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Elon Musk’s X headed for ‘rule of law’ clash with EU, warns Twitter’s former head of trust & safety
The former head of trust and safety at Twitter has warned the platform now known as X is charting a collision course with the European Union’s rebooted digital […]
Judge upholds $18 minimum pay for NYC delivery workers
In a blow to Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub, a New York judge on Thursday ruled to allow the implementation of the minimum pay rate of $18 per hour […]
Federal agency sues Tesla for racial discrimination of Black workers
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit against Tesla on Thursday, accusing the automaker of violating federal law by tolerating widespread and ongoing racial harassment of […]
Should VCs back the FTC suit against Amazon?
The FTC is not incredibly popular in the tech world today, taking aim at several high-dollar deals and executing vigorous antitrust efforts that could make it harder for […]
Amazon wins interim stay on delivering a public ads archive in early challenge to EU’s Digital Services Act
Amazon has chalked up an early (partial) win in a court challenge related to the European Union’s designation of its ecommerce marketplace as subject to the strictest level […]
Major Big Tech privacy watchdog in EU set to get two more commissioners soon
Fancy overseeing whether Big Tech is playing by European Union privacy rules? The Irish government has posted job ads for two additional commissioners to lead the Data Protection […]
India gov’t to propose setting up a separate body for vast data management, draft bill shows
With data being considered the new oil, India, the world’s second-largest internet market after China, is looking to establish a dedicated entity to manage the data it generates […]
DOJ says eBay sold thousands of illegal, poisonous, and polluting products
The Department of Justice raked eBay over the proverbial coals today, accusing the online retailer of “unlawfully selling and distributing hundreds of thousands” of products that threaten the […]
Elon Musk’s X removes general option to report misleading info about politics
X (formerly Twitter) appears to have removed an option that allowed users in a handful of markets to directly report misleading information about politics. An Australian digital research […]