As the legal budgets of traditional news rooms keep shrinking, they have been unable to fight the public interest battles of the past. Will tech companies be willing or able to… Read more »
Some businesses use contracts that say customers have to pay large penalties if they say something negative online. A new California law turns the tables on that. Read more »
A top EU official blasted Google and others for “playing false” over a court ruling that lets people delete material from the internet. The official also repeated the need for tougher… Read more »
Google’s automated search suggestion feature is under attack by a Hong Kong business, who won the right to claim defamation when his name appeared next to the word “triad.” Read more »
A Canadian court is forcing Google to remove search listings not just for google.ca, but beyond the country’s borders too. The case could lead to more regional censorship practices becoming global… Read more »
A controversial law lets EU citizens remove search results from Google. A web developer who feels this is censorship has made a site to keep track of some of the sites… Read more »
A court in Canada just told Google it must delete search results from around the world. The ruling is the latest in a troubling series of cases ordering search engines to… Read more »
Microsoft won the right to unseal documents in a case over an enterprise customer; the ruling is a major legal victory against the federal government’s blanket use of gag orders in… Read more »