Google No Divesto
Today in the Weekly News Roundup we look at the result and fallout of the Google anti-trust remedies. We also look further at the Mississippi age verification law and the impact of decentralized services.

Google No Divesto
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/google-wont-have-to-sell-chrome-judge-rules/

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-wins-significant-remedies-against-google

https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/public-policy/doj-search-decision-sept-2025/

Mississippi Burning
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/31/uk-age-check-law-seems-to-be-hurting-sites-that-comply-helping-those-that-dont/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/mastodon-says-it-doesnt-have-the-means-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/28/mississippis-age-assurance-law-puts-decentralized-social-networks-to-the-test/

https://securityaffairs.com/181700/cyber-crime/us-and-dutch-police-dismantle-veriftools-fake-id-marketplace.html

QuickLines
https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/consumer-electronics/people-can-see-inside-your-house-woman-buys-brand-new-roku-tv-from-walmart-then-she-turns-it-on-sees-someone-else-s-living-room/ar-AA1LkrAZ

https://futurism.com/openai-scanning-conversations-police
https://openai.com/index/helping-people-when-they-need-it-most/

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/03/i-felt-doomed-social-media-guessed-i-was-pregnant-my-feed-soon-grew-horrifying

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-anthropic-warns-ai-powered-cyber-crime/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/paypal-users-targeted-in-account-profile-scam

https://securityaffairs.com/181662/data-breach/transunion-discloses-a-data-breach-impacting-over-4-4-million-customers.html

https://gizmodo.com/taco-bell-says-no-mas-to-ai-drive-thru-experiment-2000649786

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/meta-updates-chatbot-rules-to-avoid-inappropriate-topics-with-teen-users/

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/vivaldi_capo_doubles_down_on/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/i-like-plaintiffs-chances-prime-video-back-in-court-over-using-the-word-buy/

SillyVille
https://notthebee.com/article/grill-manufacturer-listed-a-british-columbia-couples-number-as-their-help-line-they-just-took-every-call/