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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against social media platform TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, alleging widespread violations of children's privacy laws. [...]
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Google has filed a lawsuit against two app developers for engaging in an "international online consumer investment fraud scheme" that tricked users into downloading bogus Android apps from the...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with 16 other state and district attorneys general, on Thursday accused Apple of illegally maintaining a monopoly over smartphones, thereby undermining,...
After telling Meta bosses he planned to leave, Khurana allegedly used his remaining time at the corporation to steal "a trove of proprietary, highly sensitive, confidential, and non-public documents about Meta's business and employees," Meta claimed in a complaint filed in a northern California state court. The Meta information that Khurana took also included documents and files concerning Meta's organizational redesign of its supply-chain group, capacity planning documents, and documents regarding Meta's business operations, metrics and sourcing-related expenses.
Palo Alto Networks is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges investors were deceived about the traction of its platform tactics and hurt by an unexpectedly low billings forecast that crashed the share price. The lawsuit claims PAN made "False and/ or misleading statements" and didn't reveal that "Platformization initiatives" were not driving market share rises to a "Significant degree"; or that the corp would need to offer free products to "Entice" customers to "Adopt more of their platforms."
A law firm acting on behalf of the Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has asked a state court to issue a temporary restraining order denying minors access to encrypted communication in Meta's Messenger application. The legal claim cites a statement from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that argues Meta's provision of end-to-end encryption in Messenger "Without exceptions for child sexual abuse material placed millions of children in grave danger."
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued tax preparation giant H&R Block over the company's deceptive "Free" online filing advertising and for pressuring people into overpaying for its services. H&R Block employs 70,000 tax pros working in over 12,000 offices worldwide and has reported a revenue of $3.5 billion in 2023.
Operating as an Organized Retail Crime gang across online forums and social media, this fraud service provider provides illicit refunds for individuals in exchange for a fee. REKK then requested a refund, manipulating Amazon's support representatives through social engineering tactics, unauthorized access to Amazon systems, and bribing insiders to secure a refund without returning the purchased product.
Plus: Chocolate Factory launches second lawsuit against false DMCA takedowns Google has sued three scammers for offering a fake download of its Bard AI chatbot that contained malware capable of...