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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Ars Technica: Chrome on the chopping block as Google’s search antitrust trial moves forward. “With opening arguments beginning today, the US Justice Department will seek to convince the court that Google should be forced to divest Chrome, unbundle Android, and make other foundational changes. But Google will attempt to paint the government’s position as too extreme and rooted in past […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/23/ars-technica-chrome-on-the-chopping-block-as-googles-search-antitrust-trial-moves-forward/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/23/ars-technica-chrome-on-the-chopping-block-as-googles-search-antitrust-trial-moves-forward/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>VT Digger: Snapchat sued in connection with Vermont child sexual abuse case. “The parents of two Vermont children have sued Snap Inc., which owns and operates Snapchat, accusing the social media company of aiding and abetting a man who allegedly sexually abused their daughters.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/23/vt-digger-snapchat-sued-in-connection-with-vermont-child-sexual-abuse-case/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/23/vt-digger-snapchat-sued-in-connection-with-vermont-child-sexual-abuse-case/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>CNBC: Google faces £5 billion lawsuit in the UK for abusing ‘near-total dominance’ in search. “A class action lawsuit filed Wednesday in the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal claims that Google abused its position to restrict competing search engines and, in turn, bolster its dominant position in the market and make itself the only viable destination for online search advertising.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/23/cnbc-google-faces-5-billion-lawsuit-in-the-uk-for-abusing-near-total-dominance-in-search/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/23/cnbc-google-faces-5-billion-lawsuit-in-the-uk-for-abusing-near-total-dominance-in-search/</a></p>
rogue_corq<p>Kehinde Wiley responds to woman's lawsuit alleging sexual assault <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/22/kehinde-wiley-sued-by-a-woman-for-sexual-assault?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/22</span><span class="invisible">/kehinde-wiley-sued-by-a-woman-for-sexual-assault?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.corq.co/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://mas.corq.co/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Satanists run another <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> lawsuit up the flagpole<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/satanists-run-another-boston-lawsuit-flagpole" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/satanist</span><span class="invisible">s-run-another-boston-lawsuit-flagpole</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> to regime toadies: See you in court, or hell, whichever comes first<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/harvard-regime-toadies-see-you-court-or-hell-whichever-comes-first" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/harvard-</span><span class="invisible">regime-toadies-see-you-court-or-hell-whichever-comes-first</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a></p>
TorrentFreak RSS<p>Nintendo Seeks Damages &amp; Broad Injunction Against ‘Pirate’ Game Streamer</p><p><a href="https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-seeks-damages-and-broad-injunction-against-pirate-game-streamer-250421/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">torrentfreak.com/nintendo-seek</span><span class="invisible">s-damages-and-broad-injunction-against-pirate-game-streamer-250421/</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/AppsandSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppsandSites</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/JesseKeighin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JesseKeighin</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emulation</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/Nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nintendo</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Verge: FTC v. Meta live: the latest from the battle over Instagram and WhatsApp. “The FTC first brought the case in late 2020. While it was initially thrown out by the judge, he let an amended version move forward after the government beefed up details about why it thinks Meta is a monopoly. This phase of the trial will help the judge determine if Meta is liable for breaking antitrust […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/20/ftc-v-meta-live-the-latest-from-the-battle-over-instagram-and-whatsapp-the-verge/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/20/ftc-v-meta-live-the-latest-from-the-battle-over-instagram-and-whatsapp-the-verge/</a></p>
Austin Huang ❤️<p>I have now compiled a list of <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a> challenging the current wave of arbitrary <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a> status terminations by <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>:<br><a href="https://austinhuang.me/sevis-terminations.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">austinhuang.me/sevis-terminati</span><span class="invisible">ons.html</span></a></p><p>To clarify, the vast majority of cases have nothing to do with protests, but rather minor run-ins with police or CBP that have already been resolved, sometimes up to 10 years ago.</p><p>(The list is intended for a support group of international students who are similarly situated or at risk. If you're affected, I can give you some pointers.)</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
rogue_corq<p>David Geffen files countersuit against Justin Sun as collectors' fight over $78m Giacometti escalates <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/18/david-geffen-justin-sun-countersuit-giacometti-dispute?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/18</span><span class="invisible">/david-geffen-justin-sun-countersuit-giacometti-dispute?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.corq.co/tags/Artmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artmarket</span></a> <a href="https://mas.corq.co/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a></p>
Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a></p><p>"The U.S. Supreme Court in March 2025 ended a decade-old lawsuit filed by a group of children who sought to hold the federal government responsible for some of the consequences of climate change. But just two months earlier, the justices allowed a similar suit from the city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii, to continue against oil and gas companies.</p><p>Evidence shows that fossil fuel companies, electric utilities and the federal government have known about climate change, its dangers and its human causes for at least 50 years. But the steps taken by fossil fuel companies, utilities and governments, including the U.S. government, have not been enough to meet international climate targets."</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/lawsuits-seeking-to-address-climate-change-have-promise-but-face-uncertain-future-253484" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/lawsuits-s</span><span class="invisible">eeking-to-address-climate-change-have-promise-but-face-uncertain-future-253484</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Tubefilter: A TikToker is suing Roblox for stealing her Charli XCX dance. “Fortnite, which apparently learned its lesson after facing numerous lawsuits from creators who alleged it stole their dances, successfully contacted [Kelley] Heyer and licensed her moves. It began selling its ‘Apple’ emote in December 2024. But, according to a lawsuit filed by Heyer, things went awry with Roblox.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/18/tubefilter-a-tiktoker-is-suing-roblox-for-stealing-her-charli-xcx-dance/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/18/tubefilter-a-tiktoker-is-suing-roblox-for-stealing-her-charli-xcx-dance/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>NBC News: N.J. attorney general sues Discord messaging app over child predator concerns. “New Jersey has sued the social gaming platform Discord for allegedly failing to adequately protect underage users from predators, the first state to do so. The heavily redacted civil suit, filed Thursday, accuses Discord of violating the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act by making it easy for children to […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/18/nbc-news-n-j-attorney-general-sues-discord-messaging-app-over-child-predator-concerns/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/18/nbc-news-n-j-attorney-general-sues-discord-messaging-app-over-child-predator-concerns/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>TorrentFreak: Alleged Anna’s Archive Operator Dropped from U.S. ‘Scraping’ Lawsuit. “American nonprofit OCLC sued Anna’s Archive last year for alleged hacking and unauthorized publishing of its WorldCat database. The sole named defendant in the case, an archivist from the Seattle area, denied any involvement with the site. After the court referred several scraping-related questions to […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/18/torrentfreak-alleged-annas-archive-operator-dropped-from-u-s-scraping-lawsuit/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/18/torrentfreak-alleged-annas-archive-operator-dropped-from-u-s-scraping-lawsuit/</a></p>
JackTheRebelCat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇵🇸 🇺🇦<p>Ooh, that's dodgy AF. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/114355383337061756" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/114355</span><span class="invisible">383337061756</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>CalMatters: How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change <br><a href="https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2025/04/17/how-labor-killed-a-bill-to-let-california-wildfire-victims-sue-big-oil-for-climate-change" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kpbs.org/news/politics/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/17/how-labor-killed-a-bill-to-let-california-wildfire-victims-sue-big-oil-for-climate-change</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/climatedisaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatedisaster</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a></p>
TorrentFreak RSS<p>Alleged Anna’s Archive Operator Dropped from U.S. ‘Scraping’ Lawsuit</p><p><a href="https://torrentfreak.com/alleged-annas-archive-operator-dropped-from-u-s-scraping-lawsuit-250417/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">torrentfreak.com/alleged-annas</span><span class="invisible">-archive-operator-dropped-from-u-s-scraping-lawsuit-250417/</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/ThelatestnewsonAnna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThelatestnewsonAnna</span></a>'sArchive <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/AppsandSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppsandSites</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/oclc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oclc</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Reuters: California attorney general declines to join Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI. “The California attorney general’s office declined to join a lawsuit by Elon Musk against OpenAI, the agency wrote in a letter made public on Tuesday, saying the office did not see how Musk’s action serves the public interest of the state.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/16/reuters-california-attorney-general-declines-to-join-musks-lawsuit-against-openai/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/16/reuters-california-attorney-general-declines-to-join-musks-lawsuit-against-openai/</a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> </p><p>'The California attorney general's office declined to join a lawsuit by Elon Musk against OpenAI, the agency wrote in a letter made public on Tuesday, saying the office did not see how Musk's action serves the public interest of the state.'</p><p><a href="https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/california-attorney-general-declines-join-234730528.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/cali</span><span class="invisible">fornia-attorney-general-declines-join-234730528.html</span></a></p>
TorrentFreak RSS<p>Nhentai Operators Ordered to Expose Themselves in U.S. Copyright Lawsuit</p><p><a href="https://torrentfreak.com/nhentai-operators-ordered-to-expose-themselves-in-u-s-copyright-lawsuit-250415/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">torrentfreak.com/nhentai-opera</span><span class="invisible">tors-ordered-to-expose-themselves-in-u-s-copyright-lawsuit-250415/</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/AppsandSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppsandSites</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/nhentai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nhentai</span></a>.net <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/nhentai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nhentai</span></a></p>