News-July-10-2026
July 10, 2026 — State AI legislation continued to move through summer calendars while EU platform regulators opened a new enforcement front over algorithmic design, with Transparency Coalition reporting California, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, and other state-bill developments and CNBC reporting European Commission preliminary findings against Meta under the Digital Services Act.[1][2]
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- State AI bills advance through summer legislative calendars
- EU Commission preliminary findings target Meta addictive-design features
State AI bills advance through summer legislative calendars
Transparency Coalition's July 10 update reported that California's remaining AI-related bills had crossed over to secondary-chamber review before the legislature's July 2 summer recess, with lawmakers scheduled to return August 3.[1] The same update identified several California bills moving through appropriations or floor stages, including measures on customer-service chatbots, AI in health care, worker-impact assessments, public-employer GenAI notice, synthetic performers in advertising, digital replicas, and child-safety chatbot regulation.[1] The update also reported that Massachusetts lawmakers were negotiating differences between Senate and House comprehensive privacy bills, including private-right-of-action, cure-period, and sensitive-data-sale provisions.[1] Transparency Coalition further reported that Missouri SB 1019, a health-care measure including limits on AI therapy chatbots, awaited Governor Mike Kehoe's signature as of July 9, and that New Jersey had passed the FAIR Act algorithmic-rent bill and the New Jersey Kids Code Act on June 30.[1]
EU Commission preliminary findings target Meta addictive-design features
CNBC reported on July 10 that the European Commission issued preliminary findings that Meta breached the Digital Services Act by failing to adequately assess risks from design features affecting users' physical well-being, including minors and vulnerable adults.[2] CNBC identified the features at issue as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and highly personalized recommendation systems, and reported that Meta could face fines of up to 6 percent of total annual turnover if the Commission confirms the findings.[2] Meta told CNBC that it disagreed with the preliminary findings.[2]