A US federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1
Document #65 Ryan Mac / New York Times : Judge Blocks Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores Anthony Kimery / Biometric Update : Judge blocks Texas app store age verification law as unconstitutiona...
US FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson announces an inquiry into “Big Tech censorship”, which he calls “un-American” and “potentially illegal”, and seeks public comment
including ‘shadow banning’ Sean Burch / The Wrap : Trump-Appointed FTC Chair Launches Big Tech Inquiry for ‘Bullying’ and Censorship Sean Burch / TVNewsCheck : Trump-Appointed FTC Chair Launches Big T...
A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information
and the ingestion of personal information—to power their services - Companies generally fed extensive amts of personal info into their automated systems /10 [image] Jon von Tetzchner / @jonsvt : This ...
The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more
In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit from the DOJ CNBC : DO...
The US FTC says Avast needs to pay $16.5M and stop selling web browsing data for ads to settle charges that the UK company misrepresented its use of such data
antivirus giant hit with major fine Greg Noone / Tech Monitor : Avast slapped with $16.5m fine from FTC for selling user data without permission Efe Udin / Gizchina : FTC fines Avast $16.5 million in ...
Filing: the Biden administration urges SCOTUS to review key parts of Florida's and Texas' laws meant to restrict how social media companies can moderate content
Don't they realize Nazis are bad for business? The Texas & Florida lawmakers actually chose their principles (racism) over being pro-business. … X: Greg Stohr / @gregstohr : Biden administration back...
In a report, FCC says broadband deployment is reasonable and timely, reaching same conclusion as an earlier version that overstated broadband access by millions
which may not be real Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch : FCC's broadband deployment report called ‘fundamentally at odds with reality’ Federal Communications Commission : Broadband Deployment Report: Digit...