Dutch Court Upholds Maximum Sentence for Cyberbully
A Dutch appeals court on Friday upheld a prison sentence of nearly 11 years for a man convicted of cyberbullying dozens of young women and gay men around the world
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The online women’s clothing store Shein Fashion Group allowed hackers to get personal information on about 6.4 million people, waited six weeks to inform them, and “has yet to provide any further information regarding the data breach,” consumers claim in a federal class action.
Read moreBomb Threats Emailed Across US Demand Bitcoin Ransom
A wave of bomb threats swept across the United States on Thursday, prompting evacuations at courthouses, businesses, schools and places of worship.
Read moreEU Rights Court Guts Hungary Law on Libelous Links
The European Court of Human Rights blasted Hungarian courts on Tuesday for upholding a libel verdict against a news outlet whose only “crime” was linking to a YouTube video inside a news story.
Read moreTV Gets Top Honors in Poll of How Americans Get News
Counting an uptick in the number of Americans who prefer to watch their news online, the Pew Research Center reported Monday that print remains out of favor while television still reigns supreme.
Read moreIvanka Trump Says ‘Lock Her Up!’ Doesn’t Apply in Her Case
Ivanka Trump defended her use of a private email account as she was moving into an adviser’s position in her father’s administration, saying that it cannot be compared to the flap over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server and that “Lock her up!” doesn’t apply to her.
Read moreDictionary.com Chooses ‘Misinformation’ as Word of the Year
Misinformation, as opposed to disinformation, was chosen Monday as Dictionary.com’s word of the year on the tattered coattails of “toxic,” picked earlier this month for the same honor by Oxford Dictionaries in these tumultuous times.
Read moreYahoo Class Settlement
A federal judge gave final approval Thursday to a settlement of a class action accusing Yahoo of automatically renewing paid subscriptions to its Rivals.com college sports site.
Read moreTrio From Inspirational GoFundMe Page Charged on $400K Hoax
Prosecutors announced criminal charges Thursday against a homeless man and a New Jersey couple whose feel-good fundraising story fetched more than $400,000 after going viral.
Read moreUS Panel Warns Against Government Purchase of Chinese Tech
A congressional advisory panel says the purchase of internet-linked devices manufactured in China leaves the United States vulnerable to security breaches that could put critical infrastructure at risk.
Read moreHungary Knocked for Mobile-Payment Monopoly
Europe’s highest court hammered Hungary on Wednesday for its operation of an illegal state monopoly: a national mobile payment system that is associated, among other services, with all road tolls, public parking and public transport.
Read moreFourth Circuit Grapples With Legal Fallout for Email Hack
Does an opened email lack the same privacy rights as unopened emails? That was the question before a Fourth Circuit on Tuesday as a man whose email was hacked by an ex fought to revive federal claims.
Read moreTribal Service Providers Make Headway in Appeal for Lost Aid
A panel of D.C. Circuit judges appeared sympathetic Thursday to wireless providers that are no longer entitled to federal subsidies for bringing service to rural tribal lands.
Read moreInternet Providers Take On Vermont Net Neutrality
A coalition of industry groups representing internet service providers sued Vermont on Thursday in an effort to overturn its recently enacted net neutrality rules requiring all internet traffic to be treated equally.
Read moreChina Says Ex-Internet Czar on Trial Over Corruption Charges
China’s former internet censor, who once held high-profile meetings with industry leaders such as Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was standing trial Friday on corruption allegations, state media reported.
Read moreMan Can’t Pass Buck for Illegal Uploads, EU High Court Says
A German man who blamed a family member for illegally uploading an audiobook to a file-sharing service cannot duck civil liability since the internet connection used is in his name, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday.
Read moreEBay Accuses Amazon of Poaching Its Sellers
Two e-commerce titans will square off in a Silicon Valley courtroom, with eBay accusing Amazon of illegally poaching its sellers using an internal messaging service.
Read more‘Age of Uber’ Wrestles With Problems of Fair Pay
Legal scholar Richard Epstein will discuss the clash between labor regulations and the rapidly developing gig economy Wednesday, in “Regulating Hours and Wages in the Age of Uber,” at Clemson University.
Read moreSixth Circuit Weighs Ohio Online-Harassment Law
The Sixth Circuit heard arguments Tuesday in a case brought by liberal political commentators and conservative activists challenging the constitutionality of Ohio’s law against online harassment, claiming it criminalizes protected speech.
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