The Facebook probe announced by attorneys general in September now has 40 states signed on to investigate allegations of the social media giant’s anti-competitive practices, The Washington Post reported on Monday (Oct. 7). Sources told Reuters that several state attorneys general met with U.S. Attorney...
Three consultants — one being an ex-Microsoft lawyer — were hired in a multi-state antitrust investigation of Google being led by the Texas attorney general’s office, Reuters reported on Thursday (Sept. 26). The consultants are Roger Alford, Eugene Burrus and Cristina Caffarra. Burrus was assistant...
It was a rough day for Google, and by extension, Big Tech, amid the waves of stormy legal seas. An antitrust investigation against Google was unveiled Monday (Sept. 9), with the backing of nearly every state attorney general in United States. In terms of optics,...
State attorneys general led by Texas and New York are separately launching official antitrust investigations into Facebook and Google, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (Sept. 6). Sources told the news outlet the Google investigation will be announced at a press conference on Monday (Sept....
February 08, 2024
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made it illegal to use artificial intelligence (AI)-generated voices in robocalls. This ruling will give state attorneys general another tool to use against voice cloning scams, as they can prosecute bad actors for not only the scam but also for using AI to generate the voice in the robocall, […]
October 08, 2019
The Facebook probe announced by attorneys general in September now has 40 states signed on to investigate allegations of the social media giant’s anti-competitive practices, The Washington Post reported on...
September 26, 2019
Three consultants — one being an ex-Microsoft lawyer — were hired in a multi-state antitrust investigation of Google being led by the Texas attorney general’s office, Reuters reported on Thursday...
September 06, 2019
State attorneys general led by Texas and New York are separately launching official antitrust investigations into Facebook and Google, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (Sept. 6). Sources told the...
