TikTok is banned in the US. But since the country doesn't have an efficient targeted system, they also accidentally blocked Marvel Snap and some other stuff along the way.

With all my personal negative feelings towards TikTok as a brain rot platform, it was extremely efficient for indie games marketing. And it seems that Trump is planning to restore it later on.

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Mmm, democracy intensifies!

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Meanwhile, The US government explained their vision of AI and Copyright:

They believe that certain Prompts (that do work well and were created with a reason and within specified environment) can be a matter of copyright.

But they are mostly aiming to make EDITED generated content supported for the copyright procedure. Unedited stuff will not work.

https://copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf

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EU fines EU for breaching EU data protection law

The European Union is fining itself for breaches of its data regulation legislation after it transferred personal data to the US. The German citizen logged into state-owned website via Facebook which eventually violated his personal data storage procedures.

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Yeah, Copywrite laws sux, never use what you don't own as commercial projects (and probably free ones too), and always do your homework on all the assets, names, and terms:

Even for a small indie game you should hold a spreadsheet of all works, their respective creators and owners, and so on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSncDVr-J7A

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The European Union is banning the use of virtual currencies to disguise the price of in-game purchases.

In addition, banners and ADs can no longer target children and use limited time practices. No more fear of missing out. This change may significantly affect the revenue of Fortnite and Roblox.

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Google is on fire: the US agreed that it's a monopoly and approved the initial request from the government to force it to sell Chrome and split the business.

Company's lawyers called it just a wishlist of their competitors.

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A bit more on the new European Law, requiring clear pricing in mobile games (and games in general).

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Stop killing games petition is now 70% full: go support it, if you are a resident of Europe!

https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
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Mobile games market in Japan is now more fair and competitive. My biggest hope is to see more indie versions of Android over the next few years.

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Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch, and TikTok are no longer available for kids and teens in Australia.

Platforms have to lock access for all users under 16 or get fined. They are already rolling out updates. Teens were and still are fighting for their rights in court, but seemingly losing.

The recent Steam and Itchio censorship was also coming from Australia and the whole movement is ruled by a bunch of Karens. Sadly enough, they are still considering more "social" platforms to ban for kids, including Steam and GitHub (yep, not kidding).

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