Perhaps the most influential executive at Google is a man who can’t write a line of code. That is Kent Walker, the company’s chief legal officer and head of global affairs, whose role puts him at the center of the search giant’s antitrust challenges. It also gives him the power to lead the defense that will determine whether one of the world’s dominant conglomerates is able to keep growing—or gets clipped. Google faces formidable legal challenges. Its… Source link
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The Wall Street Journal published a short article Thursday night on Hunter Biden’s business dealings that concluded: “Corporate records reviewed by The Wall Street Journal show no role for Joe Biden.” The same night, the Journal published an opinion piece that asserted the Democratic presidential nominee had been aware of and/or involved in his son’s business endeavors, about 24 hours after Breitbart News published a statement from a former Hunter Biden business partner, Tony Bobulinksi. That… Source link
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON: The top lawyer at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Wednesday the telecommunications regulator has legal authority to redefine the immunity shield protecting social media companies that could make it easier for users to file lawsuits challenging content removal decisions. In July, President Donald Trump’s administration asked the agency to limit protections for social media companies under Section 230, a provision of the 1996 Communications… Source link
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