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The Pennsylvania AI advertising disclosure law does something its neighbours’ laws do not: it follows the sound. From 21 December 2026, an advertisement that uses AI-made audio to give listeners a false idea of what they are buying must say so out loud, in the ad itself, at a pace people can follow (Voice Over […]
China AI export controls model weights sit at the centre of Announcement No. 48: weights of models over two trillion parameters would need a licence to leave China, API access would not, and pre-export registration already applies until 15 November comments close.
The Brazil Meta AI training injunction suspends Meta's Commercial Terms for the country's press associations, bars scraping of news sites for Meta AI and sets a daily fine — the second court order against the terms in a week.
Meta AI content moderation election errors in Brazil and the US — the No Kings Instagram account suspension, a candidate page removed as impersonation, and a court order in Brazil — have drawn an Oversight Board warning and a letter from 14 attorneys general.
The Australia under-16 social media ban High Court challenge opened in Canberra on 3 November, with Reddit calling the law 'inept' and the government defending it as a child's right to be free from harm. What each side argued, and what the enforcement numbers actually show.
The Ofcom information notices High Court ruling of 30 October 2026 dismissed Meta, WhatsApp, X and TikTok's challenge to the regulator's Online Safety Act data demands — not because the demands were small, but because the platforms never quantified the extra burden the notices caused.
Ofcom age checks for the under-16 social media ban were set out on 29 October 2026: photo ID matching, banking checks, digital ID and facial age estimation — and many adults will have to verify too.
A viral reel promises free government land, an LLC construction loan with no money down, write-offs and a tax-free sale. Checked claim by claim against the land banks, the CFPB and the IRS, the pitch describes a programme that does not exist.
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic will honour a single AI training opt-out for publishers, set once in robots.txt. Anthropic has started, Microsoft follows on 1 February 2027, and the signal covers future training only.
Florida Safe Screens Act age verification would make app stores check every user, phone software apply age limits at device level, and chatbot operators bar simulated companionship for minors — a proposal unveiled on 22 October 2026, not yet a filed bill.
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