EU Wants Better Self-Regulation by Facebook, Google, Twitter; Plans Liability Changes September 11, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformation, Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, Twitter and other tech...
4 Republican Attorneys General Back Trump Social Media Liability Move September 8, 2020 By David Shepardson Four Republican state attorneys general led by Texas backed President Donald Trump’s push to narrow the ability of social media...
Trump Seeks Dismissal of Legal Challenge to Executive Order by Social Media Firms August 14, 2020 By Nandita Bose The Trump administration has filed a motion asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit against the president’s executive order targeting...
Coordinated Twitter Hacking Raises Concerns About Platform’s Security July 16, 2020 By Joseph Menn and Raphael Satter The extraordinary hacking spree that hit Twitter on Wednesday, leading it to briefly muzzle some of its most widely followed...
Justice Department Outlines Proposed Overhaul of Social Media Immunity June 19, 2020 By Ben Brody and Chris Strohm The Justice Department on Wednesday outlined a broad overhaul of legal protections for online platforms such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google...
Tech Group Sues Trump Over Order Weakening Social Media Immunity June 3, 2020 By Alison Frankel and Nandita Bose An advocacy group backed by the tech industry sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his executive order that would...
Trump Plans Legislation Targeting Social Media Immunity May 29, 2020 By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has protected internet companies,...
Trump Executive Order Aims to Shrink Liability Shield for Social Media Giants May 28, 2020 By Ben Brody, Mario Parker and Eric Newcomer Donald Trump has been raging against Twitter Inc. since the social media platform that helped vault him to the presidency...
Facebook, Twitter, Other Internet Firms to Be Responsible for Content Under UK Plan February 12, 2020 By Paul Sandle Britain said it would force social media companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Snap to do more to block or...
Twitter Says Users’ Phone Numbers Exposed by Flaw in Contacts Upload Feature February 4, 2020 Twitter said on Monday that it had discovered attempts by possible state actors to access the phone numbers associated with...