The naked breasts, erotic dancers and drugs being consumed in the film Hustlers have raised the eyebrows of the Malaysian Film Censorship Board, which has ruled that the scenes made the film “not suitable for public screening.”
Malaysian distributor Square Box Pictures confirmed the ban on Instagram.Â
The film about…
2ND UPDATE, 5:06 PM:Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s meetings in Washington on Thursday included a visit with President Donald Trump, who has claimed the social media platform has been biased toward Democrats.
But in a message on Twitter, Trump posted a picture of him meeting with Zuckerberg in the Oval Office and…
The Federal Communications Commission has given the OK to Nexstar Media Group to acquire Tribune Media, a little more than a year after blocking Sinclair Broadcast Group from buying Tribune.
FCC review was the final hurdle the transaction needed to clear. The Department of Justice gave its blessing in July.
Nexstar is…
UPDATED with more details:Google will pay $170 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission anda New York Attorney General Letitia James that YouTube illegally collected personal information from children without their parent's consent.
The record fine, which had been anticipated after news reports that…
Google reportedly has agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission investigation into whether it violated children's privacy laws in the way that it collected information and targeted advertisements to minors.
Politico reported Friday that the settlement could total up to $200 million. An FTC spokesman did not…
YouTube, which has been under pressure for facilitating inappropriate content viewed by children, is in discussions with federal regulators to end its advertising targeting on videos that appeal to kids, Bloomberg reported.
Several years ago, Google-owned YouTube launched a new arena that would ostensibly house all of…
Already under investigation and review by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, tech giants like Facebook, Amazon and Alphabet could soon face similar probes in more than a dozen states.
Appearing Tuesday at the the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen Forum (see full video above), DOJ antitrust…
UPDATED with company statement. A former financial analyst at Disney has alleged in SEC whistleblower filings that the media giant routinely overstated its revenue, according to a report in business website MarketWatch.
Sandra Kuba, who worked for 18 years in Disney’s revenue operations unit before being fired in…
I thought I'd figured out Hollywood's prevailing attitude toward firearms. Oscar winner John Legend seemed to sum it up at an appearance in Dayton this week when he said: "The NRA doesn't represent America," and "we're tired of bigotry and hate turning lethal because of easy access to guns."
Then I saw the trailer for…
The MPAA promoted five executives on Thursday, the latest moves at the global film and TV industry trade group that has been revamping its global operations since May, when the organization upped Gail MacKinnon to Senior EVP Global Policy & Government Affairs.
MPAA chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin said Thursday in an…
Facebook, which has faced intensifying government scrutiny after revelations of its misappropriation of user data, has agreed to a record $5 billion fine and new restrictions.
In a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission made public on Wednesday (hours before the company was slated to report its quarterly…
The Motion Picture Association of America has appointed Emily Lenzner as EVP for Global Communications and Public Affairs.
She will report to MPAA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin and oversee the trade group's communications team in the U.S. and internationally.
Lenzner will start August 1 and be based at the MPAA’s…
