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 | August 19, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission has refiled its lawsuit against Facebook, arguing that the social media giant is a monopoly.

The refiling comes after a federal court judge dismissed the FTC’s complaint in June.

The FTC and attorney…

Autumn Johnson | August 18, 2021

"Why Trump's banned and the Taliban aren't: they play by the rules." Such was the absurd comment tweeted by Technology Policy Editor of The Washington Post Mark Seibel.

Facebook has issued a blanket ban on the Taliban…

Autumn Johnson | August 18, 2021

Amazon and its third-party sellers have outsold Walmart for the year, according to a report from The New York Times.

The sales make the online retailer the largest retailer outside China. This year also marks the first year that a company…

Autumn Johnson | August 18, 2021

Lead Stories, a liberal fact-checker site, labeled a satire article from The Babylon Bee as “false.”

The fact-check on the Facebook post said the article had “false information” and that “independent fact-checkers say the information has…

Autumn Johnson | August 17, 2021

The Chinese Communist government has reportedly taken a stake and board seat in ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company.

On April 30, ByteDance sold a one percent stake to WangTouZhongWen Technology, a Beijing company owned by three state…

Autumn Johnson | August 16, 2021

YouTube received criticism from a U.S. congresswoman after it reportedly removed a video of a news conference that discussed a legal challenge to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “vaccine passports.”

In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal,…