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A Canadian sued Google in Quebec court over links to defamatory posts on its search engine and won, denting the tech giants immunity. Read on.

Google, Twitter, Facebook and other tech companies fueled by social media have dodged a legal threat that could have blown a huge hole in their business models. The U.S. Supreme Court delivered the reprieve Thursday by rejecting one lawsuit alleging social media platforms should be held liable for enabling a lethal attack on a Turkish […]

A Canadian sued Google in Quebec court over links to defamatory posts on its search engine and won, denting the tech giants immunity. Read on.

The Supreme Court declined to rule on Section 230 in a win for Silicon Valleys giants.

It was ordered to pay a man $500,000 for “moral injury” because it repeatedly failed to remove links to a despicable lie about him.

The Supreme Court rejected on Thursday a lawsuit alleging social media platforms should be held liable for enabling a lethal attack on a Turkish nightclub and tossing another case back to a lower court

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered the reprieve for big tech Thursday by rejecting one lawsuit alleging social media platforms should be held liable for enabling a lethal attack on a Turkish nightclub and tossing another case back to a lower court. Here's what's happening.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings today in Twitter v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google, a pair of cases centered on whether social media companies could be held liable for the terrorist content hosted and recommended via algorithm on their platforms, represent a major win for digital rights. 

Sam Altmans first congressional appearance stood in stark contrast to Mark Zuckerberg.

Google, Twitter, Facebook and other tech companies fueled by social media have dodged a legal threat that could have blown a huge hole in their business models.