Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios Google filed a key defense brief Thursday in a Supreme Court case that could reshape the legal landscape for online publishers and services. Driving the news: Google told the court that tampering with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects firms from liability for content their users post, would “undercut a central building block of the internet.” Why it matters: Gonzalez v. Google, the case that the Supreme Court will hear next… Source link
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TipRanks The 5G Revolution Could Send These 3 Stocks Higher We’ve got a full month of 2021 behind us now, and a few trends are coming clearer. The coronavirus crisis may still be with us, but as vaccination programs expand, the end is in sight. With President Trump out of the picture, and the Democrats holding both Houses of Congress and the White House, politics is looking more predictable. And both of those developments bode well for an economic recovery this year. Looking back, at the… Source link
Read More »Google opens paid-for Australia news platform in drive to undercut Canberra’s content payment law
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Tech giant Google on Friday launched a platform in Australia offering news it has paid for, striking its own content deals with publishers in a drive to show legislation proposed by Canberra to enforce payments, a world first, is unnecessary. FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with a Google app icon is seen in front of the displayed Australian flag in this illustration, January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo Only rolled out previously in Brazil and… Source link
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Chris Christie isn’t happy with President Trump’s premature claim of victory in the 2020 election. The former New Jersey governor on Wednesday criticized Trump after he prematurely claimed victory in the presidential race while baselessly alleging a “major fraud on our nation” as votes in key states continued to be counted and no candidate had collected 270 electoral votes. “There’s just no basis to make that argument tonight,” Christie told ABC News. “There just isn’t. All these votes have to… Source link
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