Regulation

Podcast: Considering the future of Section 230 (with Ben Sperry)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7zygAAVIGE On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Ben Sperry, a senior scholar at the International…

Meta introduces location fees

In an email to advertisers today, Meta revealed that it will introduce location fees starting on July 1st. From the…

Podcast: Protecting children from digital harms (with Karl Stillner)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1WMzniFQs1Yhgvx2xaSIru?si=fe93d268dd6f4b3a My guest on this episode of the podcast is Karl Stillner, the CEO and co-founder of BrightCanary, an app…

January 27, 2026

Apple updates EU developer terms following DMA fine

Apple updated its developer terms for the EU yesterday. These new terms follow the European Commission's (EC) determination in April that Apple had…

Podcast: What’s happening with DMA enforcement? (with Mikołaj Barczentewicz)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0m0WuR5SS7In4wDaRSJEfd?si=61b6540e2d3e4df3 In this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I speak with returning guest Mikołaj Barczentewicz on the current…

ATT, antitrust, and Apple’s privacy options

France's competition authority, the Autorité de la concurrence, has determined that Apple abused its dominant market position through its App…

Is the DMA’s singular achievement a porn app?

Hot Tub, an ad-free "adult content browser" app, was released on iOS in the EU yesterday. The app is distributed…

February 5, 2025

Less personalized ads

Meta has once again adjusted the business model of its apps in the EU. The company announced yesterday that it…

November 13, 2024

Epic v. Google remedies and Google’s commission calculus

The judge in the Epic v. Google case issued an injunction yesterday that imposes several obligations on Google, which was…

October 8, 2024

The FTC’s objections to algorithms, analytics, and AI

Last week, the FTC published a staff report assessing the data collection and processing practices of a number of Social…

September 23, 2024