EU’s New Copyright Rules Could Hurt Google, Facebook April 15, 2019 By Foo Yun Chee Google will have to pay publishers for news snippets and Facebook filter out protected content under new copyright rules aimed...
Court Rules Dating App Not Liable for Harassing Content March 29, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. federal appeals court refused to hold Grindr liable to a New York man who said his former boyfriend...
Microsoft Exec Says It’s Time to Revisit Big Tech’s Responsibility for Its Content March 25, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith has called for a broad effort by the technology sector to do more to halt...
Facing Bias Claims, Facebook Will Revamp Its Platform for Housing, Jobs, Credit Ads March 20, 2019 By Katie Paul Facebook Inc has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and...
Hiscox USA Promotes Hart to Product Head for Media November 2, 2018 Specialty insurer Hiscox USA has promoted David Hart to senior vice president, product head for Media. Hart, who joined Hiscox...
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...
Hearst Settles Magazine Subscribers’ Michigan Privacy Claim for $50 Million July 13, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel Hearst Communications Inc. on Thursday reached a $50 million settlement of a lawsuit claiming it violated Michigan privacy law by...
Media Faces Challenge in Keeping Online Threats from Escalating July 5, 2018 By Tamara Lush After a Florida radio station’s general manager told hosts they didn’t have to put an obnoxious repeat caller on the...
InfoWars Host Jones Faces Defamation Suit by Sandy Hook Victims’ Families April 18, 2018 By Polly Mosendz The parents of two children killed at Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012 sued Alex Jones, the host of InfoWars,...
QBE North America Forms Alliance with MGA Professional Risk Facilities November 1, 2017 QBE North America, an operating division of QBE Insurance Group Ltd., announced a strategic program underwriting alliance with managing general...