Mother of Child Who Died in TikTok ‘Blackout Challenge’ Asks Court to Revive Lawsuit January 19, 2024 By Nate Raymond A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday wrestled with whether the video-based social media platform TikTok could be sued for causing...
Bipartisan Bill Would End Section 230 Immunity for Generative AI June 15, 2023 By Katie Paul Two U.S. senators introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allow social media companies to be sued for spreading harmful material...
Searching for Realistic Ideas That Could Help Tame Big Tech November 2, 2021 By Marcy Gordon Break up Big Tech? How about shrinking the tech companies’ shield against liability in cases where the content they push...
Whistleblower Tells Congress Facebook Puts Profits Over Safety, Urges Regulation October 5, 2021 By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen will urge the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to regulate the social media giant,...
U.S. Chamber Urges U.S., EU to Adopt Data Privacy Shield, Halt Tariffs June 10, 2021 By Andrea Shalal The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday urged the United States and European Union to quickly resolve their disputes over...
Internet Groups Warn Against Including Liability Shield in Trade Deals May 28, 2021 By Anna Edgerton A coalition of internet accountability groups is warning the Biden administration against including liability protections for tech companies in future...
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...
Republicans Eye ‘Jackhammer’ to Reform Tech Liability While Democrats Grab ‘Scalpel’ October 30, 2020 By Nandita Bose Big Tech’s decisions to block some posts and videos while letting other content viewed as inflammatory proliferate have drawn the...
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...
FCC Says It Has Authority to Change Social Media Liability Shield October 22, 2020 By David Shepardson The top lawyer at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Wednesday the telecommunications regulator has legal authority to redefine...