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FTC fines Cox Media Group and two marketing firms a total of about $930,000 for deceiving consumers by claiming they spied on people through phones to serve targeted ads.
After 20 years using Google AdSense, the author shuts it off due to declining revenue, ad intrusiveness, and regulatory-risk considerations, removing the blog from AdSense.
Two high-profile verdicts against Meta and Google over social-media design raise regulatory and liability risks, intensifying debates over Section 230, KOSA, and future platform accountability.
Anthropic’s clash with the Pentagon over AI surveillance laws highlights acute regulatory and data-privacy risks for AI vendors, with mass-surveillance guardrails, third-party data issues, and evolving statutory interpretation likely to affect government contracts and operational boundaries.
DOJ delays Epstein file releases citing redactions, but some redactions appear to disclose information meant to be obscured, signaling regulatory/compliance risk and potential transparency issues.
WIRED’s Big Interview 2025 recap aggregates sessions with AI/tech leaders and highlights regulatory themes and notable data points across linked stories.
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