France’s Constitutional Council struck down the country’s ban on social media for under-15s, ruling on 14 August that its age-verification mechanism would force every user, including adults, to prove their age, breaching the right to privacy.

A few hits raise the ceiling, but consistency is what will raise the floor, and the industry is not there yet, according to filmmakers and studio executives.

A new academic study offers a detailed look inside Telegram's video piracy ecosystem

Indian copyright law faces challenges with expired black and white film ownership. Colourised versions of these films create legal ambiguity for IP holders.

The Motion Picture Assn. has struck its first agreement with an artificial intelligence company, saying Monday that ByteDance has strengthened copyright guardrails into its AI video and image tools that drew legal threats from every major Hollywood studio in February.

The 12-minute cap is gone. Broadcasters can now carry more advertising. That sounds like good news for television. But there is a catch. More inventory does not automatically mean more revenue.

Since 2 August, new transparency provisions under the European Union’s AI Act have begun applying, introducing rules intended to make it easier to recognise when AI is talking to us and when what we are seeing, hearing or reading has been artificially created or manipulated.

Google, Meta, TikTok and Snapchat question early evidence as lawmakers assess compliance

Court cites genuine compliance efforts while keeping online content safeguards for disabled persons open