FTC antitrust case against Meta can move to trial, court rules
The Federal Trade Commission lawsuit accuses Facebook owner Meta of holding an illegal monopoly over social media.
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Web Exclusive: Governments, politicians face 1st Amendment suits over social media use
Kingsford Heights, Indiana, has something in common with a growing number of smaller communities: Its town council is facing a lawsuit for allegedly violating the First Amendment rights of its residents — not at the ballot box or in a church, but on Facebook.
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‘Ordered freedom’: AG Rokita sets agenda focused on ‘liberty’
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita recently sat down with Indiana Lawyer to answer questions about his first 100 days in office and his agenda for the next four years.
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Web Exclusive: Supreme Court in no hurry to find new attorney ethics director
With the search underway for only the third director of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, one thing seems certain: The court will take its time finding a successor for retired leader G. Michael Witte.
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Web Exclusive: Legal clinic offers education series through Facebook
When in-person legal education events became virtually impossible during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic chose to go virtual.
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Trump expected to try to halt TikTok ban, allies say
The video-sharing app faces a January deadline to find a new owner not based in China or lose access to U.S. users, under a law passed in April with bipartisan support.
Appellate court overturns dismissal of state’s lawsuits against TikTok
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s dismissal of two complaints filed by the state against TikTok that alleged the California company had engaged in deceptive acts under Indiana’s Deceptive Consumer Sales Act.
TikTok accuses federal agency of ‘political demagoguery’ in legal challenge against potential US ban
TikTok disclosed a letter Thursday that accused the Biden administration of engaging in “political demagoguery” during high-stakes negotiations between the government and the company as it sought to relieve concerns about its presence in the U.S. The letter — sent to David Newman, a top official in the Justice Department’s national security division, before President […]
Surgeon general asks Congress to require warning labels for social media, like those on cigarettes
The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes.
Content creators sue U.S. government over law that could ban TikTok
Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its China-based parent company doesn’t sell its stakes within a year.
What a TikTok ban in the US could mean for you
After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature.
Lawmakers unveil sprawling plan to expand online privacy protections
Key federal lawmakers Sunday unveiled a sweeping proposal that would for the first time give consumers broad rights to control how tech companies like Google, Meta and TikTok use their personal data, a major breakthrough in the decades-long fight to adopt national online privacy protections.
Trump sues two Trump Media co-founders, seeking to void their stock in the company
The two co-founders have filed their own lawsuit, seeking to prevent Trump from taking steps the two said would sharply reduce their combined 8.6% stake in Trump Media.
TikTok bill faces uncertain fate in the Senate as legislation to regulate tech industry has stalled
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis’s office says it has received around 1,000 calls about TikTok since the House passed legislation this month that would ban the popular app if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake.
UPDATE: Supreme Court seems favorable to Biden administration efforts to combat social media posts
The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to side with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security.
House is likely to pass a bill that could ban TikTok, but it faces an uncertain path in the Senate
A bill that could lead to a ban of the popular video app TikTok in the United States is expected to pass the House on Wednesday as lawmakers act on concerns that the company’s ownership structure is a threat to national security.
Bell & Thompson: 3 things to know about judges and the use of social media
Some judges choose to be on social media, but in doing so, they likely take on more risk than lawyers do.
Bill that could make TikTok unavailable in U.S. advances quickly in House
A bill that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being unavailable in the United States is quickly gaining traction in the House as lawmakers voice concerns about the potential for the platform to surveil and manipulate Americans.
Biden acts to better protect Americans’ personal data such as health records and finances
President Joe Biden on Wednesday is signing an executive order aimed at better protecting Americans’ personal data on everything from biometrics and health records to finances and geolocation from foreign adversaries like China and Russia.
Supreme Court casts doubt on GOP-led states’ efforts to regulate social media platforms
The Supreme Court cast doubt Monday on state laws that could affect how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users.
Indiana judge dismisses state’s lawsuit against TikTok that alleged child safety, privacy concerns
An Indiana county judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state accusing TikTok of deceiving its users about the level of inappropriate content for children on its platform and the security of its consumers’ personal information.
Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say
Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew — but never disclosed — it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of those accounts.
Former Meta engineering leader to testify before Congress on Instagram’s harms to teens
Former contractor believes that Meta needs to change how it polices its platforms, with a focus on addressing harassment, unwanted sexual advances and other bad experiences even if these problems don’t clearly violate existing policies.
Supreme Court wrestles with social media cases that have echoes of Donald Trump
The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that first arose in a case involving former President Donald Trump.