The D.C. Circuit rejected the paper industry’s challenge to an SEC rule allowing investment firms to post shareholder reports online and mail paper reports upon request, as securities law is not intended to benefit the paper industry.
Read moreA key House committee has subpoenaed the owner of 8chan, an online message board favored by violent white nationalists including the man suspected of killing 22 people in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.
Read moreGoogle unfairly censors videos on LGBTQ issues, the Divino Group claims in a federal complaint.
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An online, state-supported Oklahoma charter school that mushroomed quickly to more than 21,000 students — apparently — and donated heavily to Republican politicians has come under scrutiny from state investigators who say its founders may have made millions of dollars by claiming “ghost students” who don’t exist.
Read moreA bankruptcy attorney has standing to bring a civil rights claim against mobile payment company Square, the California Supreme Court ruled. The attorney – who visited Square’s website and alleges the company’s terms and conditions excluded him from equal access to its services – did not need to have entered into an agreement with Square in order to have standing under the Unruh Civil Rights Act.
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Russia’s media oversight agency said Sunday that it wanted Google to stop YouTube users from posting information about unsanctioned political protests or the Russian government would feel free to retaliate against the American company.
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India’s government revoked disputed Kashmir’s special status with a presidential order Monday as thousands of newly deployed troops arrived and internet and phone services were cut in the restive Himalayan region where most people oppose Indian rule.
Read moreAn online message board accused of hosting extremist content was temporarily inaccessible Monday after its cybersecurity provider cut off support for a “cesspool of hate” after mass murders in Texas and Ohio.
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A Fourth Circuit ruling that backs the search of a man for child porn based solely on evidence that he clicked a single link in the dark reaches of the web is stirring outrage.
Read moreFacebook on Thursday said it derailed a pair of shady online influence campaigns in the Arabic-speaking world including one linked to the Saudi Arabian government.
Read moreThe Second Circuit dealt a big win to Facebook Wednesday, ruling that online publishers cannot be held accountable for what users post — even if they’re members of a terrorist group.
Read moreABC, Disney, Fox, and NBC Universal teamed up Wednesday for a federal court battle against the streaming app Locast, which rebroadcasts their channels online to subscribers for no charge.
Read moreJournalists for Germany’s Spiegel Online did not need a permission from a member of parliament to publish his manuscript as part of a 2013 fact-check on his politicking.
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Rachel Whalen remembers feeling so miserable in high school she contemplated suicide when a former friend would mock her online postings, threaten to unfollow or unfriend her on social media and post inside jokes about her to others online.
Read moreAuthorizing courts to remove intimate images of people posted without their content, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Tuesday a bill that criminalizes revenge porn.
Read moreAmazon need not comply with a German law requiring retailers to make its phone number clearly available to customers, the European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday.
Read moreAt a marathon hearing that stretched into the wee hours Tuesday, lawmakers passed a flurry of amendments to the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act.
Read moreOverturning a ruling likening Amazon to a digital classified-ad section, the Third Circuit on Wednesday revived a lawsuit aiming to hold the tech giant liable for a retractable dog leash that left a woman blind in one eye.
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Ethiopia has begun restoring internet access Tuesday, 10 days after it was cut following the assassinations of six top government officials.
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