FTC’s Chopra Tells House Antitrust Panel Big Tech’s Data Practices Threaten Competition October 21, 2019 By Ben Brody, Daniel R. Stoller and David McLaughlin U.S. technology companies sent tens of thousands of documents to the House committee investigating whether they’re using their dominance to...
Privacy Law Favored by Tech Firms Gains Support Among House Democrats October 17, 2019 By Ben Brody A group of more than 100 centrist Democratic House lawmakers is throwing its weight behind a privacy bill that has...
IBM Joins Call to Trim Liability Shield for Google, Facebook, Other Internet Platforms July 11, 2019 By Naomi Nix and Ben Brody International Business Machines Corp. on Wednesday threw its support behind enacting a new policy to limit liability protections enjoyed by...
Senator Graham Wants to Limit Internet Firms’ Liability Protections July 10, 2019 By Ben Brody Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham said Tuesday he wants to limit a liability exemption treasured by internet platforms such as...
Senator Calls for Facebook, YouTube, Twitter to Lose Immunity If Politically Biased June 20, 2019 By Ben Brody Technology platforms such as Facebook Inc. and Google’s YouTube could face a flood of lawsuits unless they can demonstrate their...
Parties Differ on Data Privacy Legislation Over Liability, Duty of Care May 23, 2019 By Ben Brody and Daniel R. Stoller Three Democratic senators helping write a privacy bill are seeking to allow individuals to sue companies for mishandling their data,...
Facebook Opposes Release of Privacy Reports Used to Settle Litigation April 18, 2019 By Ben Brody Facebook Inc. will seek to block disclosures from years’ worth of privacy reports it submitted to the U.S. Federal Trade...
FTC Privacy Settlement Over Cambridge Analytica Could Cost Facebook Billions February 19, 2019 By David McLaughlin and Ben Brody Facebook Inc. is in talks with U.S. regulators over alleged privacy violations that could force the social-media giant to pay...
U.S. Privacy Regulation Tested by Facebook Scandals January 24, 2019 By David McLaughlin and Ben Brody Facebook Inc.’s repeated privacy scandals have infuriated users, lawmakers and data-security advocates who are clamoring for a forceful government response....
Tech Giants, Chamber Offer Views on National Consumer Privacy Rules September 14, 2018 By Ben Brody Two technology trade groups on Wednesday released proposals for national consumer privacy regulations, adding to the chorus of businesses seeking...