Smaller Websites Nervous Over Giant Facebook’s Support for Liability Reform December 24, 2020 By Todd Shields and Ben Brody Facebook Inc. says it’s time to rethink the legal immunity that protects it from lawsuits over what users post online,...
Justice Department Outlines Proposed Overhaul of Social Media Immunity June 19, 2020 By Ben Brody and Chris Strohm The Justice Department on Wednesday outlined a broad overhaul of legal protections for online platforms such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google...
Trump Executive Order Aims to Shrink Liability Shield for Social Media Giants May 28, 2020 By Ben Brody, Mario Parker and Eric Newcomer Donald Trump has been raging against Twitter Inc. since the social media platform that helped vault him to the presidency...
Debate Over Business Liability in Pandemic Turns to OSHA Regulation, CDC Guidelines May 13, 2020 By Ben Brody Congressional Republicans have made liability protection for employers a nonnegotiable demand in any new coronavirus stimulus, but Senator Lindsey Graham,...
Justice Department Targets Internet Firms’ Liability Shield February 19, 2020 By Ben Brody Attorney General William Barr is taking aim at a legal shield enjoyed by companies such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and...
Key House Member Eyes Internet Liability Changes Before Election January 29, 2020 By Ben Brody and Rebecca Kern Representative Jan Schakowsky has asked her staff to examine changes to a liability shield that protects tech platforms such as...
IBM Calls For Rules to Curb Bias in Artificial Intelligence January 22, 2020 By Ben Brody and Olivia Carville IBM called for rules aimed at eliminating bias in artificial intelligence to ease concerns that the technology relies on data...
Chamber of Commerce to Fight Corporate Breakups, Gig Worker Benefits January 10, 2020 By Ben Brody The leader of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said the powerful business group will fight to reverse liberal policies being...
Bipartisan Internet Privacy Proposal Calls for User OK to Share Data But Is Mum on Suits December 23, 2019 By Ben Brody, Rebecca Kern and Daniel R. Stoller A top House panel unveiled long-awaited draft privacy legislation that calls for limits on sharing consumers’ information and would allow...
FTC Democrat Tells States: ‘BalI Is In Your Court’ on Facebook Privacy Compliance December 10, 2019 By Ben Brody and Erik Larson A Democratic member on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission urged states investigating Facebook Inc. to examine whether the company disregarded...