Notices by b_fung (b_fung@masto.ai)

The Biden administration is expanding a crackdown on commercial spyware vendors, imposing sanctions on multiple software companies accused of helping countries spy on US officials, journalists and human rights activists: https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/05/business/biden-administration-sanction-commercial-spyware/index.html

Just in: Apple will have to comply with a sweeping injunction reshaping its relationship with millions of app developers, after the Supreme Court today declined to hear its appeal in the Epic Games case: https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/16/tech/apple-risks-a-hit-to-its-sales-after-supreme-court-declines-to-review-epics-app-store-case/index.html

Big: The FCC will reintroduce proposed rules on net neutrality today for internet providers, according to multiple people familiar with the plan, rekindling a years-long battle over the future of the open internet: https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/26/tech/fcc-net-neutrality-internet-providers/index.html

Just in: The judge in the Google search antitrust case that's going to trial next month has narrowed the claims Google will have to defend, tossing out allegations by states that Google's search page design harms companies like Expedia or Tripadvisor https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/04/tech/google-antitrust-lawsuit/index.html

Wouldn’t it be funny if he just straight up banned everyone who voted yes https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097?s=46&t=5o8homCEJkQ0waH9RCDExw

Does Twitter blocking Mastodon links constitute anticompetitive behavior against a nascent rival? I asked a couple of legal experts, including Bill Baer, the former antitrust chief at DOJ and FTC in two US administrations. Here's what they say: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/tech/mastodon-twitter-links/index.html

Twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid-19 misinformation policy, per this message on its transparency site https://transparency.twitter.com/en/reports/covid19.html