Musk-Owned Twitter Will Have to Follow EU’s Rules: Commissioner May 2, 2022 By Jillian Deutsch and Maria Tadeo A top EU official doesn’t expect to have a problem with Elon Musk, who is pursuing a free-speech agenda in...
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...
Facebook, Twitter Face Lawmakers Over Liability, Privacy, Regulation September 6, 2018 By Ben Brody and Sarah Frier The more U.S. lawmakers learn about how Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. work, the more they want to know. In...
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...
In Age of Twitter, Libel Insurance Isn’t Just for Journalists Anymore June 8, 2017 By Polly Mosendz Courtney Love spent almost six years in litigation, accused of libeling her former attorney in a Twitter post that was...
Court Absolves Twitter of Liability for Terrorists’ Tweets August 15, 2016 By Kartikay Mehrotra Twitter Inc. won a court ruling that it can’t be held responsible for the so-called Islamic State’s use of the...
Widow’s Damages Lawsuit Blames Twitter for Spread of ISIS January 14, 2016 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Robert Burnson Twitter Inc. was accused in a lawsuit by the widow of a man killed at a police training center in...