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Twitter Sued the U.S. Justice Department for Right to Free Speech

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At the beginning of September we saw a new feature announced by Twitter, the Buy button and today we have the latest Twitter news: it appears that Twitter sued the U.S. Justice Department for the right to reveal surveillance information gathered by the government from their customers to their customers.

Twitter Sued the U.S. Justice Department

It does seem like something out of a spy movie, doesn’t it? A company wants to tell all the dirty secrets of an organization and the organization won’t let it. Well, the organization is, in this case, the U.S. government, and the dirty secrets is their surveillance of Twitter’s clients.

Twitter sued the U.S. Justice Department because it won’t let it tell its customers the amount of information the government has on its users. There are government gag orders that simply do not let the Internet industry reveal information about how much the government is spying on the population through the internet.

Twitter Sued U.S. Justice Department

Twitter, as well as other Internet companies, aren’t even allowed to say whether or not the government requests security user information. Twitter believes this is a violation of the Constitution’s First Amendment, the freedom of speech, and hopes to win so that its users know how much they’re being monitored. Twitter said in a statement:

This is an important issue for anyone who believes in a strong First Amendment, and we hope to be able to share our complete transparency report. […] We’ve tried to achieve the level of transparency our users deserve without litigation, but to no avail.

Twitter has around 271 million monthly users and have been known to challenge government censorship requests.

What are your thoughts on the fact that Twitter sued the U.S. Justice Department? Feel free to comment in the section below. We would love to hear from you.

Google Threatened with $100 Million Over Celebrity Nude Pictures

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Apple has gone through of lot of bumps lately, starting with the massive celebrity nude pictures that were obtained after hackers got access to private iCloud accounts, a faulty iOS 8.0.1 update and iPhones bending away in people’s pockets. Today, we’re going to take a look at the latest Google news: it appears that Google is being threatened with a $100 million lawsuit over celebrity nude pictures.

Is the Tech Giant Responsible for the Celebrity Nude Pictures Leak?

Law firm Lavely & Singer is threatening to sue Google over the celebrity nude pictures leak. The law firm is said to legally counsel more than a dozen female celebrities, whose nude photos have been plastered all over the internet following the iCloud hack.

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The question that’s on everybody’s mind is: Is Google responsible? Some believe so, while others don’t think Google had any influence on how the entire situation was handled. An official statement was released by one of the lawyers at the firm:

Although it has been approximately four weeks since we sent our first DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notice to Google, and well over a dozen additional notices and warnings have been sent to you since then, many of the images are still available on Google’s sites.

Should Google be the good guy and remove all the online photos from its search engines? The statement continued:

Rather than be the transgressor, Google should set the example for all other operators and providers. In Google’s own words,’ Don’t be evil.’

This issue is an age-old issue of whether or not Google is responsible for users who search of bad things online. Should Google simply remove any sensitive material? Who gets to decide what sensitive material is?

What are your thoughts on this matter? Do you think that Google has helped the hackers in this celebrity nude pictures leak? Drop us a line in the comment section below.

Pfizer Gets Sued as Lipitor May Cause Diabetes

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Lipitor is the best-selling prescribed drug in the world. Since 1996, when it was placed on the market, it produced $130 billion in global sales. In the U.S., more than 29 million patients were prescribed Lipitor. The drug is used to reduce cholesterol levels, but it has some side effects. Now Pfizer, the company producing Lipitor, faces a surging wave of lawsuits because of one particular side-effect.

The FDA analyzed and allowed the drug to be sold on the market, although it recognized the existence of a dangerous side-effect. The anti-cholesterol Lipitor may cause diabetes. Apparently, women are more predisposed than men to develop diabetes after using Lipitor.

The Food and Drug Administration released a warning in 2012 that drugs from the statin class, such as Lipitor, can cause memory loss and “small increased risk” of diabetes, Reuters reports. As a consequence, many customers filed suits against Pfizer. Because the number of claims increased recently, a federal panel decided to consolidate all the lawsuits related to Lipitor from around the country in a federal court based in Charleston, South Carolina. Pfizer denies liability and will fight in the court.

People who suffer from diabetes have some good news coming out recently. Xultophy is a new drug that just got approved by the European Medicines Agency and will probably arrive in the U.S. in the next two years. Xultophy is the best glucose regulator to have ever been produced.

Lipitor may cause diabetes, Pfizer faces around 1000 cases in federal court

The FDA still believes in the drug’s power to increase the general health condition, as it said in 2012. The benefits gained by having decreased cholesterol levels are heavier than the small risks of developing diabetes, the FDA argued.

Lipitor may cause diabetes and Pfizer gets sued

Another drug producer, Takeda Pharmaceutical, faces similar problems with its anti-diabetes drug Actos, which might cause bladder cancer. Right now, there are more than 3.500 lawsuits against Takeda. The FDA pushed Takeda to update its Actos label to include this warning.

The Charleston-based federal court will have to decide if Lipitor indeed causes diabetes and how this should be weighed against an improved heart condition. A number of 4.000 women gathered in almost 1000 cases are ready to be examined by the court because Lipitor may cause diabetes.

Pfizer has c couple of options in the Lipitor controversy. The pharmaceutical company will weigh in potential benefits from not going into the court room. Potentially damaging information might come out as the trial progresses, so Pfizer might prefer settlements before the trial begins.

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