Cash App customers may be able to claim more than $2,500 each as part of a $15 million class-action settlement for data and security breaches at the mobile payment service. People whose accounts were accessed without their authorization or who had fraudulent withdrawals or transfers can file claims, provided they had or currently have an …
Topline OpenAI could face a potential lawsuit from actress Scarlett Johansson after she claimed the ChatGPT maker’s now pulled chatbot voice Sky sounded eerily similar to herself, the latest legal issue raised by artificial intelligence that experts told Forbes could easily affect anyone now technology has made voice cloning easier. Scarlett Johansson attends ‘Her’ Premiere …
Connecticut’s attorney general announced today he’s going after an internet company for charging “junk fees” and undermining advertising statements with nearly unreadable fine print. Attorney General William Tong’s office began the investigation into Altice/Optimum Online in November 2022 in response to more than 500 complaints from customers about hidden fees, poor technical support and slow …
Google has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit, agreeing to delete user data collected from Incognito Mode browsing sessions. The lawsuit alleged that Google misled users about the level of privacy provided by its services. Chrome’s Incognito Mode has long been regarded as a private browsing option, yet revelations over time have shown …
A lawsuit filed in San Francisco on Wednesday — Valentine’s Day — asserts that dating apps Tinder and Hinge are intentionally designed to make their users addicts. The suit — filed as a class action against Match Group Inc, the Dallas-based company that is owner of a bevy of dating platforms — begins by stating …
Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends I have a love-hate relationship with SiriusXM. I love that it exists at all — and that it exists outside the prudish shackles of terrestrial radio. I love the breadth and scope of the content, from music to news to weather to comedy to live sports. I loathe the audio …
More than 30 state attorneys general are suing Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, for luring kids younger than 13 onto the social media platforms and collecting their data—in violation of federal children’s privacy law. The states argue Meta should use more robust age verification methods. But the platforms and their allies claim …
An unsealed complaint in a lawsuit filed against Meta by 33 states alleges the company is not only aware that children under the age of 13 use its platforms, but has also “coveted and pursued” this demographic for years on Instagram. The document, which was first spotted by The New York Times, claims that Meta …
X has filed a lawsuit against media watchdog group Media Matters over the latter’s research that showed ads on the social network appearing next to antisemitic content. The company’s owner, Elon Musk, promised to file a “thermonuclear lawsuit” against the organization late last week following an advertiser exodus. In its complaint, X said Media Matters …