Published on June 10, 2022
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: Amazon exec. in charge of consumer biz resigns; NY freelancers now protected by new law; True crime documentary about the horror writer turned killer; Google/YouTube liable for defamation in Australia; Courageous Ukrainian journalist confronts Russia’s Sergei Lavrov over grain theft; Female authors now outnumber male authors in Israel; Mariah Carey sued over famous Christmas song; and The Washington Post is a big hot mess!
Published on June 4, 2022
amazon, Censorship, legal
MORE! Nut job defaces Mona Lisa; College grad pays off student loans after starting used book business; Google suspends book publisher’s ad account; Antitrust probe of Amazon picks up speed; Amazon workers in NJ walk off the job; Preschool flash cards depict pregnant man while teaching colors to toddlers; and Freelance tech writer exposes crytocurrency
Published on May 28, 2022
Censorship, legal, libel
MORE: Barriers being removed between authors and Hollywood; Newspaper publisher is giving away his business; Notorious mobster has published his autobiography; Removing library fines brings more books and patrons back; Children being force-fed woke curriculum; Man sued after creating fake email account; China continues to crack down on online dissenters; Big tech is a threat to free speech; NYC is giving inappropriate curriculum to 5 year olds; State Farm abandons program that advocated giving gender identity books to 5 year olds; and Florida university professor reinstated after getting fired for tweets
Published on May 20, 2022
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: Federal court deals setback to first amendment suit against Elizabeth Warren; Chicago mayor does photo-op in Texas bookstore when she should be working to stop shootings in her own city; Is People magazine closing its print division or not?; How far should social media companies be allowed to go with monitoring users?; Former NY Post digital chief settles explosive lawsuit; Author drops lawsuit over cocktail book; Newspaper gets sued for calling a billionaire an Oligarch; and The parody defense to a copyright infringement lawsuit was successful for this firm.
Published on May 13, 2022
Censorship, legal, libel, plagiarism
MORE: US Nave Chief takes woke books off the reading list; Novelist (allegedly) accidentally confessed to killing husband; Kanye West used sound recordings of sermons, and got sued for copyright infringement; Rhode Island school board removes honors classes for “equity” reasons; Can rapper’s lyrics be used against him in criminal case?; Irish government accused of paying newspaper to publish puff piece; Writer pays off $48K in student debt in just 14 months; Disney targeted with copyright legislation; US obtained subpoena to access reporter’s phone; Member of Hollywood Foreign Press Association has sued the organization alleging sexual harassment, discrimination, and breach of contract.
Published on May 7, 2022
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel, plagiarism
MORE: When media execs perpetuate lies; Hunter Biden laptop repairman sues several media outlets; Texas library assoc. hosts drag queens; Don Lemon assault accuser drops lawsuit; NBC News admits plagiarism; Authors condemn publication of Gender-Critical Feminism; and Police officer CRIMINALLY charged with defamation
Published on April 29, 2022
Censorship, legal, libel
MORE: Big tech companies make up news, and spread it; Joy Reid threatened with defamation suit; NYT report suing Twitter over free speech; More parents fighting back against school lessons that have nothing to do with reading, writing, and arithmetic; Examples from rejected math textbooks; Covid led to a worldwide wave of censorship; and The rise and fall of the star White House reporter
Published on April 21, 2022
amazon, Barnes and Noble, Ebooks, legal, libel, social media
MORE: Maryland gives up trying to force publishers to sell their ebooks under specific terms to libraries; WaPo reporter complained of doxxing, and then she doxxed someone; Barnes and Noble is doing GREAT!; Is this appropriate material for math textbooks?; One SICK children’s book!; Interview with the New York Times’ new editor; CNN+ gets shut down in the blink of an eye; Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg is an “advocate for women?” I don’t think so!; Russian news TV hosts laugh about nuking NYC; and Amazon Europe Unit does $55B in sales yet pays no taxes
Published on April 15, 2022
amazon, Censorship, legal
MORE: LinkedIn reinstates Air Force vet’s post after calling it hate speech; Man kills woman and two children over Facebook post they did not create, but shared with others; Journalist bullied the wrong guy; Half of accounts tweeting about Covid are BOTS!; Amazon accused of using third-party seller data to compete directly with them; Virginia parent fighting ‘race-based’ admissions policy wins legal battle as case heads to Supreme Court; Amazon to start charging third-party sellers for “fuel and inflation surcharges.”
Published on April 8, 2022
Censorship, legal, libel
MORE: Oberlin College tried to destroy a local business, and lost $25M for doing so; Libraries more popular than ever!; NYT updates Twitter policy for its reporters; Dumb politician calls cops about comedian’s joke; and Facebook moderators told to “err on the side of an adult” when reviewing potential child abuse material.
