Senators Want to Reconsider Lawsuit Immunity for Google and Internet Giants July 17, 2019 By Gerrit De Vynck and Rebecca Kern U.S. senators used a Congressional hearing on Tuesday to push the idea of overhauling a law that protects YouTube, Facebook...
IBM Joins Call to Trim Liability Shield for Google, Facebook, Other Internet Platforms July 11, 2019 By Naomi Nix and Ben Brody International Business Machines Corp. on Wednesday threw its support behind enacting a new policy to limit liability protections enjoyed by...
Senator Graham Wants to Limit Internet Firms’ Liability Protections July 10, 2019 By Ben Brody Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham said Tuesday he wants to limit a liability exemption treasured by internet platforms such as...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Says He Backs Regulation of Internet Content, Privacy April 2, 2019 By Selina Wang, Sarah Frier and Matthew G. Miller Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg called for new global regulations governing the internet, recommending overarching rules on hateful...
Court Rules Dating App Not Liable for Harassing Content March 29, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. federal appeals court refused to hold Grindr liable to a New York man who said his former boyfriend...
Microsoft Exec Says It’s Time to Revisit Big Tech’s Responsibility for Its Content March 25, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith has called for a broad effort by the technology sector to do more to halt...
Federal Cyber Privacy Bill Calls for Fines, Prison for Executives’ Violations November 2, 2018 By David Shepardson A senior Democratic U.S. senator on Thursday unveiled draft legislation that would allow hefty fines and as much as 20-year...
EU Parliament Panel Backs Stricter Copyright Rules Opposed by Tech Leaders June 21, 2018 By Foo Yun Chee Google, Facebook , Microsoft and other tech giants could face more curbs on their market power after a European Parliament...
Trump Wants NAFTA to Limit Liability of Internet Firms Including Google, Facebook November 27, 2017 By Josh Wingrove and Ben Brody The Trump administration is pushing to add legal protections in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that would limit...
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Record Labels’ Copyright Violation Claims Against Vimeo March 27, 2017 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a bid by major record labels to revive copyright infringement claims...