A Dutch privacy advocacy group filed a class-action lawsuit against US-based tech company AppLovin on Thursday, alleging the company unlawfully collected and traded the personal data of millions of Dutch users, including an estimated 1.5 million children, through hidden tracking software embedded in popular mobile applications. Amnesty International Netherlands backed the legal challenge. The lawsuit, [...]
The Federal Court of Australia fined X (formerly Twitter) aooroximately $465,000 USD in a decision on Thursday. The fine stems from the company’s failure to disclose information to Australia’s online safety watchdog regarding the steps it had taken to prevent child exploitation on the site. X has also been ordered to pay the $71,000 court [...]
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday adopted a resolution that reinforces member states’ duties to protect the global climate system by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The resolution calls upon states to comply with the obligations set out by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), creating legal backing to the non-binding advisory opinion issued by [...]
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday that the government will ask voters in a fall referendum whether the province should remain in Canada. The announcement comes after a provincial court quashed a citizen-initiated independence petition over concerns that First Nations were not properly consulted. The scheduled October provincial referendum will ask Albertan voters if they [...]
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent warning letters Wednesday to 12 websites that offer so-called “nudify” tools, saying they have failed to comply with a federal law requiring platforms to remove non-consensual intimate images within 48 hours of a valid request. The letters, addressed to companies the FTC did not publicly name, allege the [...]
Two Washington DC police officers who served during the 2021 US Capitol attack sued the Trump Administration on Wednesday to challenge the legality of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new $1.7 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” which would provide apologies and monetary relief to individuals who have “suffered weaponization and lawfare.” The plaintiffs are former Capitol Police [...]
The International Court of Justice opined Thursday that an international labor treaty protects the right to strike. The advisory opinion provides clarity to the treaty provisions, particularly the scope of the right to association at international law. The controversy centers on the interpretation of articles 2, 3, and 10 of the Freedom of Association and [...]
The UN reported on Wednesday that nearly 30,000 people have fled their homes in Haiti to escape a new wave of violent attacks perpetrated by armed gangs over the past 10 days, exacerbating the already dire humanitarian and security situations resulting from ongoing gang violence in the Caribbean island nation. The majority of the violent [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that four cruise lines can be sued for using docks in the Port of Havana that Cuba’s communist government seized from an American company in 1960, reviving a case that could leave the companies owing hundreds of millions of dollars. The 8-1 decision sided with Havana Docks Corp., which [...]
Amnesty International on Tuesday demanded the removal of a commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), known by his nom de guerre “Abu Lulu,” citing war crime allegations against him. Amnesty International’s regional director for East Africa, Tigere Chagutah, stated: It is alarming to learn he has returned to combat without any investigation into the allegations. The RSF [...]
