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News of the Week; October 7, 2020
DIGITAL US House committee says Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook engaged in monopolistic behavior: Investigation recommends stronger antitrust actions, but requires Congressional approval for further action House: Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Google have “monopoly power,” should be split Congress Issues Antitrust Report on Large Tech Platforms Should Big Tech Be Setting the Terms of Political Speech? Step […]
News of the Week; September 30, 2020
DIGITAL Microsoft boots apps out of Azure used by China-sponsored hackers Trump likely overstepped authority with TikTok ban, judge rules Judge Rejected Ban On TikTok Because Trump’s DOJ Can’t Show Any Real National Security Threat Court Enjoins Trump Administration’s Attempt to Kick TikTok Out of App Stores–TikTok v. Trump (Eric Goldman) The Politics and Optics […]
News of the Week; September 23, 2020
DIGITAL Facebook Has Been a Disaster for the World: How much longer are we going to allow its platform to foment hatred and undermine democracy? StopHateForProfit Campaign Enlists Celebrities for 24 Hour Facebook and Instagram Freeze Facebook vows to restrict users if US election descends into chaos Facebook warns privacy rules could force it to […]
News of the Week; September 16, 2020
DIGITAL Publishers Are Taking the Internet to Court: In a lawsuit against the Internet Archive, the largest corporations in publishing want to change what it means to own a book. Sweeping internal Facebook memo: “I have blood on my hands” Facebook’s latest hollow effort to fight climate change denial Trump vows not to extend TikTok […]
News of the Week; September 9, 2020
DIGITAL TikTok Employee Files Motion That Could Mark First Judicial Look At Trump’s Executive Order White House Supposedly Blocked Walmart From Buying Tiktok Because It Would Prove Its Rationale For Forcing A Deal Was Bullshit If We’re So Worried About TikTok, Why Aren’t We Just As Worried About AdTech And Location Data Sales? Trump Gets […]
News of the Week; September 2, 2020
DIGITAL French language requirements in Québec: Language used in commercial publications, including websites and social media Internet terms of use: Ninth Circuit enforces arbitration agreement accessible through browsewrap hyperlink Third Circuit Upholds Public School Student’s First Amendment Rights Infringing Polish Website Isn’t Subject to Personal Jurisdiction in the United States–AMA v. Wanat Why potential claimants […]
News of the Week; August 26, 2020
DIGITAL Surprise: Report Claims Facebook Has Been Driving White House TikTok Animosity TikTok Sues Trump Administration, Reveals It Has 100 Million U.S. Users TikTok sues Trump to challenge US government restrictions TikTok Files Suit to Prevent U.S. Ban of its Mobile Application TikTok sues Trump admin., says ban is unconstitutional and political US administration takes […]
News of the Week; August 19, 2020
DIGITAL It’s Not Too Late to Save the Internet Google Warns Australians That The Government’s Plan To Tax Google To Give Money To Newspapers Will Harm Search & YouTube Court Says First Amendment Protects Ex-Wife’s Right To Publicly Discuss Her Ex-Husband On Her Personal Blog Facebook says it will crack down on QAnon conspiracy theory […]
News of the Week; August 12, 2020
DIGITAL Genius Media Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Song Lyrics Is Tossed Yes, Facebook Treats Trump Fans Differently: It Has Relaxed The Rules To Give Them More Leeway Trump campaign’s false COVID-19 claims taken down by Facebook and Twitter Mass hijacking spree takes over subreddits to promote Donald Trump Muting Misinformation: Can we sue to stop misleading political […]
News of the Week; August 5, 2020
DIGITAL Trump Admin Will Order ByteDance To Sell TikTok; Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Trump administration gives TikTok 45 days to sell to Microsoft or leave US [Updated] In Aboutface, Trump Has Reportedly Given Microsoft And TikTok 45 Days To Finalize Acquisition Microsoft Aims To Close TikTok Deal Within 3 Weeks, Could Pay $30 Billion […]