September 1, 2022 After a four-year legal battle, Facebook has abruptly reached a settlement in principle for an undisclosed amount in a lawsuit seeking damages for granting Cambridge Analytica access to the personal data of 80 million users, more...
August 31, 2022 Elon Musk has reiterated his demand to stop the $44 billion Twitter purchase in a letter. This time, the billionaire referenced the latest assertions made by a former Twitter security head of Twitter to walk more...
August 30, 2022 The Federal Trade Commission has sued data broker Kochava for violating users' privacy by selling the exact location of millions of mobile devices. Kochava, it is alleged, gathers a wealth of consumer information by acquiring more...
August 30, 2022 Apple could face a major antitrust lawsuit in the United States soon. The Department of Justice's antitrust division is preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, which it intends to file by the end of the more...
August 30, 2022 Elon Musk has subpoenaed Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko to get paperwork about the company's spam and alleged security flaws, in addition to how it quantifies spam accounts, as the billionaire fights to stop the deal more...
August 30, 2022 EU antitrust authorities have decided not to appeal against the ruling of Luxembourg's General Court, Europe's second highest court, which overturned Qualcomm's US$991 million fine. Apart from rejecting the fine, the court also rejected claims more...
August 25, 2022 According to Twitter executives, an increasing number of employees are leaving the company with an 18.3% staff reduction. Employee departures are putting Twitter in a tense position as the company faces several challenges, including its more...
August 24, 2022 Peiter Zatko, a former Twitter security chief turned whistleblower, has accused the company of misleading users and US regulators about the company's security. Zatko also accused the company of lying about the number of fake more...
August 23, 2022 Public filings show Musk's lawyers are demanding documents and communications from former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey about how Twitter recognizes, identifies and counts fake accounts and how the company uses active users as a key more...
August 23, 2022 Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) senior fellow Johnny Ryan is suing the tech giant Oracle for tracking and monitoring people. The lawsuit was filed in California and is jointly led by two U.S. privacy more...
