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  • Sundar Pichai To Testify in Epic Game’s Lawsuit Against Google in US Court Next Week: Report

    Sundar Pichai To Testify in Epic Game’s Lawsuit Against Google in US Court Next Week: Report

    San Francisco, November 10: Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is likely to testify in Epic Games’s lawsuit against Google in a US court next week. The Fortnite game developer seeks to call Pichai as a witness on Tuesday as it makes its case alleging that Google Play is an unlawful monopoly, reports The Verge.

    “In court documents, Google requested to use a podium in the courtroom on Tuesday, which suggests that Pichai may indeed appear to testify,” the report noted. Last month, in the US vs. Google case, Pichai stood behind a podium instead of sitting because of “apparent back issues”. The lawsuit was filed after Google pulled Fortnite from the Play store. Epic is arguing that Google’s monopolistic control on its Google Play Store for Android smartphones violates both state and federal antitrust laws. OpenAI Introduces ‘Data Partnership’ To Work With Organizations To Produce Public and Private Datasets For Training AI Models.

    Meanwhile, Google offered a $147 million deal to game developer Epic Games to launch its popular game Fortnite on Google Play store, the tech giant told the court. Purnima Kochikar, Vice President, Play Partnerships at Google, said in her testimony that the deal was approved and presented to Epic but not accepted, reports The Verge. The deal would have seen the money dispensed over a three-year period of “incremental funding” (ending in 2021) to Epic. Ai Pin by Humane Runs on Voice Commands and Hand Motions, Check More Details Including Price of New Wearable AI-Powered Smartphone Alternative.

    In a document justifying the deal, Google wrote that “Fortnite’s absence could result in $130 million (up to $250 million) direct revenue loss with Play” and that there could be a “downstream impact of $550 million (up to $3.6 billion) potential revenue loss if broad contagion to other developers”. The Epic vs Google trial began this week on Monday. Google has defended its 30 per cent cut on transactions for apps via its Play store.

  • Google To Pay 1 Million Fine For Users’ Location Data Tracking Lawsuit

    Google To Pay $391 Million Fine For Users’ Location Data Tracking Lawsuit

    San Francisco, November 15 : Google will pay a historic $391.5 million in settlement to 40 states in the US over allegations that the tech giant tracked users location data without their consent in the country. Last month, Google paid $85 million to the state of Arizona to settle the claims that the tech giant illegally tracked the location of Android users.

    The new settlement with Google over its location tracking practices, led by Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Nebraska AG Doug Peterson, is the largest attorney general-led consumer privacy settlement ever. Google To Release Software Update for Nest WiFi Pro Routers To Fix Slow Internet Speeds.

    Because of Oregon’s leadership role in the bipartisan investigation and settlement, Oregon will receive $14,800,563.

    “For years Google has prioritized profit over their users’ privacy,” said Attorney General Rosenblum. “They have been crafty and deceptive. Consumers thought they had turned off their location tracking features on Google, but the company continued to secretly record their movements and use that information for advertisers,” he said in a statement late on Monday. Google One VPN Service Now Available on Windows and Mac; Check Who Can Access.

    As outlined in the settlement, Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect their location information.

    In addition to the multimillion-dollar settlement, as part of the negotiations with the AGs, Google has agreed to significantly improve its location tracking disclosures and user controls starting in 2023.

    According to the Oregon Department of Justice, location data is a key part of Google’s digital advertising business. Google uses the personal and behavioural data it collects to build detailed user profiles and target ads.

    In fact, location data is among the most sensitive and valuable personal information Google collects. Even a limited amount of location data can expose a person’s identity and routines and can be used to infer personal details.

    The attorneys general found that Google violated state consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about its location tracking practices since at least 2014. Specifically, Google confused its users about the extent to which they could limit Google’s location tracking by adjusting their account and device settings.

    In a blog post, Google said the lawsuit is based on “outdated product policies” that the company has already addressed. Google said it will also start providing more “detailed” information about the data it collects tracking during the account setup process and is launching a new toggle to turn off and delete your location history and web and app activity “in one simple flow.”

