Twitter, Google, Facebook Sued by Orlando Shooting Victims’ Families December 21, 2016 By Brendan O'Brien The families of three men killed at Orlando’s Pulse gay nightclub have sued Twitter Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook...
Feds go after Silicon Valley Firm over Alleged Hiring Bias September 29, 2016 By Brandon Bailey The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit accusing a fast-growing Silicon Valley software company of systematically discriminating against...
Deleted Social Media Comments Trigger Suit Against Indianapolis Suburb July 11, 2016 An Indianapolis suburb removed social media pages for the city and its police department after a lawsuit accused it of...
Hawaii Lawmakers Consider Ban on Bosses from Workers’ Personal Accounts March 2, 2016 Hawaii lawmakers are considering a bill to ban employers from accessing employees’ personal social media accounts. So far, more than...
Hackers Find New Battleground in Space, Targeting Satellites in ‘Trophy Attacks’ October 27, 2015 By Ari Rabinovitch Space, the ‘final frontier’, is rapidly becoming an extra-terrestrial battleground for corporate espionage and other types of cyber attack as...
California Agents Get Creative to Sell Rideshare Endorsement July 9, 2015 By Don Jergler Kathy Lamm, an insurance agent in Costa Mesa, Calif., over the past month has been busy selling a ridesharing endorsement...
Mobile App Data Flaw Leaves ‘Billions’ of Records at Risk: Security Researchers June 17, 2015 By Jeremy Wagstaff Security researchers have uncovered a flaw in the way thousands of popular mobile applications store data online, leaving users’ personal...
Vince Neil Files Suit in Las Vegas Against Social Media Consultant March 23, 2015 Rock ‘n’ roller Vince Neil is taking a fight over his Internet persona to state court in Las Vegas, with...
Facebook Sued by California Woman Discrimination, Harassment March 23, 2015 A former Facebook employee is suing the company on allegations that she was discriminated against, harassed and belittled during her...
Other Social Media Back Facebook in New York Privacy Case August 13, 2014 By Jennifer Peltz Facebook’s fight against prosecutors over nearly 400 search warrants for users’ postings and other data is drawing support from other...