• Supreme Court to weigh limits of government influence over Big Tech in free speech case

    The Supreme Court will consider arguments about free speech in a case reviewing whether government agencies coerced Big Tech platforms such as Facebook and X into removing posts critical of vaccines and mask mandates, setting up a decision with major implications for social media. Oral arguments are scheduled on Monday for Murthy v. Missouri, a […]

  • US supreme court tells lower courts to reconsider two free speech cases

    First amendment cases involving critics who were blocked from posting on public officials’ social media pagesThe US supreme court on Friday threw out a pair of judicial decisions relating to whether public officials can block critics on social media without violating constitutional protections for free speech.The justices vacated rulings by lower courts in two cases – one from California and another from Michigan – involving lawsuits brought under the US constitution’s first amendment by people...

  • European regulators crack down on Big Tech

    European regulators have launched a series of probes against Big Tech. In the latest, Apple, Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google could receive hefty fines by the end of the year for alleged breaches including disparaging rival products on their platforms. Here are some of the actions taken by European watchdogs against big technology companies: EUROPEAN UNION Apple, Meta Platforms and Google will be investigated for potential breaches of the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), EU...

  • US appeals court revives Regeneron's antitrust lawsuit against Novartis

    A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived an antitrust lawsuit by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals against Novartis related to prescription treatments to address a condition that can lead to eye disorders including permanent blindness. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a lower court judge erred in dismissing the case, in part for having applied an improper legal standard to Regeneron's claims. Regeneron in a statement said it was "encouraged by the 2nd Circuit’s decision" and...

  • US appeals court keeps Texas migrant arrest law on hold

    Controversial law that allows police to arrest migrants they suspect of unathorized entry caught in whirlwind legal battleA controversial Texas law that would criminalize unauthorized entry into the state has been placed back on hold by a federal appeals court.The law has been caught in a whirlwind as the state and federal governments battle for the right to control the flow of US immigration, particularly at the southern US border. Continue reading

  • Apple, Google, and Meta are being investigated by the EU under new Big Tech regulation

    The new Digital Markets Act law went into effect this month and is already forcing big changes at Big Tech companies.

  • US Supreme Court Examines Govt Efforts To Curb Online Misinformation

    The US Supreme Court was hearing arguments on Monday in a social media case involving free speech rights and government efforts to curb misinformation online.The case stems from a lawsuit brought by the Republican attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri, who allege that government officials went too far in their efforts to get platforms to combat vaccine and election misinformation.A lower court last year restricted some top officials and agencies of President Joe Biden's administration from...

  • US supreme court hears case on government’s power over online misinformation

    Plaintiffs in Murthy v Missouri argue White House requests to take down coronavirus misinformation violate first amendmentThe supreme court heard oral arguments on Monday in a case that could upend the federal government’s relationship with social media companies and with lies online. Plaintiffs in Murthy v Missouri argue that White House requests to take down coronavirus misinformation on Twitter and Facebook constitute illegal censorship in violation the first amendment.The arguments began...

  • Supreme Court mulls NRA’s free speech fight against NY regulator

    The Supreme Court weighed the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) free speech case against a former New York regulator during oral arguments Monday. Over 75 minutes of arguments, the justices probed

  • Navarro files emergency appeal with Supreme Court ahead of deadline to report for prison

    Former Trump economic adviser Peter Navarro filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court on Friday, a last-ditch effort to avoid reporting for his prison term as he appeals his conviction for contempt of Congress. Navarro has been ordered to report to a Miami prison on Tuesday to serve a four-month sentence in connection with

  • 'Little chance' Trump will be saved by appeals court from asset seizure by Monday: report

    Any hope that Donald Trump has that a judge in the New York State Appellate Division will give him more time to come up with the nearly half-billion dollar— or a reduced amount — he needs for his appeals bond related to financial fraud due on Monday should be put to rest.According to a report from the Washington Post, with New York Attorney General Letitia James already poised to start grabbing Trump properties and raid his bank accounts if he misses his deadline, the former president is running...

  • US defense modernization gets a ‘D’ grade in new report as tech roadblocks persist

    “We’re still looking for the ability to translate and transition those innovation priorities into capabilities, into programs of record, into budget priorities,” said Rachel Hoff, Reagan Institute’s policy director and one of the authors of a new scorecard evaluating progress in defense innovation.