Court Upholds Facebook Immunity in Case Brought by Terrorist Attack Victims August 1, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Facebook Inc. on Wednesday defeated an appeal by American victims of Hamas attacks in Israel, who sought to hold the...
Senators Want to Reconsider Lawsuit Immunity for Google and Internet Giants July 17, 2019 By Gerrit De Vynck and Rebecca Kern U.S. senators used a Congressional hearing on Tuesday to push the idea of overhauling a law that protects YouTube, Facebook...
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...
Amazon Not Liable for Selling Product that Allegedly Caused $300K in Fire Damage June 4, 2019 By Elizabeth Blosfield The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that Amazon.com Inc. is not responsible under Maryland...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Says He Backs Regulation of Internet Content, Privacy April 2, 2019 By Selina Wang, Sarah Frier and Matthew G. Miller Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg called for new global regulations governing the internet, recommending overarching rules on hateful...
Court Rules Dating App Not Liable for Harassing Content March 29, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. federal appeals court refused to hold Grindr liable to a New York man who said his former boyfriend...
How Sex Trafficking Became Battleground in Fight Over Big Tech Immunity November 9, 2017 By Joshua Brustein During last week’s hearings about the industry’s role in the 2016 presidential election, one ominous moment for Big Tech came...
How to Make Facebook Liable for Its Content: Viewpoint October 19, 2017 By Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg Opinion Now that U.S. politicians know that Facebook is unable to stop malicious actors from using it to influence public opinion,...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Claiming Facebook Liable for Supporting Terrorists May 18, 2017 A federal judge on Thursday dismissed two lawsuits seeking to hold Facebook Inc. liable for supporting terrorist groups by letting...