Industry Apple Apple and Meta hit with combined $797 million fine for violating EU's DMA antitrust rules Fines follow Trump's warning of retaliation against nations targeting american companies By Rob Thubron, April 23, 2025, 7:42 AM 20 comments
Hardware Industry TSMC could face over $1 billion fine for violating Huawei export ban Whether TSMC knew about it is another question By Rob Thubron, April 9, 2025, 8:08 AM
AI Tech Culture Lawyer faces $15,000 fine for using fake AI-generated cases in court filing When will lawyers learn? By Rob Thubron, February 25, 2025, 9:59 AM 10 comments
News Around the Web Gaming Treyarch co-founder pleads guilty to drone collision with firefighting plane during LA wildfires Days later, the drone manufacturer changed its geofencing system to put compliance entirely on the drone pilot By Skye Jacobs, February 4, 2025, 6:58 AM 9 comments
Google The Web Russia fines Google $20.5 decillion for blocking YouTube channels The estimated global GDP is $100 trillion By Rob Thubron, October 30, 2024, 9:01 AM 20 comments
Industry Google Meet the couple who just cost Google £2.4 billion in antitrust fines Unfortunately, the fight cost them 15 years of their lives, legal fees, and their business By Cal Jeffrey, October 28, 2024, 4:04 PM 15 comments
Security The Web Europe fines Meta $106 million for storing user passwords in plaintext Meta has been fined a number of times for violating the GDPR By Skye Jacobs, September 29, 2024, 12:34 PM
Industry AI Dutch regulator fines Clearview AI $33.6 million for GDPR violations Non-compliance has authorities are looking into holding company directors personally responsible By Cal Jeffrey, September 3, 2024, 3:03 PM 15 comments
Apple Industry European Commission finds Apple violated the DMA, threatens huge $38 billion fine A second investigation may lead to another $76 billion fine By Cal Jeffrey, June 24, 2024, 2:42 PM 41 comments
The Web Security Avast fined $16.5 million by FTC for selling user browsing data to advertisers Avast harvested customers' data while promising them privacy By Rob Thubron, February 23, 2024, 5:16 AM 12 comments
Apple Apple pays $13.7 million fine to Russian government over App Store monopoly charge Just as Russia raises more money for its war in Ukraine By Rob Thubron, January 23, 2024, 5:20 AM 7 comments
Software Industry Adobe is being investigated by the FTC over dubious subscription cancellations Adobe has a reputation for having a difficult cancellation process By Rob Thubron, December 15, 2023, 5:19 AM
Industry Banned robocallers receive record-breaking $300 million fine for auto-warranty scam enterprise Beats the previous record of $225 million By Cal Jeffrey, August 3, 2023, 4:34 PM 14 comments
Security Tech Culture Amazon agrees to $5.8 million FTC settlement over Ring privacy violations that include employees spying on customers Female users were spied on for months using cameras in their bedrooms and bathrooms By Rob Thubron, June 1, 2023, 9:42 AM 8 comments
Industry Security Meta hit with record $1.3 billion EU fine for sending Facebook users' data to the US Meta plans to appeal By Rob Thubron, May 22, 2023, 8:08 AM
Tech Culture Kim Kardashian agrees to pay $1.26 million settlement for crypto promotion post Kardashian has a net worth of $1.8 billion By Rob Thubron, October 4, 2022, 8:22 AM 14 comments
Industry Security SEC fines Morgan Stanley $35 million after exposing customer data on 1,000 auctioned hard drives This is why we can't have nice things By Cal Jeffrey, September 21, 2022, 4:04 PM 10 comments
Industry Mobile Robinhood is nearly $300 million down, lays off a quarter of its staff, and gets hit with $30 million fine The definition of a bad week By Rob Thubron, August 3, 2022, 6:16 AM 7 comments
Google Tech Culture Russia hits Google with $373 million fine for not removing "prohibited" YouTube videos But will Google pay it? By Rob Thubron, July 19, 2022, 6:50 AM 17 comments
The Web Industry Russia fines four Western companies for not storing data locally Four companies received modest fines By Tudor Cibean, June 30, 2022, 10:49 AM 12 comments
Industry Hardware Intel demands $625 million in interest from the EU after antitrust fine is overturned Intel isn't letting the Commission off the hook By Rob Thubron, June 21, 2022, 11:04 AM 14 comments
Industry Security FTC fines Twitter $150 million for using account security data to sell targeted ads The FTC doesn't care that it was an "error" By Rob Thubron, May 26, 2022, 8:16 AM 7 comments
Industry FCC goes easy on a robocaller by proposing slap-on-the-wrist fine of $45 million It seems light for over 500,000 nuisance calls By Cal Jeffrey, February 21, 2022, 7:25 PM 10 comments
The Web Facebook fined $70 million by UK regulators for not cooperating on Giphy acquisition investigation UK's competition and markets authority claims Facebook refused to provide information after several warnings By Joao Silva, October 20, 2021, 1:01 PM
Apple Industry Apple hit with $12 million fine by Italian regulator over iPhone water resistance claims A drop in the ocean for Apple By Rob Thubron, November 30, 2020, 10:57 AM