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TEXXR / Topics / Tech Regulation & Policy / 2025

Tech Regulation & Policy (2025)

Regulatory pressure intensified across every axis in 2025. The DOJ's Google breakup case moved toward remedy, the EU fined multiple companies under the DMA, and AI-specific regulation proliferated globally. The most significant shift: governments stopped asking tech companies to comply and started compelling them — through procurement rules, supply chain designations, and the Defense Production Act.

4544 events in 2025 20 key entities
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OpenAI intends to improve age prediction/verification before adding the 'adult mode' feature to ChatGPT, per Fidji Simo.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
OpenAI Fidji Simo age prediction
OpenAI's Fidji Simo says she expects ChatGPT's “adult mode” to launch in Q1 2026 and that OpenAI wants to get better at age prediction before adding the feature
The Verge · 2025-12-12 · #42
New York's governor signs a bill mandating heirs' consent to commercially use a deceased person's likeness.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
New York governor deceased person's likeness heirs' consent commercial use
New York's governor signs bills requiring ads to disclose AI-generated performers and mandating heirs' consent to use a deceased person's likeness commercially
Deadline · 2025-12-12 · #24
EU finance ministers agree to impose a €3 customs duty on low-value parcels from July 2026 to curb Chinese imports from retailers such as Shein and Temu.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
EU finance ministers low-value parcels Chinese imports Shein Temu
EU finance ministers agree on a €3 customs duty on low-value parcels from July 2026, aiming to crack down on Chinese imports from retailers like Shein and Temu
Reuters · 2025-12-12 · #32
Sources report New York Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing to rewrite the RAISE Act, the AI transparency and safety bill.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-12
Kathy Hochul RAISE Act
Sources: New York's governor proposes rewriting the RAISE Act, the AI bill that passed NY legislature in June, with text copied verbatim from California's SB 53
Transformer · 2025-12-12 · #23
New York's governor signs a bill requiring advertisements to disclose when performers are AI-generated.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
New York governor advertisements AI-generated performers
New York's governor signs bills requiring ads to disclose AI-generated performers and mandating heirs' consent to use a deceased person's likeness commercially
Deadline · 2025-12-12 · #24
Sandfall Interactive is a France-based indie game studio.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Sandfall Interactive France
A look at France-based indie game studio Sandfall Interactive, whose critically acclaimed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had a sub-$10M budget and sold 5M+ copies
New York Times · 2025-12-12 · #35
Trump signs an executive order directing federal agencies to explore withholding federal funding from states that pass what the order calls onerous or excessive AI laws.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Donald Trump federal agencies states federal funding AI laws
Trump's AI executive order directs federal agencies to look into withholding federal funding from states passing “the most onerous and excessive laws” around AI
Washington Post · 2025-12-12 · #3
Switzerland's competition authority opens a preliminary antitrust investigation into Apple's terms for allowing third-party access to NFC technology on iPhones.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Switzerland's competition authority Apple terms for granting third-party access to NFC tech on iPhones
Switzerland launches a preliminary investigation into whether Apple's terms for granting third-party access to NFC tech on iPhones violate its antitrust laws
MacRumors · 2025-12-12 · #12
US sanctions targeted two overseas units of ACM Research.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-12
United States ACM Research (two overseas units)
Sources: Intel has tested chipmaking tools in 2025 from California-based ACM Research, which has deep China ties; US sanctions targeted two ACM overseas units
Reuters · 2025-12-12 · #15
OMB issues guidance requiring LLMs procured by federal agencies to comply with two 'unbiased AI principles': 'truth-seeking' and 'ideological neutrality'.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) LLMs procured by federal agencies truth-seeking ideological neutrality
New US OMB guidance states that LLMs procured by federal agencies must comply with two “unbiased AI principles”: “truth-seeking” and “ideological neutrality”
Axios · 2025-12-12 · #38
Companies are updating their insider trading policies to cover trading on prediction markets.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Companies prediction markets
Companies are updating insider trading policies to cover prediction markets; Kalshi and others are pushing for federal oversight, including of insider trading
The Information · 2025-12-12 · #5
OMB guidance directs that AI vendors selling to federal agencies must measure political bias as part of procurement compliance.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) AI vendors measure political bias for federal sales
New US OMB guidance states that LLMs procured by federal agencies must comply with two “unbiased AI principles”: “truth-seeking” and “ideological neutrality”
Axios · 2025-12-12 · #38
Uber scales back climate efforts and discontinues EV bonuses after embracing Trump's Big Beautiful Bill that slashed clean-energy incentives.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Uber Trump's Big Beautiful Bill
Uber discontinues its monthly EV bonuses as it scales back key climate efforts after embracing Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, which slashed clean-energy incentives
Bloomberg · 2025-12-11 · #40
The US CFTC grants crypto exchange Gemini a Designated Contract Market (DCM) license.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
US CFTC Gemini Designated Contract Market (DCM) license
The US CFTC grants crypto exchange Gemini a Designated Contract Market license, allowing it to launch its prediction markets betting platform Gemini Titan
The Block · 2025-12-11 · #43
Reported settlement or deal would require approval from Chinese authorities.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-11
United States ZTE China
