Coronavirus Rumors Spread on App Cripple Los Angeles’ Koreatown March 3, 2020 By Brian Melley LOS ANGELES — In a Koreatown restaurant known for its beef bone broth soup, the lunchtime crowd Friday was half...
U.S. Lawmakers to Introduce Bill that Threatens Encryption on Tech Platforms February 21, 2020 By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, Feb 21 — U.S. legislation will be introduced in the coming weeks that could hurt technology companies’ ability to...
Judge Says Facebook Must Relinquish Info on Suspicious Apps to State January 21, 2020 Facebook must turn over information to the Massachusetts attorney general’s office regarding thousands of apps that the social media company...
Facebook Must Face Data Breach Class Action on Security, But Not Damages December 2, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge said up to 29 million Facebook Inc users whose personal information was stolen in a September 2018...
Woman Charged After Gripe About Ex on Facebook Gets Justice October 25, 2019 TENNILLE, Ga. — A Georgia woman who was criminally charged after complaining about her ex-husband on Facebook said she feels...
Lawmakers Urge Trade Officials to Remove Tech Liability Shield October 17, 2019 By Naomi Nix and Rebecca Kern A bipartisan group of lawmakers is stepping up efforts to have U.S. trade officials eliminate a legal liability shield that...
Mass Shooting Rumor In Facebook Group Shows Private Chats are Not Risk-Free October 10, 2019 By Bryan Pietsch Ahead of the annual Blueberry Festival in Marshall County, Indiana, in early September, a woman broadcast a warning to her...
Capital One, Enterprise Ensnared in Facebook Ad Bias Scandal September 30, 2019 By Josh Eidelson, Paige Smith and Jaclyn Diaz The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is pursuing allegations that several of Facebook’s advertisers broke the law by restricting job...
Facebook Wins Dismissal of Investor Lawsuit Over Privacy Breach September 26, 2019 By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK – Facebook Inc and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday won dismissal of an investor lawsuit accusing...
Facebook Faces Massive Damages in Cambridge Analytica Suit September 10, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt Facebook Inc. users suing over the social network’s worst-ever privacy scandal gained leverage to pry into its internal records to...