Activity Tracker
The DPA Activity Tracker provides our latest information on developments in legislatures, judiciaries and the executive branches of G20, EU member states and Switzerland.
55 events advancing 37 policy or regulatory changes:
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Federal Trade Commission inquiry into AI chatbots acting as companions
Federal Trade Commission issued orders to seven AI chatbot companies requesting information on assessment and monitoring of potential risks to children
On 11 September 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched an inquiry into seven companies providing consumer-facing AI-powered chatbots. The FTC issued orders to Alphabet, Character Technologies, Instagram, Meta Platforms, OpenAI, Snap, and …
Lawsuit against Pornhub/Aylo for misleading claims regarding measures to address child sexual abuse material and nonconsensual sexual content
Federal Trade Commission and Utah settled with Aylo and its affiliates for misleading claims regarding measures to address child sexual abuse material and nonconsensual sexual content
On 3 September 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection adopted a proposed order, including USD 15 million penalty, to settle allegations against Aylo, operators of pornography-streaming sites, including …
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation into Wikipedia's practices to address conduct that allegedly injects bias or undermines a neutral point of view on its platform
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced investigation into Wikipedia’s practices to address conduct that allegedly injects bias or undermines a neutral point of view on its platform
On 27 August 2025, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced the launch of an investigation into Wikipedia. The investigation aims to examine alleged organised efforts to inject bias into Wikipedia entries, specifically focusing …
Lawsuit challenging enforcement of United Kingdom's Online Safety Act 2023 (4Chan Community Support LLC and Lolcow v UK Office of Communications)
4 Chan Community Support and Lolcow filed lawsuit challenging enforcement of United Kingdom's Online Safety Act
On 27 August 2025, the 4chan Community Support LLC and Lolcow LLC filed a lawsuit in the United States District of Columbia against the United Kingdom Office of Communications, challenging the enforcement of the Online Safety Act 2023. The lawsuit s…
Content moderation regulation in Trade Representative's investigation into Brazil's alleged unfair trade practices
Trade Representative closes consultation as part of investigation into Brazil’s alleged unfair trade practices including its content moderation policies
On 18 August 2025, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) closes the consultation as part of its Section 301 investigation into Brazil’s trade practices, with a focus on digital trade and electronic payment services. Section 301…
Federal Trade Commission inquiry into censorship practices by technology platforms
Federal Trade Commission closes consultation on censorship practices by technology platforms
On 21 May 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) closes the public consultation on censorship practices by technology firms. The consultation sought to understand how platforms may have violated the law by restricting user's access based on their …
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Alphabet over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Alphabet over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Alphabet over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executive br…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Amazon over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Amazon over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Amazon over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executive bran…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Anthropic over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Anthropic over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Anthropic over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executive b…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Apple over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Apple over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Apple over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executive branc…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Cohere over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Cohere over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Cohere over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executive bran…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into International Business Machines Corporation over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into International Business Machines Corporation over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess pot…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Inflection AI over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Inflection AI over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Inflection AI over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executi…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Meta over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Meta over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Meta over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executive branch…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Microsoft over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Microsoft over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Microsoft over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executive b…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Nvidia over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Nvidia over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Nvidia over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executive bran…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into OpenAI over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into OpenAI over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into OpenAI over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executive bran…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Palantir Technologies over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Palantir Technologies over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Palantir Technologies over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Salesforce over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Salesforce over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Salesforce over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executive …
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Scale AI over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Scale AI over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Scale AI over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executive br…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Stability AI over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Stability AI over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Stability AI over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executiv…
