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WSJ Tech News Briefing · Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Flight tracking platform sues prediction market over flight cancellation bets

Flight Aware, a flight tracking platform, has filed a lawsuit against Kalshi, a prediction market company. Flight Aware alleges that Kalshi is using its data without permission to allow users to bet on flight cancellations, which could incentivize unsafe tactics and disrupt air travel.

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Flight Aware says such bets could incentivize unsafe tactics to impact cancellations and create the potential for massive disruption of air travel.
Julie Chang
Flight Aware claimed in the suit that it had sent CalShe cease and desist letters to no avail.
Julie Chang
Heard on WSJ Tech News Briefing — “TNB Tech Minute: Flight-Tracking Platform Sues Kalshi Over Flight Cancellation Bets, published Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Flight tracking platform sues prediction market over flight cancellation bets — Heardvine