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...
FCC Chief Vows to Advance New Social Media Company Liability Rules October 16, 2020 By David Shepardson Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said Thursday the agency will move forward to set new rules to clarify the...
Twitter Security Failure Prompts Call for Regulating Internet Giants as Systemic Risks October 14, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Twitter Inc. suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a “simple” hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the...
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...