The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

Teenage Twitter hacker Graham Ivan Clark has pleaded guilty to last summer’s unprecedented bitcoin scam attack that involved the takeover of dozens of high-profile accounts on the social network, according to paperwork filed in Florida court on Tuesday. The Tampa Bay Times reported the news earlier today.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Epic’s complaint argues that behavior also breaks the law. Apple, which has presided as gatekeeper over one of the most lucrative gaming booms of the last decade, has now removed one of the most popular mobile games ever made from its store, one played by kids and teens around the globe.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Now, the Times reports a third person, the Massachusetts teenager, may have also been involved in the planning of the attack, and that both the unnamed teen and Clark were jointly responsible for posting tweets to accounts belonging to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and others.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

In a new class action lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California this week, two parents accuse Roblox of illegally facilitating child gambling. with deeper discounts for larger amounts of the digital currency). View this document on Scribd Roblox invites its community to build mature experiences for 17+ users

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Futurism

MARCH 20, 2025

The chatbot impersonations use variations of Setzer's name and likeness, and in some cases refer to the deceased teen in openly mocking terms. interface recommends "Chat Starters" that users might use to interact with the faux teen. "If They were all accessible through Character.AI Setzer took his life in February 2024. reads one. "If

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The Verge

JULY 31, 2020

Early on July 31st, the FBI, IRS, US Secret Service, and Florida law enforcement placed a 17-year-old in Tampa, Florida, under arrest. It’s not clear if the Tampa teen is Kirk#5270, though it sounds like that’s possible. The Sheppard complaint is dated July 22nd, and the Tampa teen wasn’t arrested until today.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Now, a deal with TikTok could mean it needs the law, too. The Federal Trade Commission is gearing up to file a possible antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. Apple said Epic’s problems are “entirely self-inflicted” and accused the company of “starting a fire and pouring gasoline on it” in a new Fortnite filing.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

One is that there are genuine, good-faith reasons to call for Section 230 reform, even though they’re often drowned out by bad tweets that misunderstand the law. Goodman, a law professor at Rutgers University specializing in information policy, approaches the problem from another angle. Barrett writes (PDF): Ellen P.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

In an amicus brief filed Monday, the U.S. Law enforcement authorities are using a company called Dataminr to help monitor social media related to protests. Stylistically, they’re laws. Rascally TikTok teens are trying to pull one over on the president again. (David McCabe / New York Times ). government.” The Hill ).

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

America’s two hottest teen tech brands, Microsoft and Walmart, are teaming up for a bid. One possibility might be a Glass-Steagall law for tech platforms, which would prohibit them them from running a platform and competing on it at the same time. David McLaughlin / Bloomberg). Nick Statt / The Verge).

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s true that we have seen some apparent retaliation from Trump against social networks — the strange fair housing suit filed against Facebook last year comes to mind. And whatever Trump may think, as the law professor Kate Klonick noted , “The First Amendment protects Twitter from Trump. Erik Larson / Bloomberg).

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