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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of Fan Groups, an improved Facebook Groups experience for creators and their communities on Facebook Gaming. via @VentureBeathttps://j.st/4Wlv 

The Senate confirmed Lina Khan as commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission Tuesday, by a vote of 69-28. via @vergehttps://j.st/4Wlu 

A Maryland man was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution for defrauding a VA program dedicated to rehabilitating military veterans with disabilities. via @TheJusticeDepthttps://j.st/4Wlt 

The Senate unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would make Juneteenth, the date commemorating the end of chattel slavery in the United States, a legal public holiday. via @nprpoliticshttps://j.st/4Wls 

Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law Texas' college athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL) legislation, which requires that athletes be allowed to enter into endorsement contracts and create their own businesses, with some minor exceptions. via @atlbloghttps://j.st/4Wld 

Chinese e-commerce platform Shein is facing complaints from clothing brands claiming the fashion company has infringed on their intellectual property. @retaildetailbehttps://j.st/4Wlc 

The United States has filed suit against a California skilled nursing chain and its owner for allegedly paying illegal kickbacks to physicians. via @TheJusticeDepthttps://j.st/4Wlb 

A batch of emails appears to paint a clearer picture of how former President Donald Trump and his allies attempted to pressure the U.S. Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. via @NPRhttps://j.st/4Wla 

YouTube will no longer be accepting ads relating to alcohol, gambling, politics, or “prescription drug terms” for its masthead ad slot. via @vergehttps://j.st/4WhI 

A federal judge over the weekend dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 employees of a Houston-based hospital system. via @arstechnicahttps://j.st/4Whl 

#SCOTUS has given LinkedIn another chance to stop a rival company from scraping personal information from users’ public profiles. via @TechCrunchhttps://j.st/4Wdl 

#SCOTUS unanimously ruled today that people convicted of certain low-level crack-cocaine offenses are not eligible for sentencing reductions under the First Step Act. via @SCOTUSbloghttps://j.st/4WbO 

#SCOTUS has limited new trials for people with felon-in-possession convictions. via @SCOTUSbloghttps://j.st/4WbI 

#SCOTUS has asked the federal government to weigh in on whether the justices should once again wade into the battle over affirmative action. via @SCOTUSbloghttps://j.st/4Wbl 

A man and woman were arrested on a criminal complaint charging them for their roles in fraudulently obtaining and laundering nearly $1 million in funds from the COVID-19 relief Paycheck Protection Program. via @TheJusticeDepthttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-charged-co-conspirators-nearly-1-million-covid-19-relief-fraud-scheme-and-money …

AT&T CEO John Stankey yesterday called President Biden's plan to fund municipal broadband networks "misguided" and said the US shouldn't pay for any broadband deployment in areas that already have networks. via @arstechnicahttps://j.st/4W1E 

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland laid out a detailed plan today for protecting voting rights, announcing that the Justice Department would double enforcement staff on the issue. via @nytimeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/politics/merrick-garland-voting-rights.html …