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  • June 18, 2026

    Split 6th Circ. Revives Ohio's Social Media Age Limit Law

    A divided Sixth Circuit panel Thursday wiped out a lower court's order blocking an Ohio law barring social media companies from allowing children under 16 to create accounts without parental consent, ruling that the measure does not run afoul of the Constitution.

  • June 18, 2026

    Comedian Carlos Mencia Charged In Calif. Tax Evasion Case

    Comedian Carlos Mencia is facing felony tax evasion charges after California prosecutors say he failed to report $8.7 million in personal and corporate income, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.

  • June 18, 2026

    Express Scripts Can't Ditch Meta Wiretap Suit Yet

    A California federal judge refused to dismiss a proposed class action alleging Express Scripts lets Meta secretly read consumers' communications, saying a consumer sufficiently claimed the online pharmacy allowed Meta's unauthorized collection of personal health information.

  • June 18, 2026

    Meta Can't Undo $35M Political Ad Penalty, Wash. Justices Say

    Most of the Washington State Supreme Court justices rejected Meta's First Amendment challenge to a state political advertising disclosure law in a divided Thursday opinion, while also spurning the social media giant's argument that a $35 million penalty against it violates the Constitution's prohibition on excessive fines.

  • June 18, 2026

    Microsoft Joins Fight To Preserve EU-US Data Transfer Pact

    Microsoft Corp. has secured permission to support the European Commission in its effort to shield a vital agreement that enables personal data to flow freely from the European Union to the U.S. from a French lawmaker's attempt to convince the bloc's highest court to strike down the transfer mechanism.

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