Web Host Goes Toe-to-Toe With Feds on Probe of Trump Protest
Facing a demand for web-traffic records concerning an anti-Trump page, a website-hosting company told a judge that the government is trampling the First Amendment.
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LinkedIn Can’t Bar Competitor From Its Public Profiles
A federal judge enjoined LinkedIn on Monday from keeping its website off limits to a company that tells employers which of their workers may be “flight risks.”
Read moreShareholders Fight $2.8 Billion Sale of WebMD to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Shareholders filed a federal class action challenging WebMD’s proposed $2.8 billion sale to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
Read moreOpinions Diverge on Trustworthiness of the Internet
A new study by the Pew Research Center explores the concept of trust as it relates to our ever-increasing digitally connected world – and finds that our trust in the internet is as varied as the answers found in a Google search.
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Order Trump to Unblock Us, Tweeters Tell Judge
Demanding a federal injunction Tuesday, a press-freedom group says there is “no legitimate interest in protecting the president from criticism” — in this case, hecklers on Twitter.
Read moreNY Court Orders Cingular, Tax Officials to Resolve Refunds
A state appeals court showed frustration Thursday that more than a decade later, New York customers of New Cingular Wireless still haven’t received a refund for a sales-tax overcharge they paid for internet services.
Read moreMissouri Attorney General Unloads on Backpage.com
Missouri’s attorney general Tuesday asked a federal judge to dismiss Backpage.com’s “frivolous” constitutional lawsuit, saying “compelling evidence” shows that Backpage creates and controls ads “for the sexual exploitation and rape of human-trafficking victims, including minors.”
Read moreLinkedIn Lawsuit Against Data-Scraper Has Wide Implications
Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe defended a company’s right to scrape data from LinkedIn at a federal injunction hearing Thursday, saying barring it would be no different than barring speakers from a public square, in a case that the judge said has “serious implications” for privacy rights and access to information on the internet.
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Appeals Court Lets Hunt for Anonymous Online Critics Proceed
A California appeals handed free speech advocates a tepid victory Wednesday, reversing dismissal of a tech company’s libel lawsuit against anonymous employees and a job-hunting website where they posted critical comments.
Read moreEU Adviser Hashes Out Jurisdiction Rules for Defamation Cases
(CN) – An EU high court adviser said Thursday an Estonian company claiming it was defamed on the internet by
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Missouri Attorney General Calls Backpage.com’s Lawsuit Frivolous
Backpage.com has sued Missouri’s attorney general, claiming his demand for information about human trafficking on its website is unconstitutional — a lawsuit the attorney general quickly denounced as frivolous, saying, “there is no First Amendment right to engage in human trafficking.”
Read moreMost Americans Concerned With Online Harassment, Study Shows
Most Americans say online harassment is a significant problem but are divided when it comes to balancing the right to free speech with the right to peruse the internet free from harassment.
Read more‘Serious Implications’ in Fight to Harvest LinkedIn Data
In a case pitting privacy rights against the freedom to public information, a federal judge Thursday weighed whether to restore a company’s access to LinkedIn data so it can tell employers which of their workers are “flight risks.”
Read moreFlorida Man Gets Five Years for Illicit Bitcoin Transactions
A Tampa, Florida man was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison on Tuesday for helping criminals process illegal bitcoin transactions.
Read moreConviction for LA Times Hacking Helper Upheld
Former Tribune Publishing employee Matthew Keys is not off the hook for helping hackers from the group Anonymous tamper with the Los Angeles Times website seven years ago, according to a Monday ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Read moreSupreme Court Strikes Down Sex Offender Social Media Ban
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a North Carolina law that bars convicted sex offenders from using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other popular social websites.
Read moreJudge Holds Winn-Dixie Supermarket’s Website Violates the ADA
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the website of the Winn-Dixie supermarkets chain violates the ADA because it’s inaccessible to visually-impaired individuals.
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In Europe, Court Slaps at ‘Tofu Butter’ Labels
It’s not butter — believe it. The European Court of Justice took a no-nonsense approach to vegan-food substitutes Wednesday, barring companies from using terms like “cheese” or “cream” on nonanimal products.
Read moreChild Sex Trade
Three Jane Does claims in a federal complaint that Backpage.com, its CEO Carl Ferrer and part-owners Michael Lacey and James Larkin failed to stop its website users from trafficking them in the child sex trade.
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