Tech Group Sues Trump Over Order Weakening Social Media Immunity June 3, 2020 By Alison Frankel and Nandita Bose An advocacy group backed by the tech industry sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his executive order that would...
Trump Plans Legislation Targeting Social Media Immunity May 29, 2020 By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has protected internet companies,...
Trump Executive Order Aims to Shrink Liability Shield for Social Media Giants May 28, 2020 By Ben Brody, Mario Parker and Eric Newcomer Donald Trump has been raging against Twitter Inc. since the social media platform that helped vault him to the presidency...
Facebook Revamps Its Libra Cryptocurrency in Response to Regulatory Backlash April 17, 2020 By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Tom Wilson Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency Libra will be linked to individual national currencies and overseen by global watchdogs in a scaled-back revamp...
Washington Attorney General Sues Facebook Over Campaign Ads April 16, 2020 Washington state is suing Facebook – again – for selling political ads without disclosing all necessary information about who’s behind...
California Probing Facebook, Says Social Media Company Stonewalling November 7, 2019 By Diane Bartz and Paresh Dave California revealed for the first time an 18-month investigation into Facebook Inc.’s privacy practices and accused the social media giant...
Facebook to Pay $644,000 Fine in U.K. over Cambridge Analytica Scandal October 30, 2019 Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000 pound ($644,000) fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting...
Euro Zone to Launch Public Cryptocurrency in Response to Threat of Facebook’s Libra September 13, 2019 By Francesco Guarascio Euro zone governments and central banks are working on a long-term plan to launch a public digital currency that they...
Court Upholds Facebook Immunity in Case Brought by Terrorist Attack Victims August 1, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Facebook Inc. on Wednesday defeated an appeal by American victims of Hamas attacks in Israel, who sought to hold the...
Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Gets Pushback from Global Financial Watchdogs June 24, 2019 By Alastair Marsh Facebook Inc. was hours away from the formal announcement of its ambitious foray into financial services, but French Finance Minister...