Facebook now faces a censorship lawsuit in France On Friday, a Parisian court ruled that social media giant, Facebook, can be sued in France. The reason behind this was because of their decision to remove the account of a user who posted a photograph of a famous nude painting that hails from the 19th century.
According to French courts, Facebook can be sued in France for blocking the account of a French professor who posted a classic painting that showed parts of the female genitalia.
Representative Terri Bryant wants to end the act of sharing disturbing videos of fights online A video of a 12-year-old boy getting beat up by another 13-year-old boy has circulated online.
DWTS pro Val Chmerkovskiy is sued for allegedly helping an offensive meme go viral in social media. Val Chmerkovskiy is under fire for mocking a child with down syndrome.
The team of Facebook recently shut down pages in New Jersey that legaly sell medical marijuana. Business owners then send complaints as they weren't even warned.
Val Chmerkovskiy is being sued by a girl with Down syndrome who was featured in a meme he posted. The girl claims she has been a victim of internet mockery and is seeking $6 million damages from Chmerkovskiy.
A German court has tagged Amazon’s ‘share’ feature as spamming. The court declared that share function of the website is unlawful as it encourages users to promote links to products that they have just purchased.
A legal tech startup, Everlaw, lands a $8.1 million investment by Andreessen Horowitz. Everlaw cloud service is now being used by 9 of 10 top law firms in the US and 65 percent of state attorneys general.
US tech giants including Google, Miscrosoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Twitter have jointly urge the UK government to reconsider its new digital surveillance law. The firms say they reject the bill that would require weaker encryption for the spying action.
Shawn Jasper, the speaker of N.H. House of Representative, warned his colleagues on Wednesday to be civil following a social media spat over a public nudity bill.
South Africa's political party, the ANC, says it will seek to strengthen anti-racism laws in the country after a rasist comment on Facebook sparked public outcry by describing black people as "monkeys".
Facebook loss its lawsuit. Lawyers of Ceglia happy with the decision of the appeals court. Manhattan Appeals Court Tossed the lawsuit Facebook filed against the lawyers of Paul Ceglia.
U.S. authorities in Pakistan could have sought - but did not - a full background security investigation of San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik before granting her a visa to enter the United States in 2014, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
Austrian student Max Schrems's attempt to bring a class-action lawsuit against Facebook (FB.O) over its privacy policies will head to Austria's Supreme Court to determine whether such collective legal action is allowed, his group said on Monday.
When U.S. prosecutors this week charged two Israelis and an American fugitive with raking in hundreds of millions of dollars in one of the largest and most complex cases of cyber fraud ever exposed, they also provided an unusual look into the burgeoning industry of criminal hackers for hire.
Facebook said on Monday it would appeal a court ruling ordering it to stop tracking the online activities of non-Facebook users in Belgium who visit Facebook pages, or face a 250,000 euro ($269,000) daily fine.
The EU's highest court struck down a deal that allows thousands of companies to easily transfer personal data from Europe to the United States, in a landmark ruling on Tuesday that follows revelations of mass U.S. government snooping.
On Friday morning, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed the symbolic high point of his first state visit to the United States - a 21-gun salute as he stood with President Barack Obama outside the White House.
