The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in a case centered around whether or not a career-ending blog post made by a former professor allegedly criticizing a colleague is protected speech.
Read moreDraftKings sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming he is wrong to try to shut down daily fantasy sports contests because participants are not betting but are instead engaged in bona fide contests of skill involving fantasy teams.
Read moreThe chief of the Russian communications watchdog acknowledged Wednesday that millions of unrelated IP addresses have been frozen in a so-far futile attempt to block a popular messaging app.
Read moreDecades-old precedent that lets online retailers ignore state sales tax requirements appeared to divide the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Read moreThe state communications office for the government of Qatar filed suit in Queens on Wednesday against the unknown internet users it says has been posting false statements about Qatar for the last year on social media. Among other things, the statements include “allegations that Qatar supports corruption and ignites strife.”
Read moreThe operator of a music-streaming website and YouTube channel failed to license hundreds of songs in its impressive collection of live concert recordings, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Read moreFederal prosecutors have charged the creators of the website Backpage.com, one of the largest web forums for classified ads, with facilitating prostitution and conspiracy to launder money in a 93-count indictment unsealed Monday in Arizona.
Read moreAs bots have become inextricably tied to the spread of “fake news,” a new study looking at how automated accounts engage with popular websites finds they are more prolific than humans on Twitter, posting two-thirds of all shared news links.
Read moreFederal law enforcement authorities are in the process of seizing online classified site Backpage.com and its affiliated websites.
Read moreYelp Inc. argued before the California Supreme Court Tuesday that it should not have to comply with a court order to remove a 1-star review of an attorney written by a disgruntled client because it was not a party to the initial defamation lawsuit between the two.
Read moreA man who has never been to Florida seeks punitive damages from Alex Jones and InfoWars, claiming they used his photo to falsely portray him as the shooter in the Feb. 14 murders of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
Read moreA federal class action claims Overstock.com drove its share price from $16.45 to $86.90 in five months, before it crashed to Earth, in “a thinly veiled strategy to take advantage of the Bitcoin frenzy.”
Read moreCalling out the Julian Assange’s “interference” with other states through WikiLeaks, the Ecuadorean embassy in London cut off their longtime resident’s internet connection on Wednesday for the second time in less than two years.
Read moreA class of guests claims six hotel chains entered into an illegal and anticompetitive agreement to eliminate competing hotels from search engine results and freeze out online travel agencies like Priceline and Expedia.
Read moreA federal judge ordered YelpDirector, Revpley and Revleap and their officers Tuesday to pay Yelp $2 million for charging third parties monthly fees to create phony positive reviews, and enjoined them from continuing it.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit on Wednesday asked the Indiana Supreme Court for input on whether the state’s publicity-rights law allows fantasy sports websites to use college athletes’ names and pictures without permission.
Read moreParents filed a class action against the Roman Catholic bishop of Sonoma dba St. Francis Solano School for threatening to expel students if they use the internet to make “derogatory statements about the school” or its teachers, administrators or pastor, even if true.
Read moreTired of waiting while social media platforms and websites hem and haw over what to do about illegal content, the European Commission on Thursday set the bar high at least when it comes to terrorist content: Pull it down within an hour.
Read moreA top German appeals court has ruled Google does not have to check the content of pages it links to for possible legal violations before providing search results.
Read moreA federal class action claims that MLB Advanced Media dba MLB.Com offers a one-year subscription for $79.99, but automatically renews at $112.99 after eight months, double-billing for the final four months of the first year.
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