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Supreme Court says police need a warrant to obtain Google location data
The Supreme Court ruled police generally need a warrant to obtain Google location history, strengthening Fourth Amendment digital privacy rights.
Google, Meta denied new trial in youth social media addiction case
A California state court judge has denied motions by Meta Platforms and Google's YouTube seeking a new trial after a jury found the companies liable for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people.
Meta pulls ads aimed at recruiting plaintiffs for social media addiction lawsuits
Meta is removing Facebook and Instagram ads recruiting plaintiffs for social media addiction lawsuits amid ongoing litigation in California state and federal courts.
Jury verdicts against Meta, Google tee up fight over tech liability shield
Jury verdicts this week found Meta and Google liable for harms to young users, challenging Section 230 protections, which could prompt appeals that reshape legal liability for tech companies’ platform design choices and impact broader internet content regulation.
Jury finds Meta and Google liable in social media addiction trial
A jury finds Google and Meta liable for negligent social media design harming teens, with punitive damages pending in a landmark safety verdict.
Google blocks $2B penalty in privacy class action ruling
Google persuaded a federal judge in San Francisco to reject a $2.36 billion penalty bid in a US privacy class action over data collection practices.
Google to pay $135M to settle Android data transfer lawsuit
Google agreed to pay $135 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it collected cellular data from Android users without permission since 2017.
Publishers seek to join lawsuit against Google over AI training
Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group asked a California federal court for permission to intervene in a proposed class action lawsuit against Google over the alleged misuse of copyrighted material used to train its artificial intelligence systems.
Google, chatbot startup move to settle suicide suits
Google and Character.AI agreed to settle wrongful-death lawsuits alleging AI chatbots harmed children, raising unresolved questions about AI liability.
Courts test new frontier of defamation law as AI enters the mix
Courts are testing how defamation law applies to AI-generated falsehoods as lawsuits target OpenAI, Microsoft and Google over AI-created lies.
Google’s Play Store shake-up looms after Supreme Court lets ruling stand
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to protect Google from a year-old order requiring a major makeover of its Android app store that's designed to unleash more competition against a system that a jury declared an illegal monopoly.
YouTube to pay $24.5M to settle suit over Trump’s account suspension after Jan. 6 attack
Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay to settle a lawsuit President Trump brought after the site suspended his account after the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol.
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