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TikTok and ByteDance sue US government over forced sale, claim free-speech violations

TechSpot

A lawsuit filed by TikTok and ByteDance in the court of appeals for the District of Columbia calls the law an "unprecedented violation" of the First Amendment. The companies add that the requirement to divest TikTok to avoid a nationwide ban is not commercially, legally, or technically possible, partly because.

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Epic files new complaint in its antitrust suit against Google

The Verge

Epic has renewed its fight against mobile platforms’ app store restrictions, filing an update to its antitrust case against Google. The filing adds mostly redacted details about Google’s alleged monopolistic behavior on Android, including banning Epic’s game Fortnite from the Google Play Store last year.

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3 Key Compliance Reminders for 2021 and Beyond

Bloomerang

And, with a few exceptions, the government hasn’t stopped expecting nonprofits to adhere to its rules, either. Compliance is fairly straightforward on the federal level, but according to Labyrinth’s overview on state filing requirements , processes at the state level vary and can change quickly.

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The good and the bad in the government’s case against Facebook

The Verge

If successful, the FTC’s case — which was joined by 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam — could force the company to divest itself of Instagram and WhatsApp, radically reshaping the digital economy. In the end, I think the government will likely fail in its attempt to break Facebook up.

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Mr. Manager, Tear down this wall!

Forum One

Speakers came from Stephenson Strategies, DC government, NPR, and the Sunlight Foundation. Spawned by exaggerated fears, governments and content publishers distrusted their constituents or audiences and would only release information once it had been filtered, cleansed, or massaged. government to run a “ Show Us a Better Way ” contest.

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Feds move to block California’s net neutrality law

The Verge

In August 2018, California passed its own law upholding those net neutrality principles at the state level; now, the US government is seeking a preliminary injunction to block the law before the state is able to enforce it. A decision on the Justice Department’s filing isn’t expected until at least mid-October.

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TikTok chief security officer says its servers are already separate from ByteDance

The Verge

Roland Cloutier, global chief security officer for TikTok, says in a new court filing , in advance of an upcoming hearing in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, that the Commerce Department made several incorrect assertions about the company’s data security policies and practices.