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Latest News in Media & Entertainment
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February 06, 2026
OpenAI Can Keep Atty Comms Secret After All, Judge Says
A New York federal judge Friday set aside a magistrate judge's order requiring OpenAI's in-house attorneys to share their internal communications regarding deleted training datasets with authors suing over alleged copyright infringement, holding that the conclusions underlying that decision were "clearly erroneous or contrary to law."
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February 06, 2026
News-Rating Biz Escalates Fight Against 'Retaliatory' FTC Deal
News-rating organization NewsGuard took aim Friday at a Federal Trade Commission settlement barring merging ad-buying giants from doing business with it, challenging that deal and an FTC subpoena in a D.C. federal court lawsuit alleging that both are "part of a broader retaliatory campaign" against NewsGuard and other sites.
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February 06, 2026
Google, Meta Get A Jury In 1st Social Media Mental Health Trial
A jury was seated Friday in the first California bellwether trial over claims that Google's YouTube and Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms harm young users' mental health, with the trial to begin Monday in Los Angeles and Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected to be one of the first witnesses.
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February 06, 2026
Tesla, X Accused Of Infringing Voice Assistance Tech Patent
Tesla Inc., X Corp., and an Indian technology company were all hit with patent infringement lawsuits in Texas federal court over their technology that uses voice assistance.
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February 06, 2026
Chinese News App Beats Investor Suit Over Ad Revenue
Chinese news aggregation app Qutoutiao Inc. and its underwriters have beaten a consolidated investor class action accusing the company of illicit advertising activity following its initial public offering, after a New York federal judge found that the plaintiff does not have standing on all the asserted claims.
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