The case brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission against Meta, accusing the tech company of being a social media monopoly, was dismissed by Federal Judge James Boasberg, granting the company the victory.

As you may recall, in 2020 the Commission sued Meta, “accusing it of violating antitrust law by acquiring potential emerging rivals such as Instagram and WhatsApp to avoid having to compete with them.”

Judge Boasberg dismissed the case after a seven-week trial, where Mark Zuckerberg, owner of the brand, argued that Meta faces strong competition from YouTube and TikTok.

The argument was accepted by the legal expert, who stated that “TikTok and YouTube prevent Meta from monopolizing the social media market.” He also referred to the changes that have occurred in the social media sector since the Commission filed the case, mentioning the generation of content with AI, which weakened the agency’s arguments.

The ruling in favor of Meta is also a victory for Silicon Valley, “as US regulators increasingly seek to curb the power of Big Tech” such as Google, Apple, and Amazon.

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Julian Assange, arrested in 2019 by the British police after spending seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, obtained this Monday an opportunity to appeal in his extradition case to the United States.

The British justice system reached this decision at the beginning of the week, which will allow Assange to appeal in this case, where it is presumed that if he were deported his life would be in danger.

“On March 26, the British judges asked the American authorities to guarantee that the 52-year-old Australian could benefit from the First Amendment of the Constitution, which protects freedom of expression, and that he would not be sentenced to the death penalty. ”.

Assange’s defense lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald, accepted the US government’s assurances that the accused would not be sentenced to the death penalty. On the other hand, however, “he questioned whether his client could rely on the First Amendment of the American Constitution. It covers freedom of expression and freedom of the press.”

Before the British authorities, the representative of the United States government, James Lewis, pointed out that Assange’s conduct was not protected by the First Amendment and added that it does not apply to anyone “in relation to the publication of national defense information.” obtained illegally, indicating the names of innocent sources due to their serious and imminent risk of harm.”

Regarding the court’s ruling, which allows a new appeal, Amnesty International indicated that it is “rare positive news for Julian Assange and all defenders of press freedom.”

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Google has suspended the Downloader app from its application store due to an accusation of copyright infringement by several Israeli television companies. The included browser in the app can load a specific website that contains pirated content, which the developer considers “absurd” since it is something that all web browsers can do.

Downloader is an application that allows browsing and downloading files from the internet, available for Android devices, and can also be used on Smart TVs with Android TV or Google TV. Users can utilize Downloader to browse the internet on their televisions, as it includes a URL bar for accessing any website, similar to a regular browser.

In response to this situation, the app developer has expressed their complaints on their website after Downloader was suspended from Google Play for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), based on a complaint filed by a law firm representing several Israeli television companies such as Yes TV and Hot TV.

The complaint specifically alleges that by using Downloader as a web browser, users can create websites that infringe upon the copyright of their clients. The complaint refers to a specific piracy website, but the app developer has not disclosed its name.

Essentially, Downloader is accused of enabling users to access this piracy website and is therefore accused of copyright infringement. However, as the developer explains, the app does not direct users to any specific website nor has any relationship with the piracy website.

“Any rational person would agree that you can’t blame a web browser for pirated content that exists on the internet, but that’s exactly what happened to my app,” expressed the developer.

Despite all this, Google accepted the complaint and suspended Downloader from Google Play, prompting the creator of Downloader to highlight the inconsistency of disabling a web browser for this reason, as “piracy exists on the open internet.”

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Former US President Donald Trump will face trial after being indicted by a grand jury in New York. Tuesday will be the day this unprecedented event begins in which a former commander-in-chief of the country faces arrest and trial.

Trump’s indictment stems from an investigation into paying hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels, who claimed she had a sexual relationship with him. So far, the specific details of the indictment have been kept under wraps, as is customary in New York before a formal arraignment.

Although Trump has denied any wrongdoing, he has denounced the investigation as a “scam”, a “persecution”, an injustice and a political attack designed to damage his chances in the 2024 presidential election. It is relevant to mention that Trump is Republican and that the district attorney in charge of the investigation, Alvin Bragg, is a Democrat.

Since no former president has been charged with a crime before, there are no established precedents for handling this case. It should be noted that Trump has Secret Service protection, so agents are expected to accompany him at all times.

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