Legal

Amazon Faces $1 Billion UK Lawsuit, Allegedly Favouring Own Products

Legal trouble for e-commerce giant in the UK over its 'Buy Box' section, amid allegations it favoured its own products

2 years ago

Texas Sues Google Over Facial, Voice Data Collection

Republican Texas Attorney General sues Google, alleging it unlawfully captured and used biometric data of millions of Texans

2 years ago

UK’s Final Decision Orders Meta To Sell Giphy

Facebook owner Meta is ordered by the CMA to sell Giphy - first time the British regulator blocks acquisition by…

2 years ago

Spain Opens Competition Probe Into Booking.com

Spanish competition regulator opens investigation into whether Booking.com economic practices 'exploit' hotels

2 years ago

UK To Probe Viasat’s Inmarsat Acquisition

In-depth phase two investigation of Viasat's Inmarsat deal officially confirmed by UK regulator, after finding competition concerns last week

2 years ago

Elon Musk Under Federal Investigation, Says Twitter

US federal authorities are allegedly investigating the “conduct” of Elon Musk during his on, off, on again acquisition of Twitter

2 years ago

Texas Social Media Law Enforcement Paused By Federal Appeals Court

Federal appeals court pauses Texas social media law’s enforcement, as case heads to the US Supreme Court for ruling

2 years ago

Russia Adds Meta To Terrorist Blacklist

Moscow declares Meta a terrorist organisation, so accessing Facebook or Instagram is now a criminal offence for Russian citizens

2 years ago

UK Flags Concern Over Viasat Purchase Of Inmarsat

British competition regulator, the CMA, to deepen investigation, after finding merger could lead to higher Wi-Fi prices for airlines

2 years ago

Apple Wins Huge Reduction Of French Antitrust Fine

French court lowers hefty 1.1 billion euros antitrust fine down to 371.6 million euros, over alleged price fixing with resellers

2 years ago

Sentence For Capital One Hacker Slammed By US DoJ

“This is not what justice looks like,” says DoJ official, as judge issues probation sentence for hacker Paige Thompson (aka…

2 years ago

Former Uber Security Boss Found Guilty Of Breach Concealment

Jury finds former head of security at Uber guilty of criminal obstruction for failing to report massive data breach in…

2 years ago

Data Sharing ‘Cloud Act’ Starts Between US, UK

Data sharing agreement will allow both UK, US law enforcement to request data from each other's Internet Service Providers

2 years ago

Elon Musk Halts Fight, Agrees To Buy Twitter At Original Asking Price

Huge u-turn by Elon Musk less than a fortnight before his courtroom showdown, after now agreeing to buy Twitter at…

2 years ago

Prince of Wales Calls For Online Safety After Molly Russell Ruling

Prince William calls for online safety after coroner rules social media 'likely' to have played role in death of teenager…

2 years ago

Apple Removes Russian Social Media Giant VK From App Store

Russian regulator demands explanation after Apple removes Vkontakte from its app store to comply with UK sanctions

2 years ago

Elon Musk Lawyers Appeal To Remove SEC Tweet “Muzzle”

Legal fight by Elon Musk continues, as he seeks to free himself from the 2018 agreement with the US SEC…

2 years ago

Edward Snowden Granted Russian Citizenship By Vladimir Putin

Will he be drafted? Former NSA contractor turned 'whistleblower', Edward Snowden, granted Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin

2 years ago

Interpol Issues Red Notice For Terra’s Do Kwon

Do Kwon denies being on the run and says he is making “zero effort to hide,” after Interpol issues global…

2 years ago

Florida Seeks Supreme Court Ruling On Social Media Law

US state of Florida seeks Supreme Court ruling on its controversial social media law that stops platforms from banning political…

2 years ago

Ericsson Still Provides Support Services To Russia

Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson says hardware is not exported to Russia, but it still provides software and technical support

2 years ago

Tesla Recalls 1.1 Million Vehicles Over Window Closing Issue

Injury risk with automatic window reversal system sees Tesla recall nearly 1.1 million vehicles in the United States

2 years ago

Amazon, Microsoft, Google Face UK Cloud Services Probe

Ofcom confirms it will examine the role of Amazon, Microsoft and Google, which dominate the cloud services market

2 years ago

EU Top Court Rules German Data Law Illegal

Germany's data retention law ruled illegal by top EU court, except in cases of serious national security threat

2 years ago

Google ‘Pressured In India’ Over Illegal Lending Apps

Google reportedly pressured in India to help block spread of illegal lending apps targeting vulnerable groups

2 years ago

EU Says Amazon Antitrust Offer ‘Not There Yet’

European Commission antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager says Amazon propsals to end probe 'appear relevant' but need more work

2 years ago

No Concessions From Microsoft, Amid Activision Purchase Concern

Microsoft tells UK's CMA it will not offer any 'undertakings' to resolve regulator's competition concerns, prompting start of indepth probe

2 years ago

Tesla Sued Over Autopilot, FSD Claims

False advertising allegation. Lawsuit alleges Elon Musk and Tesla mislead by falsely advertising its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features

2 years ago

South Korea Issues Arrest Warrant For TerraUSD’s Do Kwon

Do Kwon, the co-founder of failed TerraUSD cryptocurrency, is the subject of an arrest warrant issued by South Korean authorities

2 years ago

Whistleblower Tells Senate Twitter Prioritised Profit Over Security

Peiter “Mudge” Zatko tells Senate panel of ‘egregious’ security failings at Twitter, and warns of multiple breaches by intelligence agencies

2 years ago