WENDY DAVIS
Wendy Davis is a Senior Writer at MediaPost. You can reach Wendy at wdavis@mediapost.com
- Media Matters Must Face Musk Suit In Ireland, Court Rules in
MediaDailyNews on
12/19/2025
Siding against Media Matters for America, a federal appeals court has lifted an injunction that prohibited Elon Musk's X Corp from continuing to sue the watchdog in Ireland over its report that ads
from major brands appeared next to pro-Nazi posts on X.
- Meta Asks Judge To Toss Advertiser Suit Over Alleged Overcharges in
MediaDailyNews on
12/19/2025
Meta Platforms is urging a judge to again throw out a class-action complaint alleging that Facebook overcharged advertisers around $4 billion between 2013 and 2017.
- Amazon Users Can Proceed With Class-Action Over Virtual Try-On in
MediaDailyNews on
12/18/2025
Siding against Amazon, a federal appellate court has ruled that consumers can move forward with a class-action lawsuit over claims that the company violated an Illinois biometric privacy law by
allegedly collecting and storing facial recognition data of people who used a "virtual try on" feature to test makeup and eyewear.
- Universal Music Group Must Face Suit Over Online Tracking in
MediaDailyNews on
12/18/2025
Universal Music Group must face a privacy lawsuit over its alleged failure to honor web users' request to reject tracking cookies, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
- Meta Battles Mike Huckabee Over Fake Endorsements in
MediaDailyNews on
12/17/2025
Meta Platforms is urging a federal appeals court to reject former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's bid to revive claims over CBD gummy ads that misappropriated his name and image.
- Judge Blocks Louisiana Social Media Parental Consent Law in
MediaDailyNews on
12/17/2025
Louisiana can't enforce a law that would have required social platforms to verify users' ages and ban minors under 16, without parental consent.
- Google, TikTok Prevail In Battle Over Potentially Harmful Videos in
MediaDailyNews on
12/16/2025
A federal judge has thrown out claims that Google and TikTok failed to remove videos promoting dangerous activity.
- Arkansas Social Media Law Likely Violates First Amendment, Judge Rules in
MediaDailyNews on
12/16/2025
A federal judge has blocked enforcement of an Arkansas law that would have prohibited social media platforms from using algorithms or design features that could "cause" a user to commit suicide, buy
drugs, develop an eating disorder, or become addicted to social media.
- Texas Sues Smart TV Companies Over Privacy in
MediaDailyNews on
12/15/2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense and TCL for allegedly using automatic content recognition technology to collect and sell ad-targeting data.
- Chamber Of Commerce Urges SCOTUS To Review Verizon's Privacy Fine in
MediaDailyNews on
12/15/2025
The FCC violated Verizon's 7th Amendment right by "acting as the prosecutor, judge, and jury," the Chamber of Commerce says in a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the Supreme Court.
- Bill That Would Outlaw Behavioral Advertising Advances To House Floor
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Wendy Davis
(Digital News Daily on
07/20/2022)
Here's the most recent version of the bill: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20220720/115041/BILLS-117-8152-P000034-Amdt-1.pdf
- Court Sides With Devin Nunes -- Again -- In Battle Over Journalist's Tweet
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Wendy Davis
(Red, White & Blog on
11/23/2021)
Thanks for catching that. It's been fixed
- Bill Seeks To Strip Websites Of Protections For False COVID-19 Information Posted By Users
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Wendy Davis
(PolicyBlog on
07/22/2021)
The piece mentions that Biden later softened his remarks about Facebook
- FCC Chairman Pai To Exit In January
by
Wendy Davis
(Digital News Daily on
11/30/2020)
Are you confident the Senate will approve Biden's FCC pick?
- House Republicans Want Tech CEOs To Testify About 'Censorship' Policies
by
Wendy Davis
(Digital News Daily on
10/20/2020)
Here's what Biden campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates told The New York Times: “We have reviewed Joe Biden’s official schedules from the time and no meeting, as alleged by the New York Post, ever took place.”
- New York Lawmaker Proposes Data Tax
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Wendy Davis
(Digital News Daily on
01/22/2020)
As currently written, the proposed bill would impose a tax of 5% "on gross income upon every corporation which derives income from the data individuals of this state share with such corporations."
- Facebook Prevails In Battle With Russian 'News' Agency
by
Wendy Davis
(Digital News Daily on
01/15/2020)
Thank you for catching that! The dismissal order was "with prejudice." The sentence has been corrected.
- Sen. Markey Unveils Bill To Restore Net Neutrality
by
Wendy Davis
(Digital News Daily on
03/06/2019)
The article should have said the proposal drew the support of 52 Senators last year. Thanks for catching!
- ANA Cheers Supreme Court Order In Fight Over Cell Phone Radiation Warnings
by
Wendy Davis
(Digital News Daily on
06/28/2018)
@Cynthia Franklin -- The Supreme Court granted CTIA's petition, vacated the earlier ruling, and sent the case back to the appellate court for reconsideration. While today's order doesn't explicitly invalidate the Berkeley ordinance, the decision to remand for a new hearing leaves CTIA in a better position than before, because the group can now argue its case again -- and this time, can draw on this week's ruling involving the
crisis pregnancy centers. The headline has been revised to reflect the ANA's reaction to the order.
- FCC Passes Broad Privacy Rules, Limits Behavioral Advertising By Broadband Providers
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Wendy Davis
(Daily Online Examiner on
10/27/2016)
The rules are very broad, and go beyond a prohibition on selling data. While the FCC hasn't yet published the full regulations, a fact sheet released today specifies that opt-in consent is required before ISPs can "use" or "share" data about consumers' "sensitive" data -- which the FCC says includes Web browsing and app usage history.