News & Reviews:   legal

It has been a few weeks since the court battle between a young woman and tech giants started. Today, a jury in Los Angeles has delivered a major legal blow to Meta and Google, awarding $6 million (over ~RM23.5 million) in damages to the young woman who sued over childhood social media addiction.

As you should know by now, X and xAI's Grok got into a big controversy over the past few days. Investigations were launched a few days ago, and new research reveals that Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot generated an estimated 3 million sexually explicit images over 11 days, including around 23000 that appear to depict children, sparking global alarm over the misuse of generative AI technology.

With the recent Grok controversy going on, X and xAI recently announced a policy update to prevent Grok, their AI chatbot, from generating sexualized or explicit images of real people, including requests like placing individuals in bikinis or revealing clothing. The company stated that these restrictions would apply to all users, including those in jurisdictions where such content is prohibited.

Today, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has announced that internet messaging and social media platforms with at least eight million users in the country will be automatically regarded as registered holders of the Class ASP(C) Application Service Provider licence starting 1 January 2026, under the implementation of the Deeming Provision of Section 46A of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has dismissed several employees and launched legal proceedings following suspected breaches involving its cutting-edge 2-nanometre (nm) chip technology.