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Apple Asks Court to Dismiss YouTuber Class Action Over AI Training

A ruling for Apple could let AI developers rely on publicly posted content without facing DMCA anti‑circumvention claims.

Russia Threatens Apple With $52 Million Fine Over Refusal To Preinstall State Apps

Senate Judiciary Panel Clears No Fakes Act

U.S. Seizes Domains That Hosted Thousands of Nonconsensual Deepfake Nudes

VPNs Take Center Stage at World Cup With Big Discounts and Security Guidance

Anthropic Expands Glasswing and Places Engineers Inside NSA

Court Orders Second Facebook Settlement Payouts Starting June 9

MP Sues Elon Musk’s xAI Over Grok-Generated Sexualised Deepfakes

Apple Begins Enforcing Texas Age‑Verification Rules After Appeals Court Stay

Jalisco Makes Non‑Consensual AI Sexual Deepfakes a Crime

Volkswagen Blocks Third-Party Access to Real-Time Vehicle Data After API Migration

Brazil Moves to Let Agencies Define AI Risk as Congress Races to Vote in June

Meta Provides Extra Funding to Oversight Board to Secure Operations Through 2028

Iran Partially Restores Internet After 88-Day Nationwide Blackout

FTC Begins Enforcement of TAKE IT DOWN Act Requiring 48-Hour Removal of Nonconsensual Intimate Images

Dataprev Says 2.8 Million INSS CPFs Were Accessed in April Leak

Surfshark Adds Up to $30 Amazon Gift Cards to Two‑Year VPN Plans

Report Says Big Tech Extracts Up to £194,000 From Each UK Internet User

Bill C-22 Draws Industry Pushback After CSIS Shows Gaps in Cross‑Border Investigations

Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund Puts About €1.3 Million Into KDE to Strengthen the Linux Desktop