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 | June 14, 2022

Google offered to allow ads from rival companies to settle an antitrust investigation.

CNBC reported that the company hoped this action would avoid a fine from a European Union antitrust investigation:

The European Commission…

Autumn Johnson | June 13, 2022

A Google engineer claimed an artificial intelligence bot that belonged to the company came to life. And then the company put him on administrative leave.

Google engineer Blake Lemoine told the Washington Post that the tech giant’s…

Autumn Johnson | June 12, 2022

Journalists at The New York Times criticized Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to push back against online censorship.

The paper published an article in the technology section that accused Paxton of standing up against…

Autumn Johnson | June 9, 2022

A new story suggested on Wednesday that Twitter agreed to provide Elon Musk with raw data concerning the platform’s bot accounts.

The Washington Post first reported Twitter’s decision. Twitter was said to have been prepared to turn…

Autumn Johnson | June 7, 2022

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into the number of bot accounts on Twitter.

According to FOX Business, Paxton’s office issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to investigate whether Twitter’s reporting on the…

Autumn Johnson | June 5, 2022

A court in Wisconsin ruled that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s private funding for the 2020 election was lawful.

Erick Kaardal, a former Republican Party of Minnesota official and an attorney for the Thomas More Society, filed the lawsuit on…