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Summary Companies Related documents Joseph Mercola says abrupt ban violated terms of service Doctor known for false claims linking childhood vaccines to widespread health problems (Reuters) – A Florida doctor known for spreading false claims about vaccines has sued Google LLC and its parent company Alphabet Inc for removing all of his content from their YouTube video-sharing platform with no advance notice, saying the move breached its terms of service. In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal… Source link

A ‘key trend’ in latest Arab Youth Survey is ‘decline in news consumption’ DUBAI: Dubai-based PR agency ASDA’A BCW has published the results of its 14th annual Arab Youth Survey, described as the largest independent survey of its kind. This year’s findings are grouped under six themes: identity, livelihood, politics, global citizenship, lifestyle and aspirations. Having grown up in the internet age, it is perhaps no surprise that Arab youths are avid users of social media… Source link

(Warning: This story contains allegations of sexual misconduct.) HOUSTON — A lawsuit filed against the Houston Texans on Monday alleges the team was made aware of some of quarterback Deshaun Watson’s massage preferences during a 17-month period in which he allegedly attempted to sexualize sessions with multiple women. The suit, which was filed by Houston attorney Tony Buzbee as part of his representation of client Toi Garner, claims the Texans were alerted to Watson “seeking out… Source link

Maja Hitij/Getty Images A Twitter investor is suing Elon Musk for market manipulation for his tweets about the buy being “on hold.” The complaint was filed in California on Wednesday. “Just because your name is Business Insider Trading doesn’t mean you should project that on others!” Musk told Insider in an email. A Twitter shareholder is suing Elon Musk and Twitter over Musk’s tweets following his agreement to buy the company last month. The proposed class-action suit, filed in a federal… Source link

Ireland’s evasive response to a major security complaint filed against Google’s adtech the year the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into application is the target of a new lawsuit — which accuses the Data Protection Commission (DPC) of years of inaction over what the complainants assert is “the largest data breach ever”. Today local press in Ireland reported that the Irish High Court has agreed to hear the suit. The litigation has been… Source link

Team USA figure skaters Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier were hit with a lawsuit this week by a music group for their use of their version of “House of the Rising Sun” during the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The music group Heavy Young Heathens, which is made up of Robert and Aron Marderosian, sued the figure skating duo along with NBC and U.S. Figure Skating on Thursday for the use of the song during their short program routine in Beijing. The brothers claimed in the lawsuit, according to… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google sued in US over ‘deceptive’ location tracking  BBC News Source link

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 22, 2020. FABRICE COFFRINI | AFP | Getty Images Four attorneys general are suing Google for allegedly misleading users about when the company was able to track their location. 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… Source link

Bob Dylan is being accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in 1965, according to a new lawsuit filed Friday. The “Like a Rolling Stone” singer/songwriter, 80, whose real name is Robert Zimmerman, allegedly groomed, sexually abused and threatened physical violence against the plaintiff, identified only as “J.C.” in the court documents. The alleged abuse occurred multiple times over a six-week period between April and May 1965, with some incidents occurring in his Chelsea Hotel apartment… Source link

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Google’s (GOOG, GOOGL) app store, Google Play, became the latest target of Big Tech antitrust regulators Wednesday in a federal lawsuit filed by dozens of attorneys general led by the state of Utah. The case, brought in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is one of dozens of lawsuits that Google’s parent company Alphabet is facing in a wave of actions around the globe challenging tiers of its dominant markets.  In… Source link