House Judiciary Committee investigation into Adobe over alleged government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
House Judiciary Committee announced investigation into Adobe over government role in content moderation using artificial intelligence
On 13 March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into Adobe over the government's role in content moderation using artificial intelligence (AI). The investigation seeks to assess potential collusion between the executive branc…
Rumble and Trump Media & Technology Group lawsuit against the Supreme Federal Tribunal of Brazil over suspension and alleged free speech violations
US District Court denied Temporary Restraining Order in Trump Media and Rumble lawsuit due to lack of enforcement action
On 25 February 2025, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida denied an Ex Parte Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) filed by Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. and Rumble Inc. against Justice Alexandre de Mor…
Lawsuit concerning constitutionality of Bill amending Elections Code regarding deceptive media in advertisements (AB 2839/Kohls v Attorney General)
District Court Eastern District granted a preliminary injunction against California's AB 2839 aimed at restricting "materially deceptive" AI-generated content during election periods
On 2 October 2024, the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, granted a preliminary injunction against California's AB 2839, a content moderation regulation aimed at restricting "materially deceptive" AI-generated content duri…
FCC Investigation into election interference generative AI robocalls
Issued ruling in FCC Investigation into election interference generative AI robocalls
On 26 September 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a ruling in its investigation an election interference scheme which sent illegal robocalls using deepfake technology. In its decision, the FCC fined political consultant Steve …
Lawsuit concerning constitutionality and legal validity of California Assembly Bill No. 587 (X Corp v. Bonta)
Ruling in Lawsuit concerning constitutionality and legal validity of California Assembly Bill No. 587 (X Corp v. Bonta)
On 4 September 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court's denial of X Corp.'s motion for a preliminary injunction against California Assembly Bill 587, finding that the law's "Content Category Report" provisions likely vi…
Federal Communications Commission Lingo Telecom for allegedly using AI-generated voice cloning in robocalls to spread misinformation to voters
Announced settlement in FCC investigation into Lingo Telecom over AI-Generated Robocalls
On 21 August 2024, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it had reached a settlement with Texas-based Lingo Telecom, an entity allegedly responsible for originating robocall traffic using AI-generated voice cloning to spread misin…
CPSC investigation into Amazon for hazardous products sold online by third-party sellers
Issued CPSC decision against Amazon for hazardous products sold online by third-party sellers
On 30 July 2024, The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a decision against Amazon concerning the sale of defective products listed on its website. In particular, the CSPS determined that Amazon was a considered a “distributor” of ov…
FTC lawsuit against NGL Labs alleging unfair marketing of its service to children and deceptive claims regarding AI content moderation program
Reached settlement in FTC lawsuit against NGL Labs regarding unfair marketing of its service to children and deceptive claims regarding AI content moderation program
On 9 July 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office reached a settlement with NGL Labs and its co-founders regarding alleged unfair and deceptive practices in the operation of their anonymous messaging a…
US Department of Justice investigation into covert Russian Government operated social media bot farm
Issued ruling in US Department of Justice investigation into covert Russian Government operated social media bot farm
On 27 June 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the seizure of two domain names and the search of 968 social media accounts used by Russian actors to create an AI-enhanced social media bot farm that spread disinformation in the Unite…
NIST inquiry into age estimation software for age verification requirements
Published NIST report on age estimation software for age verification requirements
On 30 May 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) concluded its first evaluation of software algorithms designed for estimating a person's age from photographs. This inquiry aimed to assess the performance of six voluntarily …
Copyright Office inquiry into Artificial Intelligence and Copyright
Closed consultation on Copyright Office inquiry into Artificial Intelligence and Copyright
On 6 December 2023, the public consultation closed on the United States Copyright Office's inquiry into copyright law and policy issues arising from the increasing use and development of artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems. The Office outlined th…
Montana Public Lawsuit against Meta for Misrepresentation of Instagram Content (Montana v Meta)
Filed Public Lawsuit against Meta for Misrepresentation of Instagram Content (Montana v Meta)
On 4 December 2023, Montana Attorney General Knudsen filed a public lawsuit against Meta for failing to accurately represent the kind of data available on its Instagram platform. In particular, the State alleges that sexually explicit content, conte…
Online content moderation in Missouri et al v. Biden concerning undue influence on social media platforms
Granted Stay Application by Supreme Court (Murthy et al v Missouri et al)
On 20 October 2023, the US Supreme Court granted an application for stay in the case Murthy v Missouri until it issues a judgment. In particular, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked the lower court’s order limiting executive branch officials’ disc…
Public lawsuit challenging Florida and Texas content moderation laws arguing incompatibility with freedom of speech right (NetChoice v Florida/ NetChoice v Texas)
Granted certiorari for Supreme Court lawsuit challenging Florida and Texas content moderation laws arguing incompatibility with freedom of speech right (NetChoice v Florida/ NetChoice v Texas)
On 29 September 2023, the US Supreme Court announced it granted certiorari for a case challenging Florida and Texas content moderation laws (22-555, Netchoice, LLC v Paxton) for its October term 2023. Having taken into account the Solicitor General'…
NTIA inquiry into Kids Online Health and Safety
Launched NTIA inquiry into Kids Online Health and Safety
On 28 September 2023, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced the launch of an inquiry into Kids Online Health and Safety. The NTIA aims to gather evidence on the effects of social media and online platforms o…
Investigation into online threats and freedom of speech in Counterman v. Colorado
Issued Supreme Court decision in Counterman v. Colorado concerning online threats
Issued Supreme Court decision in Counterman v. Colorado concerning online threats On 27 June 2023, the US Supreme Court issued its ruling in Counterman v. Colorado concerning whether death threats made through a social media platform are considered …