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France's National Assembly and Senate approved a law blocking under-15s from social media, the first blanket ban of its kind in the EU.

The European Commission is finalizing a high triple-digit million euro fine — the largest ever under the Digital Markets Act — against Google for promoting its own Shopping, Flights, and Hotels services in search results.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on April 30 demanding the Commission use every enforcement tool against DMA-violating gatekeepers, as US tariff threats and visa sanctions aimed at EU officials escalate the transatlantic tech regulation conflict.

Judge Brinkema's ad tech remedy decision is expected any day, while the DOJ appeals Judge Mehta's search ruling and the EU enforces its own fine

The EU Commission's Digital Omnibus proposes narrowing GDPR's personal data definition and delaying AI Act high-risk rules by 16 months. Official data protection authorities and privacy groups are opposing the changes.

French cybercrime investigators raided X's Paris office and summoned Elon Musk for questioning, as the EU, UK, Canada, Brazil, and at least four other jurisdictions pursue parallel enforcement actions over Grok's generation of non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes.