Regulation Archives

World

Now a believer, Trump hosts White House crypto summit

US crypto investors were major supporters of Trump's presidential campaign, contributing millions of dollars toward his victory.

AFPMarch 7, 2025

Home to top developers, the United States has no formal AI guidelines -- although some existing privacy protections do still apply

Tech & Science

AI regulation around the world

Countries and economic blocs around the world are at different stages of regulating artificial intelligence.

AFPFebruary 5, 2025

A blockbuster funding round for San Francisco-based startup Databricks is another sign of hunger by investors for companies poised to cash in on generative artificial intelligence

Tech & Science

Data reduction: Do we need data usage calculators?

From the calculator, visitors can explore data plans and offers in more than 200 destinations across the globe.

Dr. Tim SandleFebruary 1, 2025

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit group that minds the internet's infrastructure, is worried about chatter at the United Nations about giving more control of the world wide web to individual governments

Tech & Science

Majority of popular websites in U.S. and Europe are not compliant with privacy regulations

In the US, at least 10 companies since 2022 have been fined for violating consent compliance on websites.

Dr. Tim SandleJanuary 21, 2025

Business

Toyota arm Hino makes deal to settle emission fraud case

US officials late Wednesday announced a $1.6 billion deal with Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors to settle charges it deceived regulators about the amount of...

AFPJanuary 15, 2025

Michael Barr, seen in November 15, 2023, has announced that he will step down from his supervisory role

Business

US Fed’s top banking regulator says he will step down early

The US Federal Reserve's top banking regulator announced his early resignation, avoiding a confrontation with President-elect Donald Trump.

AFPJanuary 6, 2025

Social Media

Brazil’s top court takes on regulation of social media

Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday started examining four cases that turn on how far social media should be regulated.

AFPNovember 27, 2024

Extremely popular in the European Union despite having entered the continent's market only last year, Temu has on average around 92 million monthly active users in the bloc

Business

EU probes shopping app Temu over illegal products

The EU launched a formal investigation Thursday into Chinese-founded e-commerce platform Temu on suspicion the site is doing too little to stop the sale...

AFPOctober 31, 2024