The Verge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Media companies in Australia can be held responsible for defamatory comments left on their social media pages by members of the public, the country’s High Court has ruled. anyone who runs a social media page can theoretically be sued over disparaging comments”. Many news outlets covered the story and shared their articles on Facebook.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Fraud victims seek help from law enforcement or adult protective services, or support from a loved one, clergy member, or therapist, but because of the stigma and blame associated with the crime may be treated as foolish or incompetent instead. Everything is designed to make it so you can't tell," Pratkanis says.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is introducing new defamation laws that would force online platforms to reveal the identities of trolls, or else pay the price of defamation. As ABC News Australia explains, the laws would hold social platforms, like Facebook or Twitter, accountable for defamatory comments made against users.

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Engadget

MARCH 26, 2025

Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed the App Store Accountability Act into law, making it the first state to require that app store makers verify their users' ages. We've reached out to Apple and Google for comment now that the bill has been signed into law. This article originally appeared on Engadget at [link]

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

California has robust privacy laws that allow consumers to take control and request that a company delete their genetic data, said Bonta. Reached for comment about Bonta’s statement, 23andMe referred Fast Company to its open letter to customers , in which it insists customer data is safe.

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The Verge

MARCH 30, 2022

Apple and Meta handed over user data to hackers who faked emergency data request orders typically sent by law enforcement, according to a report by Bloomberg. We block known compromised accounts from making requests and work with law enforcement to respond to incidents involving suspected fraudulent requests, as we have done in this case.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Today, London-based Legl — a 2019-founded SaaS startup that sells tools to law firms wanting to digitize processes and automate workflows in areas like client onboarding, payments and compliance to support a more modern customer experience — is announcing the close of an $18 million Series B round, just over a year after it raised a $7M Series A.

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Engadget

APRIL 17, 2025

When ask for comment, Discord offered the following statement: Discord is proud of our continuous efforts and investments in features and tools that help make Discord safer. According to Platkin, Discord "only requires individuals to enter their date of birth to establish their age when creating an account."

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Engadget

APRIL 9, 2025

Engadget has reached to OpenAI and AG Bonta for comment on the petition and will update this article if we hear back. The petition joins other attempts to stop OpenAI's conversion, like Meta's letter to Bonta claiming that OpenAI's transition to a for-profit would "flout the law," and Elon Musk's attempt to buy the company.

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The Verge

AUGUST 31, 2021

The bill is now expected to be signed into law by President Moon Jae-in, whose party championed the legislation. The law comes as a blow to Google and Apple who both require in-app purchases to flow only through their systems, instead of outside payment processors, allowing the tech giants to collect a 30 percent cut.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Just a side comment on general failings of the nonprofit sector. She teams with and coordinates with other environmental nonprofits to use every law on the books to battle climate change and polluters. Rutzen was legal advisor in the Czechoslovak Parliament where he helped draft the country’s nonprofit laws. Cook, Ph.D.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Nike is suing an online marketplace for launching non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on Nike shoes, testing the limits of crypto trademark law and what an NFT actually is. StockX declined to comment on the lawsuit. StockX is a reseller for streetwear, bags, and sneakers, among other items. Vault NFT names and images from StockX.

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The Verge

AUGUST 2, 2021

Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “We support the hearing officer’s recommendation that the NLRB set aside the election results and direct a new election.Amazon’s behavior throughout the election process was despicable. Amazon cheated, they got caught, and they are being held accountable.”.

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The Verge

MARCH 24, 2022

While the law isn’t passed yet, the language the EU’s referring to could compel companies like Apple and Meta to open up systems that they formerly controlled completely. Meta didn't immediately respond to The Verge ’s request for comment. To read more about the Digital Markets Act, you can check out our main article here.

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The Verge

JANUARY 31, 2021

The FT reports that local law enforcement departments on the platform asked for Ring videos for a total of more than 22,335 incidents in 2020. The FT reports that local law enforcement departments on the platform asked for Ring videos for a total of more than 22,335 incidents in 2020.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

He’s been following a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI that “accuses them of violating copyright law by allowing Copilot , a code-generating AI system trained on billions of lines of public code, to regurgitate licensed code snippets without providing credit.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Staff the organization’s social media accounts by monitoring follower activity (shares, likes, and comments) and ping those individuals with a way to volunteer or donate (or some other call to action). This can include large Fortune 500 companies or even local law firms, smaller companies, business-to-business suppliers, or retailers.

