Legal

FTC Argues Meta Must Sell Instagram, WhatsApp

FTC tells court Meta created barriers to entry with its purchases of WhatsApp, Instagram to create illegal monopoly

2 days ago

Court Rejects UK Government Bid For Secrecy On Apple Case

UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal ends secrecy around Apple appeal of government order to provide access to encrypted data

1 week ago

White House Extends TikTok Sale Deadline To June

US president hands TikTok a second 75-day extension for deadline to divest US operations under 2024 bipartisan sale-or-ban law

1 week ago

Meta Terminates Contract With Barcelona-Based Moderators

Facebook parent Meta abruptly terminates contract with Barcelona-based content moderators amidst policy shift

1 week ago

ByteDance’s Largest US Investors ‘In Talks’ Over TikTok Deal

ByteDance's largest US investors reportedly in talks for majority stake in US TikTok spin-off, with parent company retaining holdings

3 weeks ago

Google Agrees To $28m Settlement In Bias Case

Google agrees to pay $28m to settle claims it offered higher pay and more opportunities to white and Asian staff

4 weeks ago

Telegram’s Durov Allowed To Leave France As Probe Continues

Telegram founder Durov permitted to temporarily leave France as authorities continue probe into criminal activity on service

1 month ago

Tech Firms Now Face Fines Under Online Safety Act

Ofcom now has power to issue fines and other penalties for failure to remove illegal online content under Online Safety…

1 month ago

European Parliament Bans Huawei Lobbyists After Arrests

European Parliament bans Huawei lobbyists after police make arrests in corruption probe around company's links to to European Parliament

1 month ago

Educational Tech Firm Chegg Sues Google Over AI Overviews

Educational tech firm Chegg argues Google AI Overviews break competition law by accessing content without providing traffic in return

2 months ago

FTX Reaches Settlement With Clinton-Linked K5

FTX reaches settlement with investment firm K5 Global, co-founded by former Hillary Clinton aide, as bankrupt crypto firm readies repayments

2 months ago

LinkedIn Lawsuit Over AI Training Is Dismissed

Plaintiff dismisses proposed class-action lawsuit against LinkedIn over alleged use of private messages for AI training

2 months ago

Meta Agrees To $25m Trump Settlement

Meta to pay $25m to settle litigation by Donald Trump over 2021 account suspension following violent Capitol riots

3 months ago

Indian News Publishers Join OpenAI Legal Action

Indian news publishing group files to join legal action against OpenAI over alleged misuse of copyrighted materials to train ChatGPT…

3 months ago

Crypto Exchange KuCoin To Pay $297m In US Settlement

Major crypto exchange KuCoin agrees to pay more than $297m in US legal settlement in latest result of crypto enforcement…

3 months ago

ByteDance In Talks With US Over Non-Sale Options For TikTok

ByteDance board member William Ford expresses optimism ByteDance can find non-sale option to keep TikTok in US in compliance with…

3 months ago

Brazil Demands Clarity After Meta Ends Fact-Checking

Brazil demands specifics on how new Meta stance on misinformation will apply to country amidst outcry over wide-ranging policy changes

3 months ago

TikTok ‘Aware’ Livestream Feature Exploited Minors

Less-redacted Utah lawsuit says TikTok internal reviews found Live feature effectively incentivised abuse of minors for profit

3 months ago

New York Agencies Must Publish AI Assessments Under New Law

New York state agencies will have to publish assessments of the AI technologies they use under newly signed law

4 months ago

Trump Urges Supreme Court To Delay TikTok Deadline

President-elect Trump urges US Supreme Court to delay deadline for TikTok to be banned in United States until after he…

4 months ago

Italy Fines OpenAI 15m Euros Over Data Collection

Italy's data regulator fines OpenAI 15m euros over lack of 'adequate legal basis' for data collection, concerns over exposure of…

4 months ago

Former OpenAI Engineer, Whistleblower Passes Away At 26

Suchir Balaji, who claimed OpenAI broke copyright law and threatened livelihood of content creators, found dead in San Francisco

4 months ago

Brazil Suspends BYD EV Plant Construction Over Worker Conditions

Brazil labour authorities say workers constructing BYD EV plant subject to 'slavery-like' conditions, victims of human trafficking

4 months ago

Spyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable In US Court

Landmark ruling finds NSO Group liable on hacking charges in US federal court, after Pegasus spyware used to hack journalists,…

4 months ago

Momeni Convicted In Bob Lee Murder

San Francisco jury finds Nima Momeni guilty of second-degree murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee, rejecting self-defence claim

4 months ago

US Supreme Court Agrees To Hear TikTok Appeal

US Supreme Court says it will hear appeal of TikTok and parent ByteDance against ban law, but does not issue…

4 months ago

US Lawmaker Calls For Drone Detection Tech After Runway Closure

US senate majority leader calls for federal deployment of drone detection technology after drone sightings shut down New York runways

4 months ago

TikTok Shop US Sales Surpass Shein, Sephora

After launching in September 2023, TikTok Shop rises to broad popularity with US sales surpassing Shein, Sephora as it faces…

4 months ago

Ofcom Gives Tech Firms Three Months To Implement Content Controls

Ofcom publishes codes of practice for tech platforms to comply with Online Safety Act, with measures coming into effect on…

4 months ago

North Korean IT Workers ‘Made Millions’ From US Companies

Group of North Korean IT workers made at least $88m from fraudulently obtained US IT jobs, extortion payments, officials say

4 months ago