In the harsh Facebook world, Aaron Borrego of Santa Fe believes he has taken an illegal ban from prosecutor Mary Carmack-Altwies. Borrego, 36, filed a lawsuit against the First District Attorney this week, alleging his right to freedom of expression was violated because Carmack-Altwies’ office removed his comments and banned him from his Facebook page. … Read more
A lawyer in Nashville suspended his state license for a year after explaining to a woman on Facebook how to murder and get away with her allegedly “abusive” ex-husband. In a 2017 Facebook post, Winston B. Sitton advised an unnamed “friend” from Memphis, whom he called a “cheerleader” and “abused, disabled mother”, on how to … Read more
Facebook broke Illinois law by failing to obtain consent from local consumers to use their facial features on the website’s tagging feature. Around 1.6 million Illinois residents can expect to receive $ 350 from Facebook. That amount, according to The Chicago Tribune, was set as the average individual award for plaintiffs in a massive privacy … Read more
Posted January 15, 2021 at 1:41 pm by Andrew Hamm This week we’re highlighting certification filings that require the Supreme Court to examine, among other things, whether Facebook plug-ins violate the wiretapping law and whether the second amendment protects an individual’s right to use firearms outside the home or following a conviction for a nonviolent … Read more
We talked about the chilling repression against freedom of expression that has been developing in the US for years. These efforts have accelerated after the Capitol uprising, including shutdown points like Parler. The former Texas Congressman Ron Paul (85) has now been prevented from using his Facebook page for unspecified violations of “community standards”. Paul’s … Read more
The boss of a chicken hot pot stand in Ang Mo Kio has received a letter of request from a lawyer from her competitor – via a Facebook post. The boss, Shirli Ling, 31, runs 8889 Chicken Pot at Cafe Block 133 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3. The inquiry letter was delivered to her after … Read more
Forty-eight are suing over monopoly problems with the social networking giant. COLUMBUS – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, along with 48 attorneys general, has filed a lawsuit against Facebook Inc. alleging the company is harming the public by illegally suppressing competition to protect its monopoly power. The lawsuit alleges that for the past decade, the … Read more
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a lawsuit against Facebook Inc. on Wednesday, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general, for illegally suppressing and continuing to suppress competition to protect its personal social media monopoly. The lawsuit alleges that Facebook pirated competitors illegally and reduced services to minor threats, … Read more
More than 40 attorneys general have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, with the federal government citing its own litigation. The federal government and a coalition of attorneys general have filed two antitrust lawsuits against Facebook. According to CNN, the Federal Trade Commission has been particularly vocal in calling for the social media company to … Read more
WESTVIRGINIA (WDVM) – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a lawsuit against Facebook on Wednesday. Attorney General Morrisey joined 47 other attorneys general from 45 states as well as the Colombia district and the Guam area. The lawsuit alleges that Facebook “pirated competitors illegally and reduced services to minor threats.” The attorneys general claim … Read more