Tag: Lawsuits

If You Don’t Want EU Style Censorship To Take Over The Internet, Support Section 230

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

from the the-eu-approach-is-dangerous dept
Fri, Jan 6th 2023 10:41am – Mike Masnick

Last summer, I mocked the EU a bit for setting up a new office in Silicon Valley, and sending an official here to “liaise with Silicon Valley companies affected by EU tech regulation,” noting how it felt weird to have EU internet police setting up shop in Silicon Valley. Given that, I was a bit surprised that the new office invited me to “moderate” a panel discussion last month about the Digital Services Act (DSA), a bill I have regularly criticized and which I think is going to be dangerous for free speech on the internet.

If You Don’t Want EU Style Censorship To Take Over The Internet, Support Section 230

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Communications Decency Act – Section 230

Bankruptcy Judge Says Celsius Crypto Investors Don’t Own Their Accounts

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A bankruptcy judge has dashed the dreams of investors hoping to retrieve their crypto funds from Celsius. It turns out, assets placed in the now-defunct crypto exchange’s high interest “Earn Accounts” belong to Celsius, not the account holders, according to a Wednesday ruling from Judge Martin Glenn.

Bankruptcy Judge Says Celsius Crypto Investors Don’t Own Their Accounts

H/T: Steve Lehto

Trump tech advisor reportedly urged Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to “combat misinformation”

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Internal Twitter documents claim the Trump admin wanted tech companies to combat “misinformation that could stoke panic buying and behaviors.”

Trump tech advisor reportedly urged Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to “combat misinformation”

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REPORT: Trump And Biden Admins Pressured Twitter To Suppress Critics Of COVID Narrative

The pressure campaign from the White House reportedly began during the Trump administration and continued into the Biden administration, according to Zweig. Both administrations “directly pressed Twitter executives to moderate the platform’s pandemic content according to their wishes,” Zweig said.

Municipalities in Puerto Rico Sue Fossil Fuel Giants Under Organized Crime Law

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Sixteen municipalities in Puerto Rico are suing Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, and other fossil fuel companies for their efforts to deny the role of fossil fuel products in causing climate change. In a November 2022 report for Common Dreams, Kenny Stancil described the lawsuit—a “first of its kind” RICO case—which seeks to hold the fossil fuel corporations financially responsible for the damages caused by the hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico in 2017. The lawsuit contends that the 2017 hurricane season was made worse by global warming and that fossil fuel companies colluded to deceive the public about the impacts of fossil fuel products on the climate.

Municipalities in Puerto Rico Sue Fossil Fuel Giants Under Organized Crime Law

The FTX Collapse Is Also a Huge Campaign Finance Scandal

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Sam Bankman-Fried was set to testify before Congress on Tuesday, but before he could appear, he was arrested in the Bahamas. Not surprisingly, most of the charges he’s facing involve allegations of fraud related to the collapse of FTX, his crypto-trading platform. But a federal indictment unveiled Tuesday also accuses SBF—a prolific political donor who cultivated relationships with politicians and policymakers—of campaign finance violations.

The FTX Collapse Is Also a Huge Campaign Finance Scandal