Report from StateAndLocalTax.com In Brief – The Comptroller of Maryland, the state’s tax authority, has finally issued guidance detailing its position on the application of the state’s landmark Digital Advertising Gross Revenues (DGAR) tax, which was enacted in 2021...

Report from Reuters In Brief – The Australian Government has reversed course and announced that the country’s strict social-media age limit of 16 years old, set to come online in December, will apply to YouTube despite the initial plan to exempt the massive and...

Report from Reuters In Brief – As the Trump Administration continues to press the European Commission to step back from regulatory and tax policies that US officials argue discriminate against American tech companies, a commission spokesperson has clarified that the...

Report from the New York Times In Brief – Meta will stop allowing political, electoral or social issue ads on its digital platforms in Europe starting in October due to the requirements of the EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA) regulation....

Report from the New York Times In Brief – President Trump’s executive order “Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government” directs federal agencies to only procure large language models (LLMs) that adhere to the principles of “truth-seeking”, which it defines as...

Report from the Reuters In Brief – European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen, who is responsible for the bloc’s technology sector, said that the Commission is not currently planning to propose that the digital giants regulated under the EU’s Digital...

Report from the Courthouse News In Brief – A federal judge has blocked enforcement of California law AB 2655 that requires large social media companies to remove “materially deceptive content” about political candidates and election officials from their platforms....

Report from the StateScoop In Brief – Illinois has banned artificial intelligence services from providing mental health services directly to patients. The Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act prohibits AI systems from directly delivering therapeutic...

Report from the MediaPost In Brief – A New York state appeals court overturned a lower court decision and dismissed a lawsuit by victims of a racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo in 2022 who argued that social media platforms used by the assailant were...

Report from the USA Today In Brief – In Brief – The Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a proposed settlement to resolve its antitrust case against Greystar Management Services, the largest residential apartment landlord in the country. Greystar was accused of...