as Gen AI gets more capable. Cybersecurity risks is just one of Gen AI issue that can mitigated with staged release and external input into development (as we argue in a 2024 paper)

The cool folks from the Eurosky team just brought you a new site: eurosky.tech, portal to the Atmosphere. I'd say it's the crispest explanation so far of what the Atmosphere brings: 1. one account 2. that works with a bunch of apps, and 3. your data from all apps is yours, portable, interoperable.

Eurosky - Building a thriving open social web for Europe

Eurosky is a European initiative to build and operate sovereign social web infrastructure

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New paper alert 🚨: “Generative AI and Child Safety: What are the risks and how can we solve them?”, an NSPCC/AWO study, has just been published! It describes some important gaps in EU and UK legislation relating to risks that children face from Gen AI. learning.nspcc.org.uk/media/1drdec... 1/8

Welp. The internet had a nice run. Some outlets have lost over 90% of their traffic since the "AI" summaries rolled out. "...the four worst-hit publications [now] get less monthly web traffic combined than the r/ChatGPT subreddit gets on its own."

Evidence Grows That Google's AI Overviews Have Eviscerated the Media Industry

Google's AI overviews have eviscerated the media landscape, with some top publications losing up to 97 percent of their web traffic.

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We got Meta’s “general global playbook” for defeating advertiser verification regulations, which the company knows would reduce scams. It includes making scam ads “not findable” for regulators searching Meta’s ad library through targeted scrubbing. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Meta created ‘playbook’ to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, documents show

As regulators pressure Meta to verify the identity of advertisers on Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant has drafted a “playbook” to stall them. A Reuters investigation examines its tactics...

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To grow its ad biz in China, Meta has relied on ad agency partners given the power to create special enforcement-protected ad accounts and share them with resellers. The system produces so much fraud that Meta internally calls China its top “scam exporting nation.” www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue

A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to mini...

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Can't imagine why this would be a problem at all

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a… on.ft.com/4ahkNKa

On a Wednesday!?

My colleagues @laurelinelmn.bsky.social and @mathver.bsky.social shared some thoughts on the DSA's application to OpenAI with TPP! See also their great analysis on the topic here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

OpenAI’s ChatGPT has crossed 120 million EU users for its search feature and may fall under the Digital Services Act. Ramsha Jahangir breaks down what this could mean for regulation of AI chatbots in Europe.

Europe needs an EU Sovereign Tech Fund. Open source software powers everything from healthcare to energy grids, yet it's chronically underfunded. Read the Public letter. openfuture.eu/blog/public-...

Public letter calls for EU investment in open source sustainability through an EU Sovereign Tech Fund – Open Future

We have joined dozens of organizations in signing a public letter that calls for the creation of an EU Sovereign Tech Fund to address chronic under-investment in open source software maintenance.

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New @lobbycontrol.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org data highlights tech lobbyists' tightening grip on EU policymaking: 📈 Total lobbying spend up by a third in 2 years 💼 There are now more tech lobbyists than MEPs 🗣️ Big Tech meets EU officials every single day corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/b...

Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory

New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was already considerable firepower.

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Is it legal for publishers to force you to "consent" to a data free-for-all as payment for entering their sites & apps? No. Over the summer we have been talking to EU data watchdogs, detailing the case law and enforcement decisions. www.iccl.ie/digital-data...

Pay or ok? Why Europe's data watchdogs must reject "forced consent"

Case law and enforcement decisions show that Europe's data watchdogs already have all the evidence they need to reject Pay or OK

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We'll be at #PrivacyCamp25 tomorrow! Join our colleague @lutecia.bsky.social at 9:55 to discuss all things strategic litigation. Our colleagues @nickbotton.bsky.social and @laurelinelmn.bsky.social will also be around, come chat with us!

More Google news. EC making itself clear here. "The Commission has already signalled its preliminary view that only the divestment by Google of part of its services would address the situation of inherent conflicts of interest, but it first wishes to hear and assess Google's proposal." 1/2

since Google rolled out AI Overviews in your search results, median year-over-year referral traffic from Google Search to premium publishers down 10% - Non-news brands down 14% - News brands down 7% - Yr/yr declines outnumber gains two-to-one 1/2

⚠️ Child Rights Impact Assessment: A Policy Tool for a Rights‐Respecting Digital Environment - just published o/a by @Livingstone_S @Kruakae_Noony #DigitalFutures4Children @5RightsFound @MediaLSE #CRIA #DigitalEnvironment #ChildRights #GeneralComment25 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

BREAKING: The EU Commission has released a mandatory template for AI developers to disclose training data. Unlike the Code of Practice, this is not optional. It could have global fallout, as rights holders abroad might use it to sue over copyright. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/e...

NEW: The final draft of the AI Act's code of practice for general-purpose AI models is finally out. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/...

If you're going to #CPDP, don't miss the most important panel on online ads regulation that you'll ever attend! We'll talk about gaps that remain and how to fill them, covering privacy, transparency, DMA and DSA issues, and more!

CPDPconferences@cpdpconferences.bsky.social · last yr.

"The EU's Next Move on Online Advertising" Organised by @awo.agency with @lexzard.bsky.social (moderator), @nickbotton.bsky.social , Denis Sparas, @hkingaby.bsky.social, Nataliia Bielova More information: cpdp.be/1908 #CPDP2025 #theworldiswatching #CPDP.ai

Great to see @kzenner.bsky.social here, who just co-authored (co-inspired?) a great paper on a blueprint for European digital sovereignty. Added him here bsky.app/starter-pack...

The Algorithm Governance Roundup is out! This month we interviewed Aarushi Sahore a barrister @brickcourt about RTM v Bonne Terre Ltd and Hestview Ltd, a landmark case on consent under UK data protection in the context of online gambling.👇 eocampaign1.com/web-version?...

Algorithm Governance Roundup #22

Community Spotlight: Aarushi Sahore, Brick Court Chambers | DSA Investigations and Enforcement

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nice to see advertisers' adtech middlemen spending a bit more time on avoiding monetizing harmful content as opposed to suffocating high-value journalism brands due to politicized topics. 1/2

An Adalytics report shows how ad systems run by Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others inadvertently placed ads on a website that hosts CSAM (Thomas Germain/BBC) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

"The probe by China’s State Administration for Market Regulation will examine alleged monopolistic practices by the U.S. tech giant, which has had its search and internet services blocked in China since 2010 but maintains operations there primarily focused on advertising."

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2y ago

China hits back at Trump tariffs with Google antitrust investigation

Our latest report explores 20 years of EU policies supporting #digitalcommons and the shift from open access to collective governance of key digital infrastructures. 🛋️ Read more here: openfuture.eu/publication/... Cc: @ngicommons.bsky.social @jankrewer.bsky.social