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Why the US government wants Facebook to sell off Instagram and...
Vox reports: "On Wednesday, the US Federal Trade Commission and 48 US state attorneys general filed major lawsuits against Facebook that argue the social...
TikTok Wins Second Injunction That Prevents U.S. Shutdown
Variety reports: "A federal judge in Washington, D.C., granted an injunction on Monday that will block the Trump administration from shutting down TikTok."
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Dish fined $210M for making millions of robocalls
CNET reports: "Dish Network has settled its case with the US Department of Justice, resulting in a $210 million penalty for the satellite TV...
Stream-Ripping Is Next Frontier for Piracy Wars
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "The Recording Industry Association of America runs into some pushback after objecting to a tool that creates permanent copies of...
Libra cryptocurrency project changes name to Diem to distance itself from...
The Verge reports: "The Libra cryptocurrency is getting a new name today, Diem, in an effort to show that the project has “organizational independence”...
Comcast Must Face Sports TV Antitrust Suit
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "A federal judge partially accepts a complaint from Stan Kroenke's Altitude Sports over a negotiating impasse with Comcast over a...
‘Several Hundred Million Dollars’ In Black Box Royalties Is Due To...
Hypebot reports: "We’ve known for years that there is a large pool of unpaid royalties from Spotify, Apple Music, and other digital service providers....
Trade Association Formed to Help Streamers Prep Content for International Markets
TechCrunch reports: "Localization services — dubbing, subtitling and other processes used to prepare content for international release — is an industry at its “breaking...
What a U.S. ban on Tencent may mean for the online...
VentureBeat reports: "The U.S.-China trade war has taken another turn after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will put an end...
Judge dismisses Apple’s claim of theft in Epic case
Gamesindustry.biz reports: "The judge overseeing the dispute between Apple and Epic has dismissed the former's claim of theft."
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