Sources: the US is working on a settlement that could see ZTE pay $1B+ over alleged foreign bribery from 2018 and earlier; a deal would require China's approval
Reuters · 2025-12-11 · #42
US lawmakers are pushing for tighter capital curbs on investments.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
US lawmakers tighter capital curbs
US investors are boosting Chinese AI-related tech stocks and adding cash to ETFs tracking China's tech sector, as US lawmakers push for tighter capital curbs
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-11 · #39
The largest AI companies have broadly settled on the Model Context Protocol approach for building next-generation systems.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Major AI companies Model Context Protocol
A look at the Model Context Protocol and how it went from a passion project from two Anthropic employees to an industry standard managed by the Linux Foundation
The Verge · 2025-12-11 · #10
In a Stanford experiment, Artemis rapidly found bugs in the university's network and surpassed nine out of ten penetration testers.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Artemis penetration testers Stanford University network bugs
Stanford researchers develop AI hacking bot Artemis and say it surpassed nine out of 10 penetration testers by rapidly finding bugs in the university's network
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-11 · #13
China's push for power supremacy is transforming Inner Mongolia.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
China's push for power supremacy Inner Mongolia
China's power grid, the world's largest, gives it an edge in the global AI contest, helping Chinese companies develop AI models more cheaply than US competitors
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-11 · #18
The EU opens investigations into Temu and Nuctech to determine whether Beijing-provided subsidies allowed them to unfairly penetrate the EU market.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
EU Temu Nuctech
The EU opens investigations into Temu and airport scanner maker Nuctech to assess whether they unfairly penetrated the EU market thanks to Beijing subsidies
Politico · 2025-12-11 · #36
Uber embraces Trump's Big Beautiful Bill.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Uber Trump's Big Beautiful Bill
Uber discontinues its monthly EV bonuses as it scales back key climate efforts after embracing Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, which slashed clean-energy incentives
Bloomberg · 2025-12-11 · #40
The agreement is described as a step toward setting meaningful standards for responsible AI in entertainment.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Disney OpenAI
Disney and OpenAI sign a three-year deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora; Disney makes a $1B investment in OpenAI and will become a major OpenAI client
OpenAI · 2025-12-11 · #1
A bipartisan group of US state attorneys general sent a letter to 13 companies including Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Apple warning that their chatbots' 'delusional outputs' could violate state laws.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
US state attorneys general Meta Microsoft Google Apple 9 other companies
US state AGs sent a letter to Meta, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and nine others, warning that their chatbots' “delusional outputs” could be violating state laws
Reuters · 2025-12-11 · #4
Trump's Big Beautiful Bill slashed clean-energy incentives.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Trump's Big Beautiful Bill clean-energy incentives
Uber discontinues its monthly EV bonuses as it scales back key climate efforts after embracing Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, which slashed clean-energy incentives
Bloomberg · 2025-12-11 · #40
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calls the commencement of the social media ban a 'proud day' for him.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-10
Anthony Albanese social media ban
Australia eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says under-16s slipping through the cracks of the social media ban will be “booted off” the platforms in time
The Guardian · 2025-12-10 · #6
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is unconcerned by reports that children are bypassing the restrictions.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-10
Julie Inman Grant reports of children bypassing restrictions
Australia eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says under-16s slipping through the cracks of the social media ban will be “booted off” the platforms in time
The Guardian · 2025-12-10 · #6
CBP proposes requiring travelers from the UK, France, Germany and other visa-exempt countries to provide five years of social media history, expanding beyond the current basic information requirement.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-10
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) travelers from the UK travelers from France travelers from Germany travelers from other visa-exempt countries
The US CBP proposes vetting five years of social media history for travelers from the UK, France, Germany, and more; the current system only requires basic info
New York Times · 2025-12-10 · #13
Australia implements a ban preventing under-16s from accessing social media platforms.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-10
Australia under-16s social media platforms
As Australia bans under-16s from social media platforms, TikTok-powered video app Lemon8, friends-only photo app Yope, and others climb Apple's App Store charts
Bloomberg · 2025-12-10 · #7
The European Commission says Apple and Google's Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be globally available, is an example of the benefits of the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-10
European Commission Android-iPhone data transfer tool Digital Markets Act
The European Commission says Apple and Google's Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be available globally, is an example of the benefits of the DMA
9to5Mac · 2025-12-10 · #22
Australia's ban on under-16s from social media is driving children to non-restricted alternative social media apps.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-10
Australia under-16s alternative social media apps
As Australia bans under-16s from social media platforms, TikTok-powered video app Lemon8, friends-only photo app Yope, and others climb Apple's App Store charts
Bloomberg · 2025-12-10 · #7
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