The European Commission fined tech companies Meta and Apple a combined €700 million on Wednesday for violating their obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), marking a landmark for European digital competition law. The European Commission fined Apple €500 million for implementing steering terms that breached the DMA. The Commission stated that Apple imposed technical and [...]

A New York federal jury on Tuesday found The New York Times (NYT) not liable for libel against 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The former Alaska governor filed suit in 2017, stating that the NYT damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her to a mass shooting in an editorial piece. The opinion piece, titled [...]

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned Tuesday that 3.6 million vulnerable people in Ethiopia could lose access to food and nutrition assistance unless funding arrives urgently. The agency stated that only half of its anticipated funding was received last year, forcing program cuts that are now endangering lives. In a video link with journalists, [...]

Amnesty International urged the US Department of Homeland Security to stop revoking the visas of foreign students, in a letter-writing campaign Tuesday. The demand comes in response to the substantial rise in deportation proceedings initiated by the US government against students, particularly those protesting against US support for Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip. Amnesty [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday temporarily ordered the Trump administration to reinstate employees and restore funding and programming to federally funded networks under the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM). USAGM is an independent executive agency that oversees multiple networks to engage the world in “freedom [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the Mahmoud v. Taylor case concerning the viability of religious opt-outs from LGBTQ+ curriculum in public schools. In the brief for the petitioners, the parents argue that “gender and sexuality are topics of enormous religious importance” and that “decisions related to these topics can have life-changing [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday warned that the latest wave of threats on journalists and media outlets in Indonesia has escalated, leading to a severe impact on press freedom across the country. According to HRW, these actions are against the fundamental principle of democracy and have led to nationwide outrage, with journalists criticizing the [...]

Two Israeli attacks in Lebanon between September and November 2024 appear to be indiscriminate attacks against civilians and should be investigated as war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirmed on Wednesday. HRW states that the two Israeli strikes on the town of Younine are evidence of the failure of Israeli forces to distinguish military targets [...]

Human Rights Watch submitted recommendations on Tuesday to Panama’s Ministry of the Environment regarding a draft executive decree that would regulate national, sectoral and municipal responses to climate change and adaptation, the biodiversity crisis, and the degradation of ecosystems. The submission emphasizes the need for a rights-based approach to planned communities facing climate-related displacement for [...]

Harvard University filed a lawsuit in US federal court on Monday seeking to block the Trump administration’s freeze on more than $2.2 billion in federal research funding to the university, arguing that the government’s action violates its Constitutional rights and undermines the autonomy of higher education institutions. The complaint, filed in US District Court for [...]