Newly unsealed information in a Maine case indicated the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a search warrant asking OpenAI for data to build a case against a suspected child exploitation site administrator. While it was not asked for specific identity, OpenAI was ordered to provide information on the individual, their conversations with ChatGPT, and about others they interacted with.

Big Tech’s not big on transparency, and judging by new actions by Meta, Google and Microsoft, definitely does not like the European Union’s new transparency guidelines for political advertising. The big three have decided rather than follow the guidelines, which say people should be informed about what groups or individuals are sponsoring specific ads, that they’ll ban political ads there instead.