An Australian federal court sided with Elon Musk on Monday, rejecting an Australian safety regulator’s request to extend a temporary order blocking a terrorist attack video from spreading on Musk’s […]
Category: Legal Law
AT&T loses key ruling in attempt to escape Carrier-of-Last-Resort obligation
Getty Images | Joe Raedle AT&T’s application to end its landline phone obligations in California is likely to be rejected by state officials following protest from residents worried about losing […]
Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams
Microsoft Brussels is set to issue new antitrust charges against Microsoft over concerns that the software giant is undermining rivals to its videoconferencing app Teams. According to three people with […]
TikTok and its Chinese owner sue US government over “foreign adversary” law
Getty Images | Chesnot TikTok and its owner ByteDance today sued the federal government to block the “Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications” law that would prohibit TikTok in the US if […]
Oil companies may soon have to pay for Vermont’s climate recovery
Enlarge / Ripton, VT – July 16, 2023: Ethan Poploski stood in front of his family’s home, which had been destroyed by a landslide overnight. Vermont may soon become the […]
Studio: Takedown notice for 15-year-old fan-made Hunt for Gollum was a mistake
Enlarge / WETA “Gollum” figure at Arclight at the opening of “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.” A day after announcing that the tentatively titled Lord […]
Big Three carriers pay $10M to settle claims of false “unlimited” advertising
Verizon T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T will pay a combined $10.2 million in a settlement with US states that alleged the carriers falsely advertised wireless plans as “unlimited” and phones as […]
Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says
A US district judge William Alsup has dismissed Elon Musk’s X Corp’s lawsuit against Bright Data, a data-scraping company accused of improperly accessing X (formerly Twitter) systems and violating both […]
US Cellular is for sale, reportedly could be “carved up” by major carriers
Getty Images | SOPA Images T-Mobile is reportedly close to buying a portion of the regional carrier US Cellular, while Verizon has also held talks about buying some of US […]
Leaked FBI email stresses need for warrantless surveillance of Americans
Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino A Federal Bureau of Investigation official recently urged employees to “look for ways” to conduct warrantless surveillance on US residents, an internal email obtained by […]