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Scientists are urging Americans to upgrade their face coverings. But Amazon, Google and Facebook restrict the sale of medical-grade masks. Critics say the rules are outdated.

Government antitrust lawsuits have created openings for numerous private cases against Big Tech, with more expected to come. If successful, the cases could cost them dearly.

The automated intelligence systems of Instagram and Facebook have repeatedly denied ads placed by small businesses that make stylish clothing for people with disabilities.

The start-up, which was at the center of a recent stock market frenzy, was valued at $6 billion in the new funding round.

The social network has discussed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, as tensions grow between the companies over how each treats consumer data.

Facebook’s business rose even as it dealt with controversies around the proliferation of misinformation across its platform and as it has come under increased scrutiny by regulators.

Facebook was going to compete with Google for some advertising sales but backed away from the plan after the companies cut a preferential deal, according to court documents.

Regulators are relying on insiders like Dina Srinivasan, who left her digital ad job after concluding that “Facebook and Google were going to win and everybody else is going to lose.”

The social network said it opposed changes that Apple was making to the tracking of apps and would provide information for an antitrust complaint against the iPhone maker.

The Texas attorney general said a coming lawsuit would focus on the advertisements that generate the vast majority of the company’s profits.

Silicon Valley is building a powerful influence industry in Brussels, which has “never seen this kind of money” spent this way.

In a landmark antitrust complaint, the Justice Department is targeting a secretive partnership that is worth billions of dollars to both companies.

President Trump is behind in many swing-state polls, but his social media accounts are attracting as much attention as ever.

A victory for the government could remake one of America’s most recognizable companies and the internet economy that it has helped define.