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Arusha, Tanzania, 16 October 2026: The East African Community (EAC) Partner States are stepping up regional efforts to strengthen e-commerce and digital trade through improved monitoring, enhanced consumer protection, stronger coordination and accelerated implementation of the EAC E-Commerce Strategy.

Attorneys general in eight states are suing OpenAI, seeking financial penalties and court-ordered safeguards for ChatGPT.

Pa. (AP) — At least eight states are suing artificial intelligence giant OpenAI, saying the company’s popular chatbot model violated state consumer protection laws by hurting children and deceiving adults

Eight states sue OpenAI claiming ChatGPT harms children  01:17 Get more newson Oct. 14, 2026, 7:18 PM EDT

US states sue ChatGPT maker and seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users

Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and West Virginia announce their actions at news conference, while Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, and Montana file separate lawsuits in state courts Berk Kutay Gokmen 14 October 2026•Update: 14 October 2026 ISTANBUL

Last week, Meta suffered another major legal setback when a New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for more than 43 million violations of the state’s consumer protection law. It follows the company’s $18 billion settlement about teen social media addiction last month.  

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State governments are taking on a larger role in protecting critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, as local governments and special districts struggle with limited cybersecurity staffing, aging technology and growing cyber-physical threats, according to a new report from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers and General Dynamics Information Technology.

Over the years, it has become impossible to imagine a world in which one cannot make purchases online. In the United States, e-commerce has become so common that roughly 87 percent of the country’s consumers shop on the web. And these numbers are set to increase even further in the future: retail e-commerce sales in the…