2024-11-26
Google and DOJ made their final arguments to Judge Brinkema in the ad tech monopoly case. Now we await a decision, expected to come by the end of the year. If she rules for the DOJ, the parties could soon be engaged in double remedies trials https://www.theverge.com/...
Washington Post
The US DOJ and Google made their closing arguments in the ad-market antitrust case before Judge Leonie Brinkema, who expressed some skepticism toward both sides
Tech Giant Says 31% and Falling Lauren Feiner / The Verge : Google and the DOJ make their final arguments in the ad tech monopoly case Marty Swant / Digiday : DOJ and Google make c...
2024-07-11
SCOTUS' big tech policy decision may have been overshadowed by the Trump immunity one, but it's poised to have massive effects on the future of social media regulation. Here's what the NetChoice opinion means for the future of tech policy: https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
How the SCOTUS NetChoice ruling on social media platforms' First Amendment rights could affect a host of tech legislation, including kids' online safety laws
Here's what the SCOTUS decision might mean for everything from kids online safety laws to the TikTok ‘ban.’
2024-03-26
Florida is the latest to state impose new internet restrictions. HB 3, signed by Gov. DeSantis today, will require: -social media sites to delete accounts for kids under 14 -parental consent for 14&15 y/o to hold accounts -age verification for porn sites https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs a bill requiring parental consent for kids under 16 to hold social media accounts and age verification for many websites
2024-03-22
Can't wait to spend several weeks covering this trial in Jersey in like 3 years
Wall Street Journal
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 fr...
Can't wait to spend several weeks covering this trial in Jersey in like 3 years
The Verge
In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay
Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.
2024-02-26
Supreme Court arguments in two cases over Florida and Texas' social media laws next week will massively influence the future of online speech and tech regulation. Here's what you should know about these cases and how they could change the internet. https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
A preview of the NetChoice cases to be argued at SCOTUS on February 26, about the constitutionality of Texas and Florida laws regulating social media content
2024-02-25
Supreme Court arguments in two cases over Florida and Texas' social media laws next week will massively influence the future of online speech and tech regulation. Here's what you should know about these cases and how they could change the internet. https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
A preview of the NetChoice cases to be argued at SCOTUS on February 26, about the constitutionality of Texas and Florida laws regulating social media content
but conservatives may have already won David McCabe / New York Times : What to Know About the Supreme Court Arguments on Social Media Laws Tech Policy Press : Review of Amicus Brie...
2022-09-14
Zatko says that during the time he was there, Twitter did not have a staging environment to test updates, so everything was done in a production environment which he said all engineers had access to by default. That gave a large swath of the company broad access to data
TechCrunch
Mudge details Twitter's lack of logging, ignoring hackers' ongoing efforts to access its systems, how the FTC let the company “grade its own homework”, and more
A ticking bomb of security vulnerabilities. Covering up security failures. Duping regulators and misleading lawmakers.
Zatko says that during the time he was there, Twitter did not have a staging environment to test updates, so everything was done in a production environment which he said all engineers had access to by default. That gave a large swath of the company broad access to data
New Yorker
A look at the efforts by at least six research groups to find dirt on Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko, including offers to pay his former colleagues for info
2022-06-26
With Roe v. Wade overturned, tech cos could increasingly be forced by courts to hand over data in cases involving abortions or pregnancy loss — whether they want to or not. Some advocates say platforms can and should do more to protect that data. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Reuters
As anti-abortion state laws kick in, law enforcement could force tech companies to give up users' search history, geolocation, and other pregnancy-related data
The technology industry is bracing for the uncomfortable possibility of having to hand over pregnancy-related data to law enforcement …
With Roe v. Wade overturned, tech cos could increasingly be forced by courts to hand over data in cases involving abortions or pregnancy loss — whether they want to or not. Some advocates say platforms can and should do more to protect that data. https://www.cnbc.com/...
