US arrests far-right Twitter troll for 2016 election interference

Posted on 27/01/2021 by Engadget

In a case that could set a precedent for how the US handles election-related misinformation moving forward, the Justice Department announced the arrest of infamous far-right troll Douglass Mackey on Wednesday. Better known by his online handle of Ric...

Google counters DOJ antitrust charges by pointing out Bing exists

Posted on 22/12/2020 by Engadget

Google is offering one of its first formal responses to the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit over mobile search dominance, and it won’t surprise you to hear the company isn’t thrilled. Axios and the New York Times report that Google has rejecte...

DOJ antitrust case against Google may not go to trial until 2023

Posted on 18/12/2020 by Engadget

It seems Google will have a dark cloud of antitrust charges hanging over it for a few years at least. At a status hearing on Friday, US District Judge Amit Mehta said the Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against the company probably won't go...

DOJ announces guilty plea for 2016 cyberattack that broke the internet

Posted on 10/12/2020 by Engadget

More than four years after the Dyn cyberattack in 2016, we have a better idea of who was behind one of the most disruptive DDoS attacks in internet history. This week, the Justice Department announced a guilty plea from an individual who took part in...

Justice Department sues Facebook over H-1B hiring practices

Posted on 03/12/2020 by Engadget

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Facebook over its hiring practices for foreign workers. In court documents first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department alleges that Facebook “inadequately advertised at least...

A dozen states might join the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Google

Posted on 12/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Justice Department’s expected antitrust lawsuit against Google could have added momentum behind it. Bloomberg sources claim that “about” a dozen states are poised to join the case. The tipsters didn’t provide a full list, but Texas is believed to...

Former Uber security chief arrested for covering up 2016 hack

Posted on 20/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Federal prosecutors have charged Uber's former security chief, Joseph Sullivan, with obstruction of justice for attempting to hide the company's 2016 data breach from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The hack exposed the email addresses and phone...

DOJ accuses WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of recruiting hackers

Posted on 25/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Justice Department is levelling more accusations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — though not new charges. Officials have filed a superseding indictment against Assange that maintains the earlier 18 counts of computer intrusion and Espio...

DoJ will reportedly limit social media companies’ speech protections

Posted on 17/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Justice Department plans to announce a proposed rollback of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act as early as today, according to The Wall Street Journal. If adopted by Congress, the legislation would reportedly push internet compani...

Judge denies Twitter effort to reveal US surveillance requests

Posted on 18/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Twitter has been thwarted in its six-year battle to offer greater transparency for US surveillance requests. District Judge Yvonne Gonalez Rogers has denied Twitter’s request for a summary judgment allowing it to reveal more details of the national s...

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