# Language news, Friday, 4 September 2026

Compiled by Richard Brooks's language news desk. Canonical: https://richard-brooks.com/language-news/2026-09-04/

## German voice actors take Netflix AI training clause to cartel office

Business. Verband Deutscher Sprecher:innen filed a Bundeskartellamt complaint, with a parallel Berlin GDPR complaint, over a rights deal that makes AI voice-training consent a condition of work.

Source: VDS, https://www.sprecherverband.de/aktuelles/netflix-ki-training-vds-forciert-pruefung-durch-bundeskartellamt-und-datenschutzaufsicht/

## US sanctions pull TOEFL, GRE and Duolingo English tests in Iran

Policy. After OFAC suspended education licences, ETS paused TOEFL and GRE sittings in Iran and Duolingo blocked its English Test for Iranian IDs from 1 September.

Source: Al Jazeera, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/1/duolingo-d-day-iranians-question-latest-us-sanctions-targeting-education