Lyft’s good-guy image tainted by sexual assault lawsuits

NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Lyft has been the good guy of ride-hailing. In early days, its cars were adorned with whimsical pink mustaches. Its founders talked about improving peoples’ lives by reducing individual car ownership. And while Uber drivers grabbed headlines for assaulting passengers, somehow — despite many drivers working for both companies... Read More

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Lyft

January 3, 2020

Judge to rule on Merrill’s blocking of Twitter users

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge will decide if Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill can block people on his personal Twitter account or if doing so violates their free speech rights. Merrill and the plaintiffs in the 2018 lawsuit filed motions last month supporting their respective claims. The Alabama case is similar to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

December 3, 2019

Video game maker to pay $10 million in gender bias case

The maker of popular video game League of Legends has agreed to pay $10 million to female employees to settle a broad gender discrimination case. Los Angeles-based Riot Games will pay about 1,000 current and former female employees who have worked at the company in the last five years. The case against Riot Games claimed... Read More

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Riot Games

December 2, 2019

Utah hearing for Hawaii suspect in extreme cyberstalking

HONOLULU (AP) — A man arrested in Hawaii will be sent to Utah, where he’s accused of tormenting a family for more than year by sending more than 500 people to their house for unwanted services including food deliveries, repairs, tow trucks, locksmiths, plumbers and prostitutes. Loren Okamura was in Honolulu’s federal courthouse Wednesday, for... Read More

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Loren Okamura

November 13, 2019

Court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops

BOSTON (AP) — A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travelers at airports and other U.S. ports of entry violate the Fourth Amendment. Tuesday’s ruling in U.S. District Court came in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News, Technology

November 11, 2019

Friends, family support Twitter employee charged in spy case

SEATTLE (AP) — Family and friends of a former Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia call him a dedicated husband and father who has overcome recent mental health struggles, according to letters of support filed to federal court. Ahmad Abouammo, a U.S. citizen and a media partnership manager for Twitter’s Middle East region,... Read More

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Twitter

November 8, 2019

Board of Google parent investigating sexual misconduct cases

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In response to shareholder lawsuits, the board at Google parent Alphabet is investigating claims of sexual misconduct made against executives and how the company handled them. CNBC first reported Wednesday that the company has hired an outside firm to examine how its executives handled sexual misconduct allegations. The investigation follows lawsuits... Read More

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Alphabet, Google

November 7, 2019

California discloses Facebook probe, sues for documents

California’s attorney general disclosed an ongoing probe into Facebook’s privacy practices Wednesday, as it sued the company over its repeated refusal to turn over documents and answer questions. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said his probe has been going on for more than a year. He said he was disclosing it now because his office... Read More

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Facebook

November 7, 2019

US: Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on critics

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Saudi Arabia, frustrated by growing criticism of its leaders and policies on social media, recruited two Twitter employees to spy on thousands of accounts that included prominent opponents, prosecutors alleged Wednesday. The complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco detailed a coordinated effort by Saudi government officials to recruit... Read More

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Twitter

November 5, 2019

Airbnb agrees to provide host records to Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — Airbnb Inc. has agreed to provide Hawaii with records of many of its island hosts as the state tries to track down vacation rental operators who haven’t been paying their taxes. Airbnb and the state Department of Taxation reached the agreement last week after negotiating the scope of a subpoena sought by... Read More

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AirBNB

October 31, 2019

Hackers plead guilty in data breach that Uber covered up

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Two computer hackers have pleaded guilty to concocting an extortion scheme that entangled Uber in a yearlong cover-up of a data breach that stole sensitive information about 57 million of the ride-hailing service’s passengers and drivers. The pleas entered Wednesday in a San Jose, California, federal court by Brandon Charles... Read More

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Brandon Charles Glover, Uber, Vasile Mereacre

October 30, 2019

Facebook sues Israeli company over WhatsApp spyware

Facebook sued the Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group on Tuesday in U.S. federal court for allegedly targeting some 1,400 users of its encrypted messaging service WhatsApp with highly sophisticated spyware. The lawsuit filed in San Francisco is the first legal action of its kind, according to Facebook, involving a nearly totally unregulated realm. Facebook says... Read More

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Facebook, Whatsapp

October 25, 2019

Woman charged after gripe about ex on Facebook gets justice

TENNILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman who was criminally charged after complaining about her ex-husband on Facebook said she feels like she’s finally gotten justice. Anne King posted in 2015: “That moment when everyone in your house has the flu and you ask your kid’s dad to get them (not me) more Motrin and... Read More

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Anne King, Facebook

October 24, 2019

Nigerian resident of Atlanta sentenced for cyber fraud

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Nigerian man living in the U.S. state of Georgia has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for his role in an internet fraud scheme that stole millions through computer and wire fraud. The U.S. attorney’s office in Memphis, Tennessee, says 31-year-old Olufolajimi Abegunde was... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Lyft’s good-guy image tainted by sexual assault lawsuits

Judge to rule on Merrill’s blocking of Twitter users

Video game maker to pay $10 million in gender bias case

Utah hearing for Hawaii suspect in extreme cyberstalking

Court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops

Friends, family support Twitter employee charged in spy case

Board of Google parent investigating sexual misconduct cases

California discloses Facebook probe, sues for documents

US: Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on critics

Airbnb agrees to provide host records to Hawaii

Hackers plead guilty in data breach that Uber covered up

Facebook sues Israeli company over WhatsApp spyware

Woman charged after gripe about ex on Facebook gets justice

Nigerian resident of Atlanta sentenced for cyber fraud

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