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section 230
Google Briefly Removes PragerU App From Play Store for ‘Hate Speech’
The tech giant says the removal was done in error.
June 9, 2024
BY
Samantha Flom
Tech Titans’ First Amendment Court Case Tries to Have It Both Ways
Commentary Big Tech is back at the Supreme Court. Appealing from a big loss they suffered at the 5th Circuit ...
February 6, 2024
BY
Joel Thayer
Supreme Court Leaves Social Media Liability Shield Untouched
The Supreme Court crackdown on social media platforms’ liability shield for user content that many observers expected in ...
June 7, 2023
BY
Matthew Vadum
Supreme Court Throws Out Lawsuit Against Reddit Over Child Pornography
The Supreme Court refused to take up a lawsuit on May 30 against Reddit over its alleged hosting ...
May 30, 2023
BY
Matthew Vadum
US Supreme Court Issues Major 9-0 Ruling | Facts Matter
Two high-profile cases that came before the U.S. Supreme Court truly had the legal teams at Big Tech ...
May 19, 2023
BY
Roman Balmakov
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Twitter, Google, Facebook in Liability Case Over User-Posted Content
The Supreme Court unanimously sided with Twitter, Google, and Facebook, finding in a pair of decisions on May ...
May 18, 2023
BY
Matthew Vadum
Biden’s Indo-Pacific Trade Agreement Could Further Strengthen Big Tech Monopolies, Lawmakers Warn
A coalition of congressional Republicans are speaking out against President Joe Biden's proposal for a trade agreement they ...
May 4, 2023
BY
Joseph Lord
Big Tech Immunity Explained: Law Professor Adam Candeub on How to Rein In Section 230 Abuse
“Who is raising children? It’s not really parents, it's not teachers, it’s not coaches or clergymen. It's Twitter ...
April 27, 2023
BY
Jan Jekielek
Capitol Report: Chinese Nationals Make Way to Southern Border; New Sanctions Issued on Russia on Anniversary of War
Just ahead of sunrise, a line of illegal immigrants waits along the border wall in Yuma, Arizona, to ...
February 24, 2023
BY
Steve Lance
NTD Evening News (Feb. 21): 3rd Train Derails in Midwest in Just 3 Weeks; Biden Rallies NATO Allies in Poland After Putin Speech
A Union Pacific coal train derailed in Nebraska on Feb. 21. It was the third major derailment in ...
February 21, 2023
BY
Stefania Cox
Big Tech Unites, Urges Supreme Court to Keep Laws Protecting Social Media Companies in Place
A slew of big tech giants, including Meta, Microsoft, and Twitter, have joined Google in filing legal briefs ...
January 20, 2023
BY
Katabella Roberts
Musk Reveals Twitter Censorship Was Bad, but YouTube Could Be Worse
Commentary Since his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk has been releasing more and more information laying out how ...
January 12, 2023
BY
James Breslo
Celebrate Elon Musk, but Don’t Lose Sight of Big Tech’s Structural Problems
Commentary The story of Elon Musk’s acquisition, transformation, and public rehabilitation of Twitter is nothing short of remarkable. ...
December 16, 2022
BY
Josh Hammer
Biden Administration Tells US Supreme Court That Law Protecting Social Media Companies Has Limits
The Biden administration argued in the U.S. Supreme Court against online media platform, saying that, in some instances, ...
December 8, 2022
BY
Naveen Athrappully
Capitol Report (Nov. 21): House GOP Leader Vows to Remove Key Democrats From Committees; Army Officer Resigns Due to Vaccine Mandate
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy reveals two more top priorities for the Republican-led House: removing some Democrats from ...
November 21, 2022
BY
Steve Lance
Strike Down Section 230, Break Up the Giants, … Can Anything Rein In Big Tech?
Big tech has too much power. That’s what most people think, according to almost every survey conducted on ...
November 19, 2022
BY
Cindy Drukier
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases About YouTube, Twitter Allegedly Facilitating Terrorist Groups
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases about the extent to which social media platforms may ...
October 6, 2022
BY
Matthew Vadum
Big Tech’s Big Moment Finally Arrives at Supreme Court
Commentary In what is shaping up to be an action-packed term at the Supreme Court, the justices upped ...
October 5, 2022
BY
Sarah Parshall Perry
Social Media Censorship of Speech May Head to Supreme Court
Commentary A New Orleans federal appellate court for the 5th Circuit has reversed and remanded a lower court decision ...
September 19, 2022
BY
J.G. Collins
EXCLUSIVE: Expect ‘More Censorship’ of Conservative Voices as Midterms Approach, Says Former Trump Counsel
Arizona’s front-running Republican gubernatorial candidate, Kari Lake, has found her recent interview with talk show host Jenna Ellis ...
May 24, 2022
BY
Gary Bai
Elon Musk Solves Twitter Problem the Old-Fashioned American Way
Commentary In recent days, two iconic American public figures, Elon Musk and Barack Obama—each in his own trademark ...
May 2, 2022
BY
Tony Hall
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Larry Marso
Despite Elon Musk’s Twitter Bid, Laws Governing Big Tech Need Reform: Rachel Bovard
Section 230 is a part of the Communication Decency Act, which has shielded Big Tech from accountability and ...
April 30, 2022
BY
Masooma Haq
and
Steve Lance
California Bill Would Let Parents Sue Social Media Giants for Products ‘Addictive’ to Kids
A proposal introduced in the California State Assembly would allow parents in the state to sue social media ...
March 21, 2022
BY
Bill Pan
Blumenthal, Graham Reintroduce Bill to Strip Legal Protections From Tech Firms for Child Abuse Content
Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday reintroduced a bill that would strip online platforms ...
February 2, 2022
BY
Joseph Lord
DOJ Intervenes to Defend Section 230 in Trump’s Facebook Lawsuit
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has intervened in former President Donald Trump's lawsuit against Facebook in order to ...
November 22, 2021
BY
Ivan Pentchoukov
Kalev Leetaru: Update Section 230 to Legally Compel Big Tech Transparency
“How can you have a digital society where you don't even know what the rules are?” In this ...
October 14, 2021
BY
Jan Jekielek
Slain Reporter’s Father Takes on Facebook Over Violent Video
WASHINGTON—The family of a slain journalist is asking the Federal Trade Commission to take action against Facebook for ...
October 13, 2021
BY
The Associated Press
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Samantha Flom
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