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November 9, 2021
Congress and Big Tech are still battling it out over which will have more control over the online speech of Americans. A new bipartisan congressional bill would allow users to experience social media without the algorithms.
The “Filter Bubble…
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October 21, 2020
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its antitrust lawsuit against Google yesterday, and Google released its response. Spoiler: the company is not happy.
Google released a statement October 20 expressing outrage at the lawsuit, describing…
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November 12, 2019
Skeptical of Big Tech’s power over your life? Recent reports reveal Google may know all about your medical history.
One of the world’s largest companies is reportedly involved in a massive plan to “collect and crunch” the…
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June 10, 2019
Democrats are threatening to regulate Big Tech. But they’re saying it while their pockets are stuffed with donations from these companies.
The House Judiciary Committee announced it was having a hearing concerning “Online Platforms and…
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November 21, 2018
The news media have figured out a way to fight the big social media companies — they want Congress to let them “collude against Google and Facebook,” according to Buzzfeed News.
The site reported that publishers are uniting behind…
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August 10, 2017
ABC News learned that sliming a company can cost a lot of money. An attorney for Beef Products Inc. told CNN Money, BPI was awarded more than $177 million in the settlement of its defamation lawsuit against ABC because its beef was called “…
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July 5, 2017
The broadcast networks have refused to cover the conclusion of a massive defamation case involving one of their own.
ABC News and Beef Products Inc (BPI) reached a confidential settlement which concluded a 5-year-old lawsuit as of June 27. BPI…
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June 14, 2017
Editor’s note: Some readers might be offended by the language below.
The defamation case Reuters called a “trial of a lifetime,” between Beef Products Inc. and ABC over the network’s coverage of its lean finely texture beef…
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June 8, 2017
A case with huge implications for journalists and speech began on June 5, and the three broadcast networks ignored it.
Perhaps because it is one of their own — ABC — which is being sued for its biased attacks on one company’s…
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April 9, 2015
Surprise! Millions of uninsured Americans could owe Uncle Sam extra this tax season because of Obamacare.
The IRS began penalizing tax filers this year if they failed to purchase insurance in 2014. Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care…