A legal tech startup, Everlaw, lands a $8.1 million investment by Andreessen Horowitz. Everlaw cloud service is now being used by 9 of 10 top law firms in the US and 65 percent of state attorneys general.
US tech giants including Google, Miscrosoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Twitter have jointly urge the UK government to reconsider its new digital surveillance law. The firms say they reject the bill that would require weaker encryption for the spying action.
Shawn Jasper, the speaker of N.H. House of Representative, warned his colleagues on Wednesday to be civil following a social media spat over a public nudity bill.
South Africa's political party, the ANC, says it will seek to strengthen anti-racism laws in the country after a rasist comment on Facebook sparked public outcry by describing black people as "monkeys".
