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CJEU Ruling Punches a Hole in YouTube's Liability Shield
The EU's top court has ruled that Google cannot claim intermediary liability protection for YouTube content it has reviewed as part of commercial partnerships with creators. The case arose from a €750,000 fine imposed by Italy's communications regulator over YouTube videos promoting online gambling, where Google had reviewed the channel's content before entering a revenue-sharing agreement. The ruling means Google may lose its "neutral intermediary" defense for channels where it conducts content reviews tied to commercial deals, though it does not make Google broadly liable for all content on YouTube.
xAI Can't Pretend Grok Doesn't Make CSAM. So It's Suing Its Own Users Instead.
xAI has filed a lawsuit against Terry Wayne Harwood, a man arrested for possession and distribution of CSAM, accusing him of using Grok to generate illegal sexualized images of minors over several months. The lawsuit is widely seen as a strategic move by xAI to establish that users — not the company — are legally liable for harmful AI-generated content, potentially shielding it from a looming class action representing thousands of victims. Critics have highlighted that xAI routinely withholds user information from law enforcement and that Grok's safeguards are insufficient, undermining the company's attempts to distance itself from responsibility.