2025-11-12
In filing the case, she said, Google is seeking a declaratory judgment from the court ruling that Lighthouse's activity is illegal. “It allows us a legal basis to go to other platforms and services and ask for assistance in taking down components of this illegal infrastructure,”
Financial Times
Google files a lawsuit in the SDNY against China-based hackers who it says run the Lighthouse platform for “phishing services”, ensnaring 1M and stealing $1B+
Tech giant aims to dismantle the ‘Lighthouse Enterprise’, which it claims has tricked 1mn victims out of $1bn
2025-02-27
Remember when the #CRTC pissed off the @NFL over the #SuperBowl? Today's policy decision, just days before the Tariff deadline, couldn't have been timed more poorly.
Wall Street Journal
Canada's broadcast regulator says that Google will be charged a fee to recover regulatory costs related to Canada's online news law, starting April 1
Paul Vieira / Wall Street Journal :
Online News Regulatory Policy CRTC 2025-57: Cost Recovery (Online News Act) Regulations https://crtc.gc.ca/... The regs only apply to Google, so the #CRTC is going to only tax @googlecanada to cover a lot of new regulatory costs. This isn't going to ease cross-border tensions [image]
Wall Street Journal
Canada's broadcast regulator says that Google will be charged a fee to recover regulatory costs related to Canada's online news law, starting April 1
Paul Vieira / Wall Street Journal :
“Why did #CRTC choose to release it today when, presumably, government officials are doing everything they can to remove irritants? This isn't going to ease cross-border tensions.” | said some random telecom consultant in suburban Toronto https://www.marketwatch.com/ ...
Wall Street Journal
Canada's broadcast regulator says that Google will be charged a fee to recover regulatory costs related to Canada's online news law, starting April 1
Paul Vieira / Wall Street Journal :
2024-04-26
No, the end of #NetNeutrality didn't make the internet slow to one word at a time. We don't pay our ISPs to reach different websites. “Americans were subjected to one of the greatest hoaxes ever” | @BrendanCarrFCC
New York Times
The FCC votes 3-2 to reinstate the US' net neutrality rules, expanding government oversight of ISPs and aiming to protect consumer access to the internet
Oh right, there wasn't one. Telecomms are fuming about the restoration of rules that prevent them from gouging their customers. Us. … Chuck Darwin / @cdarwin@c.im : FCC votes to ...
2023-08-03
Laws, taxes, regulations all factor into the business cases for products and investment by businesses. Most outcomes should be predictable; some are intended; others are unintended. But pay attention: there are always consequences, whether policy makers anticipate them or not.
Michael Geist
As Meta starts blocking news links and sharing on Facebook and Instagram in Canada, a look at the harm that Bill C-18 will do to the country's media sector
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/ ... … Twitter: Michael Geist / @mgeist : My post on Meta now blocking news on its platforms in Canada. Despite assurances from the industry it was just...