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 15, 2022 11:14 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Nirvana Nevermind Album Cover Controversy: American Rock Group Wins Lawsuit Against Man Shown on Cover as Nude 4-Month-Old

    The American rock band Nirvana has won the “Nevermind” album cover controversy against Spencer Elden who claimed him being depicted as a naked four month old baby on the cover of the album was child pornography. US District Court judge stated that Spencer did not file the lawsuit during the ten year statute of limitations and hence the lawsuit has been dismissed, reports Reuters. Man Pictured as Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Album Cover Refiles Lawsuit.

    Nirvana Wins Nevermind Naked Baby Lawsuit

    Nevermind Album Cover

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  • Crypto Investors File Lawsuit Against Shark Tank Icon Mark Cuban Over Ponzi Scheme: Report

    San Francisco: A group of crypto investors has filed a class-action lawsuit against billionaire investor and Shark Tank icon Mark Cuban, along with his basketball team the Dallas Mavericks, for promoting crypto platform Voyager Digital that went bankrupt, resulted in billions of dollars in loss for its customers. Cryptocurrency prices in India today (12 Aug 2022).

    Top cryptocurrency broker Voyager Digital last month filed for bankruptcy in the US, resulting in more than 3.5 million investors losing $5 billion collectively. According to Techcrunch, Voyager Digital’s CEO Stephen Ehrlich has also been named as a defendant in the class-action suit filed in Florida federal court.

    The plaintiffs have described Voyager as “an unregulated and unsustainable fraud, similar to other Ponzi schemes”. The lawsuit alleged that “Cuban and Ehrlich personally reached out to investors both individually and through a partnership with the Dallas Mavericks, to encourage them to invest with the platform”.

    Voyager Digital had significant investments in Singapore-based hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), which failed to make payments on a loan of 15,250 Bitcoins and $350 million USDCs — that makes the loan worth more than $650 million.

    Voyager suspended all trading, deposits, withdrawals and loyalty rewards on its platform before filing for bankruptcy. The Dallas Mavericks launched their exclusive, five-year partnership with Voyager in October 2021, giving fans cash rewards for making trades on the platform.

    According to the lawsuit, Cuban promoted the company “as a Voyager customer himself, in a ploy to dupe investors into believing that Voyager was a safe platform”.

    Mark Cuban and the Mavericks are yet to comment on the lawsuit. Voyager has said it was actively pursuing all available remedies for recovery from 3AC. It had approximately $1.3 billion of crypto assets on the platform and more than $350 million of cash for customers.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Aug 12, 2022 02:48 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Elon Musk’s Response to Twitter Lawsuit To Be Made Public by Tomorrow

    Delaware, August 4: Elon Musk’s answer to Twitter’s lawsuit over his attempt to back out of a USD 44 billion deal to buy the social media company will be made public by Friday evening at the latest, a judge has ruled. Attorneys for Musk wanted to file a public version of their answer and counterclaims in Delaware court on Wednesday.

    But Twitter attorneys complained that they needed more time to review and potentially redact Musk’s sealed filing, saying it refers “extensively” to internal Twitter information and data given to Musk. Twitter Drags Elon Musk’s Billionaire Buddies Into Legal Battle Over Terminated USD 44 Billion Takeover Deal.

    Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick held a quick teleconference on Wednesday before agreeing with Twitter, directing that the public filing be docketed by 5 pm on Friday. It could be filed earlier depending on when Twitter attorneys complete their review.

    Twitter attorneys argued that court rules require that five business days lapse before a public version of Musk’s filing is docketed. “Few cases attract as much public interest as this one, and Twitter is mindful of this court’s commitment to ensuring maximum public access to its proceedings,” Twitter attorney Kevin Shannon wrote. “Twitter has no interest in proposing any more redactions to defendants’ responsive pleading than are necessary.”

    Musk attorney Edward Micheletti argued that Twitter’s lawyers were misinterpreting the court rules. Musk attorneys also say there is no confidential information in Musk’s filing that should be withheld from the public.

    “Twitter should not be permitted to continue burying the side of the story it does not want publicly disclosed,” Micheletti wrote. Musk, the world’s richest man, agreed in April to buy Twitter and take it private, offering USD 54.20 a share and vowing to loosen the company’s policing of content and to root out fake accounts.

    Twitter shares closed Wednesday at USD 41, well off a 52-week high of USD 69.81. Musk, indicated in July that he wanted to back away from the deal, prompting Twitter to file a lawsuit to hold him to the “seller-friendly” agreement.

    Musk says Twitter has failed to provide him enough information about the number of fake accounts on its service. Twitter argues that Musk, CEO of electric car maker and solar energy company Tesla Inc., is deliberately trying to tank the deal because market conditions have deteriorated and the acquisition no longer serves his interests.

    Either Musk or Twitter would be entitled to a USD 1 billion breakup fee if the other party is found responsible for the agreement failing. Twitter wants more, however, and is seeking a court order of “specific performance” directing Musk to follow through with the deal.

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  • Visa Intended To Help Pornhub Monetise Child Porn, Alleges Lawsuit

    San Francisco, Aug 2: A US court has allowed a lawsuit against Visa to go ahead that alleged that the financial services company helped monetise sexual videos involving children on Pornhub, owned by porn site operator MindGeek.

    Judge Cormac Carney in California issued the ruling, rejecting Visa’s attempts to dismiss its portion of the suit, reports The Verge. Fact Check: Pornhub Blocked Russian Users? Here’s the Truth Behind Fake Viral Posts on Social Media

    The lawsuit alleged that Visa plausibly “intended to help MindGeek monetize child porn” because it continued to offer payment processing services to Pornhub “despite knowing the site had failed to moderate videos of minors”.

    In a statement to Variety, Visa said it “will not tolerate the use of our network for illegal activity”, but “we continue to believe that Visa is an improper defendant in this case”.

    According to the plaintiff, “Visa recognised MindGeek as an authorised merchant and processed payments to its websites including but not limited to Pornhub”.

    The lawsuit said that Visa knew MindGeek’s sites contained a substantial amount of child porn and that MindGeek failed to police its sites for such content.

    Nonetheless, “Visa and its agent banks explicitly agreed with MindGeek to continue to process transactions without restrictions on all MindGeek sites provided MindGeek maintained pretextual window dressing claims that it had technology, processes, and policies in place to prevent such content”.

    Visa was “aware of MindGeek’s trafficking venture and explicitly agreed with MindGeek to process the financial transactions from which the defendants profited from the venture”.

    The lawsuit asserted that MindGeek, Visa and others violated a series of laws including the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and the California Unfair Competition Law (UCL).

    “Visa lent to MindGeek a much-needed tool — its payment network — with the alleged knowledge that there was a wealth of monetised child porn on MindGeek’s websites,” wrote Carney.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Aug 02, 2022 11:50 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg Set To Be Deposed in Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit

    Washington, July 23: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg are set to be deposed in a Cambridge Analytica lawsuit, the media reported.

    According to a court document, Zuckerberg will have to answer questions for up to six hours, while Sandberg could face up to five hours of deposition, reports The Verge. Facebook Won’t Tell You If You’re Part of Massive Data Breach

    Sandberg is stepping down from her key role after 14 years as the company’s second-highest ranking executive and the person who will replace her as Meta COO will also need to be present at the hearing.

    “The lawsuit, which could wind up as a class action case if a judge agrees to it, alleges that Facebook illegally shared user data with third parties and didn’t adequately protect that data from being abused by bad actors,” the report said late on Friday.

    The depositions are set to happen sometime before September 20.

    The deposition comes as part of a lawsuit filed in a California court on behalf of Facebook users impacted by Meta’s partnership with Cambridge Analytica.

    Facebook gained access to the private data of 67 million Facebook users, which was used to profile voters.

    In another case, amid claims that Sandberg misused company resources, Meta lawyers are investigating the outgoing COO.

    The investigation goes back “several years” and is scrutinising Meta employees’ work on Sandberg’s personal projects, reports The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

    When Sandberg first announced her departure from the company, WSJ reported the company was examining whether she had improperly used company resources in planning her upcoming wedding.

