Australia will double the maximum fine for platforms that fail to keep under-16s off social media, after a peer-reviewed study found its world-first ban has barely dented teenage use.
Donald Trump has threatened a 100 percent tariff on goods from any country that imposes a digital services tax on American technology firms, declaring it would supersede signed trade deals and reopening a dispute that pits Washington against France and much of Europe.
On 12 May 2026 the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled, in Case C-797/23, that EU law lets member states require online platforms such as Meta to pay press publishers fair remuneration for the use of their content, upholding the enforcement system Italy built around its regulator, AGCOM.