Enlarge / Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Munich Security Conference in 2020. (credit: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images) Facebook has gone nuclear in its long-running battle with the Australian government over news content. Australia is considering legislation that would require Facebook to pay to link to Australian news stories. In response, Facebook has announced a […]
The public reckoning of Joss Whedon continues — in a pretty unusual way, if you ask us. ICYMI, Whedon has been accused of being “problematic” over the years, but an investigation into his behavior on set of Justice League has opened the floodgates for complaints of abuse, going all the way back to his breakout […]
Enlarge / Close-up photography (credit: John Lamb | Getty Images) Google and Facebook are rushing to agree to deals with Australian publishers, offering them the most generous licensing terms in the world in an attempt to persuade Canberra not to apply rules forcing tech groups to pay for news. MPs began debating legislation on Wednesday […]
Enlarge / Facebook co-founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs after testifying before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2018, in Washington, DC. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees close to him, “we need to inflict pain” on […]
Enlarge / None of these companies are keen to hand over a slice of their revenue to Maryland. (credit: Malik Evren | Getty Images) Maryland today became the first state in the nation to impose a tax on digital advertising revenue, overriding an earlier veto from the governor and incurring the wrath of piles of […]
Enlarge / Supporters of former President Donald Trump, including Jake Angeli, a QAnon supporter known for his painted face and horned hat, enter the US Capitol on January 6. (credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) Facebook has gone out of its way to help law enforcement officials identify those who participated in the January 6 […]
Enlarge / Robert Kennedy Jr. heads up to a meeting at Trump Tower on January 10, 2017 in New York City. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Instagram has permanently banned the account of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an infamous and prolific peddler of dangerous anti-vaccine and COVID-19 misinformation. The move will likely be cheered by public […]
Facebook appears to be relying on its age-old playbook even as antitrust regulators investigate the company for anti-competitive behavior. The social media app, which is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and 46 states, has a history of cloning popular features from its buzzy competitors. The latest target? None other than the Clubhouse, the […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Aurich Lawson) Suing technology firms when they mess up is already hard, especially over privacy violations. Now, Facebook, Google, and the trade groups representing all the big tech firms are asking the Supreme Court to make it even harder for class actions to pursue cases against them. Facebook, Google, and […]
As a successful animal rights lawyer, the laws Jennifer Emmi had to worry about dealt with zoo conditions and humane livestock treatment. Now it sounds like she’s going to be sweating a jury’s interpretation of what is and isn’t solicitation of murder! Per multiple local reports from Denver news outlets, the Animal Law Center founder […]