TikTok moved to dismiss a case that New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) brought for alleged violations of the state's consumer-protection law. The AG lacks jurisdiction to bring the case, and federal law bars many of its counts, the social media platform's motion said.
New York state's attorney general will likely play a more prominent role in privacy and cybersecurity oversight in 2025, said Morrison Foerster lawyers in a blog post Monday.
The Irish Data Protection Commission circulated a draft decision in a TikTok inquiry to other concerned supervisory authorities across the EU and European Economic Area (EEA), the Irish DPC said Monday.
Ireland will announce plans to introduce a Regulation of Artifical Intelligence Bill in its spring legislative program that will enact the EU AI Act into the country's law, AI attorney Barry Scannell, wrote in a post on LinkedIn Thursday. "[S]till in its early stages," the legislation would enact the EU AI Act into national law, said Scannell, a member of the country's AI Advisory Council. The council was established in 2024 by the Minister of State for Digital to provide independent expert advice to the government on AI policy.
The U.S. District Court of Montana ordered a stay of proceedings in a case about the state’s attempt at banning TikTok Wednesday, after the parties jointly moved for the motion.
The Dutch Foundation for Market Information Research (SOMI) filed four cross-border class actions in Germany against TikTok and X. Announced Wednesday, the multi-billion-euro lawsuits seek injunctive relief and damages for violations of German and EU law, particularly the Digital Services Act (DSA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and AI Act (AIA). Leipzig, Germany-based law firm Spirit Legal announced the suits.
Social media networks have adopted between 44% and 76.5% of practices recommended for complying with the General Data Protection Regulation's data subject access rules, French privacy watchdog CNIL said Thursday in an unofficial translation.
New Jersey's Essex County Superior Court ordered a dismissal of the lawsuit against social media platform TikTok over kids safety and mental health concerns on Saturday. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin filed the complaint in October, alleging TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the state’s consumer protection law.
TikTok submitted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that New York state brought against it in a memorandum on Wednesday in a case alleging violation of consumer protection and product-liability laws. TikTok based its motion to dismiss on the grounds that the plaintiff’s claims are legally defective, and because New York failed “to state a cause of action,” according to the court document.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) on Friday announced a lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteData for allegations that the social media app is harmful to children and has misrepresented the potential for the Chinese government to access Virginia residents’ data.