Arkansas social media age verification law blocked by federal Judge
An Arkansas law requiring social media companies to verify the ages of their users has been struck down by a federal judge who ruled that it...
Apple has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a class action lawsuit over Apple Watch battery swelling
Owners of some early Apple Watch models may be eligible for payment from a $20 million class action settlement. Apple recently agreed to settle a lawsuit...
Uber files racketeering suit against New York groups alleging car crash fraud
Uber has filed a racketeering suit against a group of legal firms and medical professionals, claiming they staged car crashes and performed unnecessary surgeries to commit...
US Court of Appeals rules against effort to restore net neutrality
Net neutrality may have hit its final roadblock. In a new decision filed today, the Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals has ruled that the FCC...
Apple agrees to settle a 2019 Siri privacy lawsuit for $95 million
Apple has moved to settle a five-year-old class action lawsuit over Siri privacy. Reuters reports that the proposed settlement was filed on Tuesday in Oakland, CA....
US labor board accuses Apple of violating employees’ rights
Apple has been in hot water with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) since 2022 when the company was accused of union-busting. It agreed to review...
Social media companies can’t be forced to block teens from seeing ‘harmful’ content, judge rules
A federal judge has ruled that social media companies can’t be required to block certain types of content from teens. The ruling will prevent some aspects...
Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil’s X ban
After the country’s Supreme Court ordered internet service providers to block access to X, the platform was largely unavailable in the country by Sunday night. The...
Brazil bans X for refusing to comply with Supreme Court order
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the nation’s internet service providers to block the social media platform X. The New York Times reports...
Judge denies Media Matters’ motion to dismiss X’s not-libel lawsuit
A Texas judge denied Media Matters for America’s request for a dismissal on Thursday allowing X’s lawsuit over alleged anti-semitic and racist content. The Verge reported...