Lawmakers Introduce Liability, Competition Bills Targeting Giant Internet Firms October 18, 2021 By Anna Edgerton and Rebecca Kern The biggest U.S. tech companies would face new constraints under two bills announced Thursday after a month of revelations from...
Australia’s Top Law Officer Wants Defamation Rules Redrafted for Internet Age October 7, 2021 Australia’s top law officer has written to her state counterparts urging them to redraft the country’s defamation law after a...
If Facebook Is the Problem, Is a Social Media Regulator the Fix? October 6, 2021 By Elizabeth Culliford and Diane Bartz Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told Congress on Tuesday that one option for making social media less harmful would be to...
CNN Prevents Australians From Accessing Its Facebook Pages, Citing Defamation Risk September 29, 2021 By Byron Kaye SYDNEY – CNN said it is preventing Australians from accessing its Facebook Inc pages after a court ruled that publishers...
Australia’s High Court Rules Publishers Liable for Facebook Comments September 9, 2021 By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE — Australia’s biggest news publishers including Rupert Murdoch’s the Australian are responsible for comments that readers post on their...
Facebook’s WhatsApp to Appeal Ireland’s €225 Million Data Privacy Fine September 3, 2021 By Conor Humphries Ireland hit Facebook’s WhatsApp with a record 225 million euro ($266 million) fine on Thursday following an inquiry into the...
Global Regulators Warned About Entry of ‘Big Tech’ Firms into Financial Services August 3, 2021 By Marc Jones Central banks and financial regulators urgently need to get to grips with the growing influence of “Big Tech,” according to...
Senators Add Vaccine Misinformation as Reason to Alter Tech Firms’ Liability Protection July 23, 2021 By Nandita Bose Two Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday will add to the stack of bills going after Section 230 – a law...
Facebook Hits Back Against Biden Team Blaming It for Vaccine Misinformation July 19, 2021 By Joel Schectman and Sarah N. Lynch U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy stood by federal guidance that those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer needed to wear...
How Tech Firms From Amazon to YouTube Ban Users for Off-Site Behavior April 27, 2021 By Elizabeth Culliford Earlier this month, Twitch announced it would start banning users for behavior away from its site. The move by Amazon...