Judicial Branch

WASHINGTON—The liability shield and other legal protections that fueled the fortunes of Google, Facebook META 1.29% and other internet…

The Supreme Court will consider when websites are liable for content published by their users, taking up a set of cases in which families of terrorism victims allege…

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a Texas law that seeks to prohibit social-media platforms from blocking or removing posts based on the speaker’s viewpoint, a…

SYDNEY—Australia’s highest court ruled that Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -1.61% Google isn’t liable for defamatory content…

In May, shortly after the draft of the Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade became public, location-data specialist Tapestri Inc. received unusual requests from two companies.Each…

Companies that sell sexual health products and medicines over the internet are shifting their marketing strategies to highlight the availability of mail-order emergency contraception,…

CNN said it has restricted access to its Facebook Inc. FB -3.66% pages in Australia following a ruling from that…

Howard Trienens, a lawyer who guided the breakup of telecommunications colossus AT&T Corp. during the 1980s, excelled at distilling complex problems into solutions his clients…

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court Thursday narrowed the scope of a federal anti-hacking law, ruling that it doesn’t cover individuals who use their authorized access to obtain…