A trio of US lawmakers today introduced bipartisan, but drastic legislation to ban TikTok over claims the social media platform poses a national security threat. US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) announced the legislation, which is backed by a companion bill in the House from US Reps. ...Read More

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has agreed to improve its compliance program in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, which said the search giant lost data federal investigators sought in connection with a probe into a cryptocurrency exchange. The DOJ said Tuesday that a third-party independent compliance ...Read More

The bipartisan group of attorneys general from the District of Columbia, Indiana, Texas and Washington allege in separate lawsuits filed Monday that Google deceived users from at least 2014 to 2019 by leading them to believe that turning off Location History settings would make the ...Read More

In the face of intensive public, political and regulatory pressure concerning its business practices, Facebook has hired its first chief compliance officer, Henry Moniz. The Wall Street Journal reported that Moniz will report into Facebook’s general counsel, Jennifer Newstead, and to a board committee ...Read More