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The Verge

JANUARY 17, 2021

The lawsuit filed by law firm Hagens Berman in a federal district court in New York, alleges that the publishers pay high commissions and other costs to Amazon, which in turn increases the retail price of e-books sold on the platform. Amazon declined to comment, as did Penguin Random House. price that Amazon preferred.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 17, 2021

Update (08/17/21): Shortly after publication, T-Mobile reached out to us to comment on the Commission's ruling. A spokesperson said that the company categorically disagrees with the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in this case, issuing the following statement:

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The Verge

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Commenting on the devices, Cooper Quintin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation says that they “started out in the provenance of the U.S. Commenting on the devices, Cooper Quintin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation says that they “started out in the provenance of the U.S.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Texas law offers limited clarity, generally preferring a landowners right to pump their own groundwater over regulations on private property. Despite fierce denunciations of the Upwell project from nearby city leaders, no one has alleged that its developers have broken any laws. Were following the rules. Why are we being vilified?

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The Verge

JANUARY 7, 2022

Signal itself didn’t respond to Wired’s requests for comment on the global rollout of the payments feature. But I also support anti-money-laundering and Know Your Customer (KYC) laws, which are useful in combating terrorists, murder-for-hire plotters, and other harms. But the United States does have anti-money-laundering and KYC laws.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

China’s main AI regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), is seeking public comment on a draft version of a new law looking to tackle AI-generated content labeling issues.

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The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2021

The new system could help law enforcement in criminal investigations but may open the door to increased legal and government demands for user data. The company did not respond to a request for comment on the Financial Times report.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

The comments came during a town hall meeting amid the George Floyd protests On Wednesday, LinkedIn hosted a town hall about racial justice in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. The comments were first reported by The Daily Beast ; The Verge has independently confirmed them. Illustration by William Joel / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 20, 2021

A spokesman for the agency said Apple “needs to respect these laws and these institutions.”. Apple did not immediately reply to a request for comment Saturday from The Verge. The fine does not seem like it would be particularly troubling for Apple, which had $111.4

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The Verge

MAY 30, 2021

Because of state laws banning car companies from selling directly to consumers, Tesla could end up shipping the cars from its Austin factory to other states, before they’re sent back to their Texan buyers. Tesla doesn’t have franchised dealers to protect, but that doesn’t matter to Texas law as it’s currently written.

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The Verge

AUGUST 31, 2021

White says that invoking the Slack terms may simply be an excuse to block discussions of workplace pay disparities since doing so outright would violate labor law. Discussing pay equity is a protected activity under federal, state, and local law,” says White. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Verge.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

NSO Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In the past, the company has argued that its software is used by governmental law enforcement agencies to tackle organized crime and terrorism. It says that it investigates any allegations of the misuse of its products.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Facebook has lost its appeal in a landmark online speech case, as Austria’s Supreme Court determined that it must remove comments that are defamatory in Austria worldwide. The comments, which must be blocked while an injunction is active, insult Austrian Green Party politician Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

New legislation set to be debated in Parliament this week will start the process of enshrining the ban in law and set out how it will be enforced. Huawei declined to comment to the BBC on the announcement, and did not immediately respond to The Verge’s request for comment.

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The Verge

JUNE 15, 2020

According to an affidavit , the team was attempting to stifle negative coverage from the newsletter, as well as insults from an anonymous commenter. eBay’s leadership supposedly didn’t know about the the harassment campaign until being notified by law enforcement in August 2019. Texts between an unnamed eBay executive and Baugh.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Gjøvik’s latest charge alleges that Tim Cook’s anti-leaking memo might violate US labor law. The comments were related to an all-hands meeting on September 17th, which leaked to The Verge. Parrish declined to comment for this story. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Verge.

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The Verge

AUGUST 8, 2021

Prosecutors in Beijing are suing Chinese tech giant Tencent, claiming the “youth mode” on its WeChat app is against laws protecting minors, Reuters reported. When WeChat is used in youth mode, it restricts younger users’ access to functions like mobile payments, as well as certain games.

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The Verge

MARCH 20, 2021

Companies like us are constantly under attack, and we have reported recent abnormal situations observed to the relevant law enforcement and data protection authorities in multiple countries.”. Update March 20th 11:10AM ET: Adds statement from Acer spokesperson.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. One widely circulated video shows a Russian missile striking a residential apartment tower in Kyiv, an apparent violation of international law. 198 Ukrainians have been killed in the fighting. As of Saturday, the capital remained in the hands of the Ukrainian government.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 28, 2020

If you intend to fly a drone in the US, you’re going to want to pay attention: the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just issued the single biggest set of changes to US drone law since the agency first took an interest in the technology. DJI declined to comment for this story, which makes me wonder if there’s some wrinkle I’m missing.

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