tech policy and law

OpenAI Scored a Legal Win Over Progressive Publishers—but the Fight’s Not Finished

OpenAI Scored a Legal Win Over Progressive Publishers—but the Fight’s Not Finished

Mickey Vernon

Topic, who also represents The Intercept in a similar DMCA case against OpenAI, as well as the nonprofit newsroom the ...

Tether Was Playing a Risky Game, a New Celsius Suit Reveals

Tether Was Playing a Risky Game, a New Celsius Suit Reveals

Mickey Vernon

“Ensuring that a stablecoin retains its peg even under stressed market conditions is a solvable problem,” Catalini says. In an ...

TikTok Sued by US Justice Department for Alleged Violations of Kids’ Privacy

TikTok Sued by US Justice Department for Alleged Violations of Kids’ Privacy

Mickey Vernon

In March 2019, TikTok agreed to a US federal court order barring the social media giant from collecting personal information ...

The Affordable Connectivity Program Died—and Thousands of Households Have Already Lost Their Internet

The Affordable Connectivity Program Died—and Thousands of Households Have Already Lost Their Internet

Mickey Vernon

The death of the US government’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is starting to result in disconnection of internet service for ...

Judge Hints at Plans to Rein In Google’s Illegal Play Store Monopoly

Judge Hints at Plans to Rein In Google’s Illegal Play Store Monopoly

Mickey Vernon

A jury in December found that Google broke US antitrust laws through deals and billing rules that gave an unfair ...

Ethereum’s Cofounder Says SEC Is ‘Gaslighting’ Everyone About Crypto

Ethereum’s Cofounder Says SEC Is ‘Gaslighting’ Everyone About Crypto

Mickey Vernon

Joe Lubin is in a fight with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Not only is the financial regulator waging war ...

A Lawsuit Argues Meta Is Required by Law to Let You Control Your Own Feed

A Lawsuit Argues Meta Is Required by Law to Let You Control Your Own Feed

Mickey Vernon

A lawsuit filed Wednesday against Meta argues that US law requires the company to let people use unofficial add-ons to ...