US AG Pam Bondi says that Meta complied with the DOJ's request to take down a Facebook Page that the agency said was being used to harass ICE agents in Chicago
and we're ready to push back if something like this happens again.” Secretary Kristi Noem / @sec_noem : Anti-ICE radicals are using social media apps to dox, threaten, and terrorize the brave men and ...
FOIA docs: the Trump administration claimed broad authority to nullify laws in letters to tech firms releasing them of legal liability related to the TikTok ban
The implications are breathtaking. the line between a normal legal state and exceptions/prerogative state can be shifted at will. Dean Baker / @deanbaker13 : Trump says he can claim extraordinary powe...
Amazon ends use of arbitration for customer disputes, which critics said put consumers at a huge disadvantage; disputes can now be pursued in federal court
Michael Corkery / New York Times : Tweets: @ddayen , @gregbensinger , @seattletimes , @shatter242 , @tdlenk , @bettermarkets , and @shiraovide Tweets: David Dayen / @ddayen : The arbitration storm st...
Amazon says it is seeking the recusal of FTC chair Lina Khan from matters related to the company, citing her history of criticism and antitrust arguments
at least in part—meant to deter people who might enter public service from making public statements criticizing unrepentant monopolists. Do not be deterred. https://twitter.com/... April Glaser / @apr...
In unsealed court docs, Facebook managers appeared to admit to major flaws in ad targeting capabilities in 2016 and wondered if they were misleading advertisers
not banned. They (generally, depending on product) perform better, and I don't have any interest (or upside) in invading customers privacy (in fact, we can't see individual data). https://twitter.com/...
The hearing's biggest losers were antitrust divisions of the FTC and DOJ, which have the same info as the subcommittee but haven't made a case against Big Tech
David Dayen / American Prospect :
Sources: California is conducting an inquiry into Amazon's practices, focused in part on Amazon selling its own products in competition with third-party sellers
In early 2017, the Yale Law Journal … Mariella Moon / Engadget : Two states are reportedly looking into how Amazon treats sellers New York Times : Amazon Said to Be Under Scrutiny in 2 States for Abus...
Docs shared by tech giants in response to questions from Congress show few customers, employees, or contractors bother to challenge the firms in arbitration
it's a rigged system that allows them to systematically escape accountability for cheating workers and consumers. Google contractors, for example, have initiated just *three* arbitration claims in the...
Concerns raised after New America Foundation, a think tank funded by Google, fired Barry Lynn, a senior fellow who praised EU's antitrust fine against Google
AMD's New Ammo in Battle Against Intel Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Google-funded think tank fires member after he criticizes the tech giant Yves Smith / naked capitalism : New America Foundation Head Ann...