2025-01-11
Meanwhile, TikTok oral argument now has begun in Supreme Court. TikTok attorney arguing the statute keeping platforms from broadcasting the company, b'c it's controlled by an adversary (China), is a restriction on free speech.
Bloomberg
SCOTUS signals it is likely to uphold the TikTok divest-or-ban law, as a majority of justices suggested they see national security overriding free speech issues
TikTok went before the Supreme Court on Friday for one last attempt to put an end to the impending ban. Stephen Schenck / Android Authority : It may be time to start accepting that...
2022-07-09
Very clever. Though here come the lawsuits, citing Bruen and saying it's not a real right if have to show your social media to the enemy https://twitter.com/...
Associated Press
A New York state law passed last week will require concealed carry gun permit applicants to submit a list of social media accounts from the previous three years
2022-02-09
So you also can launder it. What can't you do with bitcoin? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Washington Post
The US DOJ arrests two people in New York and seizes ~$3.6B worth of bitcoin allegedly stolen in a 2016 Bitfinex hack, its “largest financial seizure ever”
The Justice Department announced Tuesday it had seized more than $3.6 billion in bitcoin allegedly stolen as part …
2022-01-13
Boasberg an excellent district court judge with fine rep - bad news for Facebook Second time lucky?' FTC's case against Facebook can move forward, federal judge rules. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Platformer
The FTC's suit against Meta comes too late to really matter, but its scrutiny of Meta's VR acquisitions shows it's determined not to make the same mistake twice
2022-01-12
Boasberg an excellent district court judge with fine rep - bad news for Facebook Second time lucky?' FTC's case against Facebook can move forward, federal judge rules. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Washington Post
Federal judge rules FTC's amended suit alleging Meta has a monopoly can move forward, after a ruling last year threw out FTC's complaint over lack of evidence
The decision is a reversal of fortune for the agency after its first complaint was thrown out last year Source: DocumentCloud .
2021-07-08
👇👇👇except before discovery a motion to dismiss will be granted because in lawyer speak Trump has failed to state a claim on which relief can be granted, since FB Twitter Google are not government actors. Just another PR stunt and abuse of the litigation system. https://twitter.com/...
CNBC
Donald Trump sues Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and Pichai, claiming the companies have violated his First Amendment rights
Taking on Big Tech ‘censorship’ can be a winning argument even if it loses in court. Mat Smith / Engadget : The Morning After: Trump announces lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter an...
👇👇👇except before discovery a motion to dismiss will be granted because in lawyer speak Trump has failed to state a claim on which relief can be granted, since FB Twitter Google are not government actors. Just another PR stunt and abuse of the litigation system. https://twitter.com/...
The Week
Trump's lawsuits that claim Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube violated his First Amendment rights are just PR and fundraising tools, and likely legally doomed
One member of this class action is not like the others — Former President Donald Trump announced himself on Wednesday …
2021-06-29
The judge here, Jed Boasberg, is as thoughtful, careful, fair, and respected as they come. A serious brushback for FTC. Court says FTC hasn't provided evidence Facebook is a monopoly, dismisses lawsuit https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
CNBC
US district court dismisses FTC's antitrust complaint against Facebook, saying its definition of market dominance was insufficient, but will let FTC refile it
- A federal court on Monday dismissed the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust complaint against Facebook.
2020-06-09
Interesting and important take on the debate over giant social media's monitoring of content: turns out they use third party vendors quite a bit. @AuthorPMBarrett explains, analyzes the consequences, and offers policy prescription: https://bhr.stern.nyu.edu/...
VentureBeat
NYU report criticizes Facebook for outsourcing content moderation, arguing it is a “grossly inadequate” way of dealing with a core task of social platforms
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat :