A U.S. judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms' WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software for unauthorized surveillance. “We spent five years presenting our case because we firmly believe that spyware companies cannot hide behind immunity or avoid accountability for their unlawful actions,” he …
An attorney for Prince Harry has implicated Rupert Murdoch in the Duke of Sussex’s case against News Group Newspapers. An attorney for Prince Harry accused Rupert Murdoch this week of knowing about News Group Newspapers’ alleged use of illegal tactics such as phone hacking to acquire information about the Duke of Sussex and others. Harry, actor Hugh Grant and other …
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The city of Los Angeles has sued a local journalist and an activist group after officials accidentally released photos of undercover officers through a public records request. The Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, a technology oversight group advocating for police abolishment, called it “an attack on the public’s ability to request, analyze, and publish public records.” Susan Seager, an attorney for …
The late Atlantic Records executive Ahmet Ertegun has been accused of sexual assault by another woman. Carvello filed a lawsuit Monday in New York state court against Ertegun‘s estate and Atlantic Records, which is owned by Warner Music Group, for battery, forcible touching, sexual abuse, criminal and civil conspiracy and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The lawsuit comes …
