BALTIMORE, MD—A bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general, including Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, has sent a letter to Meta Platforms demanding that the company take stronger measures to protect users from account takeovers. The letter (PDF) calls on Meta to “thoroughly review its data security practices for protecting its users’ accounts from being unfairly locked out or taken […]
EDGEWOOD, MD—Detectives with the Harford County Sheriff’s charged a juvenile on Saturday morning in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in Edgewood earlier this week. At around 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31, deputies responded to an armed robbery in the 2200-block of Hanson Road. There, they made contact with the caller, who was the victim of an armed […]
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BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, along with 41 other state Attorneys General, filed a series of federal and state lawsuits against Meta, alleging that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and its other social media platforms with the intent of addicting children and teens, while falsely assuring the public that these features are safe […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh this week joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general in continuing to fight to “end Facebook’s illegal efforts to stifle competition and protect its monopoly power,” according to an official press release. This week, the coalition filed an appeal brief arguing that the district court’s ruling dismissing the states’ case was in […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh this week joined a bipartisan coalition of 52 attorneys general expressing strong support for the hearings being conducted by the U.S. Senate Committee addressing protection and safety of kids and teens using social media. Attorneys general have been watchful and concerned over the impacts of social media on youth. Those concerns have grown […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has joined a coalition of 44 attorneys general urging Facebook to abandon its plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13, citing serious concerns about the safety and well-being of children and the harm social media poses to young people. In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—The Maryland Department of State Police and the Maryland Department of Labor are warning the public of an increase in unemployment insurance related fraud cases and other scams being reported in the region. In recent months, investigators have been contacted regarding a wide variety of schemes targeting individuals, vulnerable populations, charities and local, state and national government agencies. Most […]