SCOTUS declines Google's request to halt key parts of a judge's order requiring Google to make major Play Store changes in the antitrust case Epic filed in 2020
- Google asked Supreme Court to freeze parts of judge's order — Order was issued in suit by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games
Filing: YouTube will pay $24.5M to settle a 2021 Trump lawsuit over suspending his account after January 6, the last Big Tech company to settle his lawsuits
Google subsidiary is the last of three Big Tech companies to resolve personal litigation Trump filed against social-media platforms
Meta agrees to pay ~$25M to settle Trump's 2021 lawsuit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg after the company suspended his accounts following the January 6 riot
The president had sued the social-media company after his accounts were suspended — President Trump has signed settlement papers …
SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, saying neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges
The First Amendment was written in the 18th century … The Hill : Morning Report — Is a Trump election interference trial off the table? CCIA : Supreme Court Issues Ruling in CCIA, ...
SCOTUS rejects Elon Musk's appeal to overturn an SEC agreement from 2018 to have an in-house lawyer pre-approve his X posts about Tesla, without giving a reason
A US appeals court finds the White House, the CDC, and the FBI likely violated the First Amendment by influencing tech companies' moderation on COVID-19 posts
The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General's office's contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms' content decisions
The US DOJ informed a federal judge that Sam Bankman-Fried won't face the campaign finance charge, which wasn't part of an extradition document with The Bahamas
The Justice Department said late Wednesday that the campaign finance charge was not included in an extradition document with The Bahamas …
A look at Twitter v. Taamneh and the US Supreme Court's struggle to determine whether social media companies can be held responsible for aiding terrorism
depending on how you count the Justices? Would be a 5-4 decision, Thomas, Jackson, Kagan, Sotomayer & Alito. Josh Gerstein / @joshgerstein : For 2nd day in a row, tech seems likely...
The US DOJ says it is investigating a data breach of the federal courts system that is separate from the Russia-backed SolarWinds hack revealed in late 2020
Maggie Miller / Politico :
SCOTUS narrows the scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, ruling it can't be used to charge people who misused databases they are otherwise entitled to access
SCOTUS slashes FTC's power to seek monetary awards in court, banning a tool that it used to fine tech and other companies engaged in unfair business practices
& I'm going to fight vigorously against it. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter / @rkslaughterftc : Thank you for your leadership and the time you have dedicated to this incredibly important i...
Uber's thinking on UK driver rights has evolved and worker flexibility “should not come at the expense of social protections”
Dara Khosrowshahi / London Evening Standard :
Parler CEO confirms that Amazon will suspend Parler's AWS account on Jan. 10 at 11:59PM PST, says Parler may be unavailable on the internet for up to a week
Amazon notified Parler that it would be cutting off the social network favored by conservatives and extremists …
Google suspends Parler from the Play Store over moderation and enforcement policies, citing an “ongoing and urgent public safety threat”
Shawna Chen / Axios :
Apple gives Parler 24 hours to institute a full moderation policy or face expulsion from the App Store, according to emails between the two companies
Apple has given Parler, the social network favored by conservatives and extremists, an ultimatum to implement a full moderation plan …
Federal appeals court rules the NSA's mass surveillance program was possibly unconstitutional and the program's “bulk collection” of metadata was illegal
The National Security Agency program that swept up details on billions of Americans' phone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional …
Federal appeals court rules the NSA's mass surveillance program was possibly unconstitutional and the program's “bulk collection” of metadata was illegal
The National Security Agency program that swept up details on billions of Americans' phone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional …
New York's AG sent a letter to Zoom expressing concern over security vulnerabilities and privacy practices as more users conduct sensitive tasks on the service
on its app, website, security white paper—that its video calls are “end-to-end encrypted,” but when @theintercept asked them about it they said: “Currently, it is not possible to e...
A vulnerability in Zoom's Windows client could let attackers steal Windows login credentials of users who click on malicious links in chat messages
The Zoom Windows client is vulnerable to UNC path injection in the client's chat feature that could allow attackers to steal the Windows credentials of users who click on the link.
New York's AG sent a letter to Zoom expressing concern over security vulnerabilities and privacy practices as more users conduct sensitive tasks on the service
As the videoconferencing platform's popularity has surged, Zoom has scrambled to address a series of data privacy and security problems.