Autumn Johnson
Contributing Writer

Autumn is a practicing attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats.

Autumn Johnson | July 31, 2022

Facebook will no longer pay publishers to host their content on the platform’s “News Tab.”

The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the deal that originally began in 2019 is coming to an end. Senior executive Campbell…

Autumn Johnson | July 30, 2022

Governments around the world are begging social media companies for your data.

A report from TechRobot earlier this year described the ways big government gets a hold of your personal information from Apple, Facebook and Twitter:

Autumn Johnson | July 28, 2022

Google says it will give user information to law enforcement with no warrant in cases of an “emergency.”

CNET reported this week that Google would give police access to a user’s Nest video footage without a warrant in “emergency”…

Autumn Johnson | July 27, 2022

Twitter has scheduled a shareholder vote after Musk announced he wanted to pull out of his deal to buy the company.

CNBC reported that the shareholder meeting would take place via webcast at 10 a.m. PT on Sept. 13.

The social…

Autumn Johnson | July 26, 2022

The House Oversight and Reform Committee is set to approve a bill that would give the federal government more power over digital ID.

On Monday, Reclaim The Net reported that Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) reintroduced the bill with bipartisan…

Autumn Johnson | July 25, 2022

An opinion editorial at The New York Times suggests free speech is mostly fine...except when it’s not.

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Shira Ovide wrote on July 19 that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has the chance to promote free speech online and only…