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...
UK Joins Global Backlash Against Tech Firms that Fail to Control Harmful Content April 9, 2019 By Lucy Meakin and Kitty Donaldson The U.K. joined a growing global backlash against technology companies such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc., proposing fines and...
Tech Firms Face Fines and Jail for Failure to Remove Violent Content in Australia April 4, 2019 By Colin Packham Australia will fine social media and web hosting companies up to 10 percent of their annual global turnover and imprison...
Facebook, Twitter Face Lawmakers Over Liability, Privacy, Regulation September 6, 2018 By Ben Brody and Sarah Frier The more U.S. lawmakers learn about how Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. work, the more they want to know. In...
Lawmakers Eye Holding Social Media Firms Liable for User Posts July 19, 2018 By Ben Brody Top Republican lawmakers on Tuesday attacked one of the legal protections most prized by social media companies such as Alphabet...
Facebook in Australia Faces Potential Class Action Suit over Data Privacy Breaches July 10, 2018 By Tom Westbrook Litigation funder IMF Bentham Ltd is preparing to potentially sue social media giant Facebook Inc in Australia over its sharing...
Class Action Alleges Facebook’s Ad Tools Discriminate Against Older Job Seekers May 29, 2018 By Josh Eidelson A proposed class action lawsuit alleging Facebook’s ad placement tools facilitate discrimination against older job-seekers has been expanded to identify...
Terrorist Attack Victims Seek to Restart Lawsuit Against Facebook After Zuckerberg Testimony April 17, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel A lawyer for victims of terrorist attacks in Israel on Monday urged a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit...
Trump Wants NAFTA to Limit Liability of Internet Firms Including Google, Facebook November 27, 2017 By Josh Wingrove and Ben Brody The Trump administration is pushing to add legal protections in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that would limit...
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...