Drew Angerer / Getty Images Facebook Hit with Huge Lawsuits from Federal Government, Dozens of States 'Our aim is to roll back Facebook's anticompetitive conduct and restore competition so that innovation and free competition can thrive.' By Kipp Jones December 9, 2020
Johannes Simon / Getty Images Justice Department Sues Facebook for Discrimination Against the American Worker Facebook is discriminating against American workers, in favor of temporary visa holders, according to a new Justice Department lawsuit. By Jack Davis December 5, 2020
Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images Trump Vows Major Veto If Congress Doesn't Eliminate Protections for Tech Giants President Trump wants to remove a provision protecting Big Tech companies from lawsuits over how they handle content on their platforms. By Jennifer Jean Miller December 2, 2020
Kevin Frayer / Getty Images Twitter Won't Fact-Check Chinese Official's Fake Photo of Australian Solider Beheading Child Twitter, which fact-checks President Trump daily, allowed a Chinese official to post a violent and doctored image with no fact-check label. By Kipp Jones December 1, 2020
Chesnot / Getty Images Biden Packs Transition Team with Former Facebook, Zuckerberg Insiders At least seven former high-ranking employees of Facebook or Mark Zuckerberg's charity now work on Joe Biden's transition team. By Andrew Kerr November 20, 2020
Teresa Kroeger / Getty Images for World Food Program USA Twitter CEO Admits Censoring Hunter Biden Story Was 'Wrong' Dorsey's admission came two weeks after the election where the story his company squelched could have been decisive for some voters. By Jennifer Jean Miller November 17, 2020
Johannes Simon / Getty Images Facebook Purges Site of 'Inauthentic' Networks Spanning 8 Countries Facebook said that 'Some of these accounts were automatically disabled for various violations including posting terrorism-related content.' By Jack Davis November 8, 2020
Michael Reynolds / Pool via AP Big Tech Senate Hearing Delayed by Mark Zuckerberg's Ironic Gaffe 'I was able to hear the other opening statements. I was just having trouble connecting myself,' Zuckerberg told the committee. By Erin Coates October 28, 2020
Andrew Harnik / AP CEOs of 3 Tech Giants To Testify at Senate Hearing 'Technology companies argue that their broad liability shield should remain in place. However, they disproportionately suppress and censor conservative views online.' By The Associated Press October 5, 2020
Chesnot / Getty Images Senate Puts Social Media CEOs on Notice with Push for Another Round of Grilling A Senate panel moved to subpoena the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter for a hearing. By The Associated Press October 1, 2020