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The Justice Department has filed suit against the State of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections. The complaint alleges that the conditions at Alabama’s prisons for men violate the Constitution. --- via @TheJusticeDepthttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-against-state-alabama-unconstitutional-conditions-states …

YouTube will begin removing any videos that falsely claim widespread voting fraud changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential race now that the deadline for states to resolve disputes over the results has passed. --- via @politicohttps://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/09/youtube-videos-mass-fraud-election-results-443925 …

At SMX Tuesday, John Mueller, the lead of the Search Relations team at Google, gave a talk named “Google Search #2020: What’s New That Matters To SEOs.” @rustybrick via @senginelandhttps://j.st/4OQF 

Google’s Official Digital Marketing Publication Google’s Year in Search highlights moments that resonated and provides insight into 2020 search trends. via @ThinkwithGooglehttps://j.st/4OQE 

A collection of states has filed a multi-state lawsuit accusing Facebook of suppressing its competition through monopolistic business practices meant to preserve the company’s outsized power. - @tayhatmaker --- via @TechCrunchhttps://j.st/4OQI 

Google will lift its political ad ban on Thursday, ending its five-week-long prohibition aimed at curbing disinformation in the aftermath of the 2020 election. --- via @politicohttps://j.st/4OQH 

This is a cute mobile search feature, where Google is showing you a carousel of GIFs that you can click on to share with your friends. @rustybrick via @seroundtablehttps://j.st/4OQD 

The federal judiciary remains opposed to legislation passed by the House Tuesday that would make U.S. court documents free to the general public. --- via @bloomberglawhttps://j.st/4OQG 

It looks like Google is testing a new design for the Google Guaranteed badge or icon. The previous design was a green circle with a white check mark inside of it. @rustybrick via @seroundtablehttps://j.st/4OQB 

The Senate today confirmed the appointment of Nathan Simington to the FCC, which with the imminent departure of Chairman Ajit Pai sets up the agency for years of deadlock unless Democrats take the Senate. --- via @TechCrunchhttps://j.st/4OQd 

ICE has subpoenaed Buzzfeed in an effort to force the news site to turn over its sources. - @TimCushing --- via @Techdirthttps://j.st/4OPV 

Medical device company AliveCor has levied a lawsuit against Apple alleging that the Apple Watch electrocardiogram feature infringes on a trio of its patents. --- via @appleinsiderhttps://j.st/4OPU 

Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate presidential election results in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan. --- via @CNBChttps://j.st/4OPR 

The Justice Department today announced that it signed a settlement agreement with Ikon Systems, an IT staffing and recruiting company based in Texas. --- via @TheJusticeDepthttps://j.st/4OPG 

Former Cyber Security Chief Christopher Krebs has filed a defamation suit against the Trump campaign, attorney Joseph diGenova and the cable channel Newsmax. via @NPRhttps://j.st/4OPE 

WhatsApp is adding a new shopping feature to its app as the Facebook-owned instant messaging service looks to court more merchants. --- via @TechCrunchhttps://j.st/4OPB 

Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that if he had to simplify crawling priority, how Google prioritizes how it crawls the web, it would not do so by the size of a site. @rustybrick via @seroundtablehttps://j.st/4OPm 

There’s a perception that Google favors YouTube content above other video sites in search results. @gsterling via @senginelandhttps://j.st/4OPn