Google Ordered to Pay Former Australian Lawmaker for Defamatory YouTube Videos June 6, 2022 By Byron Kaye SYDNEY – An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its refusal to...
Three States, D.C. Sue Google Claiming Location Tracking Violates Users’ Privacy January 25, 2022 By David Shepardson and Doina Chiacu Texas, Indiana, Washington State and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Monday over what they called deceptive...
Lawmakers to Introduce Bipartisan Bill Aimed at Internet Firms’ Liability Shield February 21, 2020 By Nandita Bose U.S. legislation will be introduced in the coming weeks that could hurt technology companies’ ability to offer end-to-end encryption, two...
Attorney General Barr: Should Tech Giants Still Be Free From Liability for Content? February 20, 2020 By Nandita Bose and Raphael Satter U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday questioned whether Facebook, Google and other major online platforms still need the immunity...
Justice Department Targets Internet Firms’ Liability Shield February 19, 2020 By Ben Brody Attorney General William Barr is taking aim at a legal shield enjoyed by companies such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and...
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...
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...
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...
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...