Google faces $440m privacy judgment over unlawful 'Paused' app tracking as class counsel files for fees - ITREALMS

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Tech giant Google is currently battling to overturn a massive legal judgment in the United States after a federal jury found the company unlawfully tracked users who had explicitly deactivated their activity tracking, reports ITREALMS.

The class-action lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California under the case name Rodriguez v. Google, culminated in a landmark verdict where the jury awarded more than $425 million in damages to two certified classes of mobile device users. 

ECOWAS court says FG erred in banning Twitter, describes it as unlawful, warns against repetition - ITREALMS

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The court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has proclaimed the ban on Twitter in Nigeria led by General Muhammadu Buhari, retired, as unlawful, reports ITREALMS.

According to the deputy director, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) Kolawole Oluwadare, the court also warned the Nigerian government led by General Buhari not to repeat such a ban.