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Thailand takes first legal action against Facebook and Twitter over content
Thailand has started legal action against platform giants Facebook and Twitter for ignoring orders to take down content, in its first such move against the tech giants.
Uber attempts to win back London licence in latest court battle
Ride-hailing app Uber will battle in court Tuesday to win back its licence to operate in London after the city’s transportation regulator eliminated it over safety issues.
Facebook wins preliminary approval to settle facial recognition lawsuit
Facebook has won preliminary approval from a national court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it collected and stored biometric data of millions of customers without their a...
Nokia wins second round of legal fight against Daimler
Nokia’s struggle with Daimler finished patent licensing charges obtained backing by a German court after the judge said that the carmaker hadn’t made a significant effo...
Prosecutors arrest three in suspected Wirecard criminal racket
Prosecutors have arrested three former executives of German FinTech Wirecard, saying it suspected them of masterminding a criminal racket to fake the company’s financial acco...
YouTube not liable for user copyright breaches
YouTube and other online platforms are not liable when users illegally upload copyrighted works onto their platforms, but rightholders can ask for injunctions against the companies...
Crunch time for Apple in its fight against $15 billion EU tax order
Apple’s clash with EU regulators comes to a head today as Europe’s second-highest court rules on whether the company has to pay approximately $15 billion in Irish back ...
Senator Ted Cruz seeks federal Twitter probe as Trump feuds with company
US Senator Ted Cruz has urged the Treasury and Justice Departments to investigate whether Twitter, which is embroiled in a feud with the White House, is violating US law by letting...
Facebook German privacy case referred to European Court
The German Federal Court has referred a lawsuit filed by a consumer protection watchdog alleging privacy violations by Facebook to the Court of Justice of the European Union to see...
Court rejects attempt to stop 5G rollout in the Netherlands
A court in the Netherlands has rejected a suit brought by a group seeking to halt the country’s 5G telecommunications network rollout over possible health concerns.Â
French court deals blow to Uber by giving driver ’employee’ status
France’s top court has recognised the right of an Uber driver to be considered an employee, a ruling that could upend the US firm’s business model and potentially requi...
Facebook must face data breach class action on security, but not damages: U.S. judge
Reuters – A federal judge said up to 29 million Facebook Inc users whose personal information was stolen in a September 2018 data breach cannot sue as a group for damages, bu...