Buffalo Shooting Lawsuits Claim Social Media, Gun Firms, Parents Enabled Killer August 18, 2023 By Michael Hill YouTube, Reddit and a body armor manufacturer were among the businesses that helped enable the gunman who killed 10 Black...
Buffalo Supermarket Shooting Victims Sue Facebook, Amazon, Other Tech Giants July 14, 2023 By Carolyn Thompson Tech and social media giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google bear responsibility for radicalizing the Buffalo supermarket shooter, who was...
Internet Library’s Book Service Violated Copyright, Judge Rules March 29, 2023 By Hillel Italie A federal judge has sided with four publishers who sued an online archive over its unauthorized scanning of millions of...
State Appeals Court Invalidates Uber’s Hyperlinked User Arbitration Pact October 13, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson An arbitration agreement buried behind a hyperlink that does not give consumers clear notice they are waiving their right to...
Livestream Tech Firms Learn Hard Lessons from Violent Videos Tied to Mass Killings May 20, 2022 By Matt O'Brien, AP Technology Writer, Haleluya Hadero and Barbara Ortutay These days, mass shooters like the one now held in the Buffalo, New York, supermarket attack don’t stop with planning...
Mother Sues Meta, Snap Over Social Media ‘Addicted’ Daughter’s Suicide January 21, 2022 By Robert Burnson Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc. are to blame for the suicide of an 11-year-old girl who was addicted to...
Sister of Slain Federal Officer Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Facebook January 11, 2022 By Daisy Nguyen The sister of a slain federal security officer is suing Facebook, alleging the tech giant played a part in the...
How Big Tech Is Faring in U.S. Lawsuits and Probes December 8, 2021 By Diane Bartz Big Tech platforms Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust...
Aspen Institute Report Calls for Regulation, Local Media to Fight Internet Misinformation November 18, 2021 By David Klepper Misinformation is jeopardizing efforts to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges, be it climate change, COVID-19 or political polarization, according...
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...