Twitter Will Pay $150M to Settle With U.S. Over Data Privacy Violations May 26, 2022 By Diane Bartz and Katie Paul Twitter Inc. has agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations it misused private information, like phone numbers, to target...
Do Claims Against Musk Raise a Legal Issue for His Companies and Twitter Deal? May 24, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner and Tom Hals A report saying Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk’s company SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle sexual harassment claims by a flight...
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...
Musk Loses Bid to End SEC Agreement on Oversight of Tesla Tweets April 29, 2022 By Tom Hals A U.S. judge slammed Elon Musk for trying to escape a settlement with regulators requiring oversight of his Tesla Inc....
Twitter Files Lawsuit Against German Rule for Online Reporting February 1, 2022 Twitter has taken legal action against a rule, coming into force in Germany from Tuesday, that obliges social media firms...
Twitter Agrees to Pay $810M to Settle Shareholder Lawsuit Over Growth Prospects September 20, 2021 By Molly Schuetz and Robert Burnson Twitter Inc. agreed to pay $809.5 million to settle a shareholder class action lawsuit that accused the social media company...
Facebook, Google CEOs Suggest How to Reform Internet Immunity Law March 25, 2021 By Diane Bartz and Nandita Bose Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out steps to reform a key internet law on Wednesday, saying that companies should...
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...
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...
Big Tech Lobby Seeks EU Liability Cover to Tackle Hate Speech, Illegal Content October 26, 2020 By Natalia Drozdiak Big technology platforms are calling on the European Union to protect them from legal liabilities for removing hate speech and...