    Meta lawyers are reportedly looking at Facebook staff’s involvement with Sandberg’s foundation Lean In, and their work to help her promote her most recent book, “Option B”.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jul 23, 2022 12:19 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Elon Musk Pokes Fun at Twitter Over Filing Lawsuit Against Him After Musk Terminates $44 Billion Deal

    New Delhi, July 11: Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday poked fun at Twitter for taking him to court and shared a meme which made fun of the micro-blogging platform. Twitter has announced it was suing Musk for terminating the $44 billion takeover deal.

    Musk’s meme read: “They said I could not buy Twitter. Then they would not disclose the bot information. Now they want to force me to buy Twitter in court. Now they have to disclose the bot information in court.” His long-time Twitter buddy Pranay Pathole posted that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should strictly look into this and investigate these claims made by Twitter. “Hello??? @SECGov,” Musk replied. The Tesla CEO has apparently terminated the deal because of the presence of bots on the platform. Twitter Hires Top Legal Firm to Sue Elon Musk for Ending $44 Billion Takeover Deal.

    Last week, Twitter claimed it is suspending more than one million spam accounts a day. “That is indeed the real question,” Musk replied. The new figure doubled the previous update from Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal who said that the platform removes 5,00,000 spam accounts a day. “We suspend over half a million spam accounts every day, usually before any of you even see them on Twitter. We also lock millions of accounts each week that we suspect may be spam — if they can’t pass human verification challenges (captchas, phone verification, etc),” Agrawal had tweeted in May.

    Musk will have to pay $1 billion in termination fees to the micro-blogging platform. As per an earlier filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), “Musk will be required to pay Twitter a termination fee of $1 billion”, if he cancels the deal.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jul 11, 2022 12:38 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Google Offers To Restructure Its Ad Business To Avoid Justice Department Lawsuit

    Washington, July 9: Google has offered to spin off its ad auctions business, which allows companies to buy advertising space on the web and in search results, into a slightly more separate company in exchange for avoiding antitrust actions, as per a report by The Wall Street Journal.

    According to The Verge, the offer is reportedly one of several concessions Google has made to the US Department of Justice in order to avoid further anti-competitive lawsuits. Google Ad Manager to Waive Ad Serving Fees for News Publishers for Five Months Amid COVID-19 Pandemic.

    The move would be a corporate shuffle, rather than spinning off parts of its advertising business or selling them entirely, the proposal would make them a separate Alphabet company.

    Alphabet is the parent company of Google’s subsidiaries, including Google, Waymo, and DeepMind. (Things like YouTube, Pixel, and, of course, AdSense are considered Google subsidiaries.) So, even if Google no longer runs the ad auctions, the buck eventually comes back to the same people. The change could affect “tens of billions of dollars” in business.

    Google’s dominance and scale in the app and web advertising industries have previously piqued the interest of regulators. The US government charged the company with antitrust violations in 2020, alleging that it was “unlawfully maintaining monopolies in the markets for general search services, search advertising, and general search text advertising.”

    The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority recently launched an investigation into Google’s advertising practises, stating that it would look into the company’s ad exchanges and markets, as reported by The Verge.

    Google is likely to want to avoid any further lawsuits and enforcement actions, which could force it to make far more drastic changes than the ones it is currently offering. According to the Wall Street Journal, a new lawsuit from the Department of Justice could be filed within the next few months if no agreement is reached with the company.

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  • SURPRISE INDEED! US Man Wins $450K Lawsuit After Unwanted Surprise Office Birthday Party

    In a series of weird events, a man named Kevin Berling of Kentucky has won a lawsuit that he filed in 2019 against his company Gravity Diagnostics. Plaintiff claimed that the company had thrown him a birthday party against his wishes in 2019 even though he warned them that he suffers from an anxiety disorder. In the official complaint, Berling claimed that the company discriminated against his disability and the birthday party caused him a series of panic attacks. And the company employees later criticised him and fired him from the job when Kevin raised concerns. He won that lawsuit and the jury awarded him $450,000, including $300,000 for emotional distress and $150,000 in lost wages. 

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