A federal judge reinstates FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, months after President Trump sought to fire her and Democratic colleague Alvaro Bedoya
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... @bstnboy : “Judge says Trump's firing of FTC commissioner was illegal” — Another day, another legal decision going against lardass for illegal firing. — l.smartnews...
Sources: the FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen US advertising and advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers
Spending federal $$ to support antisemitism violates several Trump EOs. — www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t... Karl Bode / @karlbode.com : When Matt Stoller claimed the Trump FTC would “continue the anti...
In a case related to its Activision acquisition, Microsoft dropped a law firm that settled with President Trump in favor of a firm that is fighting a Trump EO
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b... Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : Capitulating law firms suggested they had to capitulate to retain clients. The opposite may be true. [embedded post] Amanda Marcotte / @ama...
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...
SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Dan Primack / Axios : ...
A US court rules TikTok must face a lawsuit over a 10-year-old's death and the “blackout challenge”, saying algorithmic curation isn't protected by Section 230
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/ 21... Daphne Keller / @daphnek.bsky.social : Now the 3rd Circuit is engaging in the absurd pretense that the Court actually decided this issue in Moody v. NetChoice, be...
During oral arguments, SCOTUS justices seemed reluctant to strike down Texas' and Florida's social media laws, but raised concerns about companies' 1A rights
Update Tim Wu / New York Times : Big Tech's Latest Power Grab: the Constitution Washington Post : A roundup of the oral arguments made in the Supreme Court for two cases involving Florida's and Texas'...
X sues California over AB 587, arguing the law forcing social networks to detail their moderation interferes with X's constitutionally protected editorial calls
Our statement: progresschamber.org/musk-sues-ca-over- content-moderation-law [embedded post] Mike Masnick / @mmasnick.bsky.social : And it looks like just weeks after that case got thrown out, exTwitt...
Court filing: Twitter's lawyers say the “Twitter Files” show no government interference at the company, implying Elon Musk lied about what the files revealed
Mike Masnick / Techdirt : Tweets: @nils_gilman and @digiphile Tweets: Nils Gilman / @nils_gilman : “Twitter's filing is like a beat-by-beat debunking of the conspiracy theories pushed by the dude who...
A US federal judge rules in favor of four publishers in their copyright infringement case against the Internet Archive and its Controlled Digital Lending system
Today's lower court decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is a blow … Paul Hill / Neowin : Court rules against Internet Archive in favour of book publishers on digital lending United States Distric...