Internet Firms’ Liability Protection Under Fire. 26 Words and What’s at Stake March 4, 2021 By Rebecca Kern Democrats and Republicans in Congress are taking aim at a controversial law that shields internet platforms including Facebook Inc. and...
Facebook Faces 2nd UK Class Action Lawsuit over Data Harvesting Scandal February 10, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley Facebook is facing a second London High Court class action over allegations it failed to protect the personal details of...
Justice Department Charges Facebook With Hiring Bias Against U.S. Workers December 4, 2020 By Sarah N. Lynch, Nandita Bose and Katie Paul The U.S. Justice Department accused Facebook Inc. on Thursday of discriminating against U.S. workers, saying in a new lawsuit the...
Facebook Faces UK Legal Action Involving Cambridge Analytica Scandal October 29, 2020 By Stephanie Bodoni Facebook Inc. risks being dragged into a UK legal dispute involving almost 1 million British users affected by the Cambridge...
Twitter, Facebook, Alphabet Executives to Defend Liability Shield Before Senate October 28, 2020 By David Shepardson and Nandita Bose The chief executives of Twitter Inc., Facebook and Alphabet Inc. will tell U.S. lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday that...
Big Tech Lobby Seeks EU Liability Cover to Tackle Hate Speech, Illegal Content October 26, 2020 By Natalia Drozdiak Big technology platforms are calling on the European Union to protect them from legal liabilities for removing hate speech and...
House Antitrust Panel Blasts Big 4 Internet Firms for Abuses; Seeks Reforms, Separations October 7, 2020 By Nandita Bose and Diane Bartz A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four big technology companies found they used...
EU Wants Better Self-Regulation by Facebook, Google, Twitter; Plans Liability Changes September 11, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformation, Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, Twitter and other tech...
4 Republican Attorneys General Back Trump Social Media Liability Move September 8, 2020 By David Shepardson Four Republican state attorneys general led by Texas backed President Donald Trump’s push to narrow the ability of social media...
Internet Companies Urge FCC to Reject Trump Rules on Social Media Liability September 3, 2020 By David Shepardson and Nandita Bose A group representing major internet companies including Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Wednesday urged the Federal...