New York Times
Sources: Meta told staff not to discuss the Roe v. Wade ruling on wide-reaching internal channels, citing a company memo issued after the May draft opinion leak
Meta told its workers on Friday not to openly discuss the Supreme Court's ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion …
2022-06-25
With Roe v. Wade overturned, tech cos could increasingly be forced by courts to hand over data in cases involving abortions or pregnancy loss — whether they want to or not. Some advocates say platforms can and should do more to protect that data. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Reuters
As state laws limiting abortion kick in, tech companies could be forced by law enforcement to hand over users' search histories and other pregnancy-related data
The technology industry is bracing for the uncomfortable possibility of having to hand over pregnancy-related data to law enforcement …
2022-06-06
It's a make or break time for passing tech antitrust reform before the midterms. Here's a look into the remaining obstacles to passing one of the key bills making its way through Congress and how the tech industry is responding: https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC
A look at Democrats' efforts to pass the AICO Act, which bans Big Tech companies from favoring their products, before November's US midterms or the end of 2022
- A major piece of legislation that could reshape the tech industry is just a few steps away from becoming law.
2022-06-05
It's a make or break time for passing tech antitrust reform before the midterms. Here's a look into the remaining obstacles to passing one of the key bills making its way through Congress and how the tech industry is responding: https://www.cnbc.com/...
Politico
In an email chain mistakenly forwarded to Politico, an Amazon spokesperson asked a consultant to push a narrative that the AICO Act would harm people of color
It's the latest instance of a tech company arguing that regulation would harm communities of color.
2022-05-25
Last week, a group of Dems urged the FTC to protect data privacy of consumers seeking abortions. This week, an even larger group of Dems is appealing to Google directly to stop collecting and keeping location data that could help identify abortion patients https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC
In a letter, 42 Democratic lawmakers urge Google to stop collecting and keeping unnecessary user data that could be used to identify people seeking abortions
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
2022-04-21
Apple's disclosure shows it lobbied on a slate of competition bills aimed at the tech industry, foreign digital regulation and semiconductor funding, among other issues. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Bloomberg
Filings: Apple spent $2.5M on US lobbying in Q1 2022, up 34% from $1.86M in Q4 2021; Google spent $2.96M in Q1, up 34% QoQ but flat YoY; Microsoft spent $2.5M
Apple Inc. spent a record quarterly high of $2.5 million on lobbying in the first three months of 2022 amid increased pressure …
2022-02-09
Meta $FB fell below $600 billion in market cap today - a key threshold in several of the tech competition bills being considered by Congress. Lots can change, but it goes to show just how hard it is craft targeted legislation https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC
As Meta dips under a $600B market cap, it may avoid antitrust liability since it falls below the threshold set by recent US House bills as a “covered platform”
- Facebook owner Meta closed with a market cap below $600 billion on Tuesday for the first time since May 2020.
2022-02-04
Facebook earnings seemed to be dragging down other social media stocks including Snap's today, but it's now set to make up those losses tomorrow — and then some. https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC
Snap reports its first quarterly net profit, with $1.3B in Q4 revenue, up 42% YoY, and $23M net income; FY 2021 revenue grew 64% to $4.1B; stock rises 40%+
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
Two tech milestones today: Facebook just had its biggest one-day drop ever and Snap just posted its first-ever quarterly net profit https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC
Snap reports its first quarterly net profit, with $1.3B in Q4 revenue, up 42% YoY, and $23M net income; FY 2021 revenue grew 64% to $4.1B; stock rises 40%+
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
The Senate Judiciary Committee just passed its second tech competition bill of the year, signaling the large appetite for legislation aimed at Big Tech. The Open App Markets Act gained even broader support than the earlier bill https://www.cnbc.com/...
MacRumors
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approves the Open App Markets Act, which would allow app sideloading and let developers use their own in-app payment systems
in the face of millions in Big Tech lobbying and assaults from all the think tanks they pay — would have been unimaginable three years ago. Probably even two years ago. You love to...