Leaked letter: Ed Martin, the interim US Attorney for DC, accused Wikipedia of allowing foreign manipulation and propaganda, threatening its tax-exempt status
Wikipedia Bluesky: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse / @whitehouse.senate.gov : Where is the referral from IRS? I've been told for years that DOJ does not investigate IRS matters without a referral. More w...
A US jury convicts Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov for operating crypto “tumbler” Bitcoin Fog between 2011 and 2021, laundering 1.2M+ BTC worth ~$400M
Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov was convicted by a federal jury in Washington, D.C., for operating Bitcoin Fog between 2011 and 2021.
Google agrees to pay $700M and make app store changes, like offering an alternative billing system, to settle a 2021 antitrust lawsuit by 36 US states and DC
but it also plans to appeal the jury verdict. Sure looks like an admission of guilt to me https://www.theverge.com/... Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : Google just settled an antitrus...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenas the CEOs of X, Discord, and Snap to testify at a hearing on children's online safety on December 6
expects their CEOs will agree to testify voluntarily. Senator Dick Durbin / @senatordurbin : We promised Big Tech that they'd have their chance to explain their failures to protect kids. Now's that ch...
The US announces charges, sanctions, and a $10M reward for info leading to the arrest of Russian national Mikhail Matveev, a Babuk ransomware campaign suspect
SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS LIST UPDATE Sarai Rodriguez / HealthITSecurity : US Formally Charges Russian Hacker Behind Global Ransomware Attacks CircleID : U.S. Targets Russian Mastermind Behind Do...
The CFTC sues Binance, CEO CZ, and an ex-chief compliance officer, calling Binance's compliance efforts “a sham” and corporate structure “intentionally opaque”
Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has filed …
Google agrees to pay $29.5M to settle lawsuits with Washington DC and Indiana over its location tracking practices, after paying nearly $392M to 40 US states
This Settlement Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into as of December 29 … Johnny Magdaleno / The Indianapolis Star : Indiana AG Rokita nets $20M in Google settlement over location tracking practices...
Google has agreed to pay $29.5M to settle lawsuits with Washington DC and Indiana over location tracking practices, after agreeing to pay ~$392M to 40 US states
Google has agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle separate lawsuits with Washington, D.C., and Indiana over its location tracking practices.
District of Columbia, Texas, Washington, and Indiana AGs sue Google for allegedly deceiving users to gain access to their location data from at least 2014
it's actually one of several state lawsuits that all contend Google's privacy settings are purposefully confusing, all under different consumer protection laws https://www.theverge.com/... @nytimesbus...
DC attorney general sues Amazon on antitrust grounds, claiming the company's practices have unfairly raised prices for consumers and suppressed innovation
Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Tuesday he's suing Amazon on antitrust grounds, claiming the company's practices …