WENDY DAVIS
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- Meta Files Emergency Petition To Derail FTC Hearing On Teens' Data in
MediaDailyNews on
03/18/2024
The FTC "has a long history of upholding its own claims," Meta argues to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a request for emergency intervention.
- Prime Video Consumers Can Proceed With Claims Over 'Buy' Button in
MediaDailyNews on
03/18/2024
Amazon must face claims that it violated consumer protection laws in three states by offering to "sell" digital videos, while actually retaining the right to revoke access, a federal judge ruled.
- Court Rejects Meta's Claim That FTC Hearings Violate Constitution in
MediaDailyNews on
03/15/2024
The ruling marks another defeat for Meta in its bid to derail an FTC hearing that could result in an order prohibiting the company from monetizing teens' data.
- Government Officials Can Violate First Amendment By Blocking Critics, SCOTUS Says in
PolicyBlog on
03/15/2024
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that government officials can violate the First Amendment by blocking critics on social media -- but only under certain circumstances.
- California AG Battles X Corp. Over New Content Moderation Law in
MediaDailyNews on
03/14/2024
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is asking a federal appellate court to uphold a new state law that requires large social media platforms to disclose their editorial policies.
- FCC Redefines Broadband As 100 Mbps in
MediaDailyNews on
03/14/2024
A majority of the FCC voted to redefine broadband as speeds of at least 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream.
- Meta Can't Halt FTC Bid To Restrict Use Of Teens' Data in
MediaDailyNews on
03/13/2024
A federal appellate court has rejected Meta's request to halt an FTC administrative hearing that could result in an order prohibiting the company from serving targeted ads to teens.
- Google And Apple Prevail In Privacy Battle Over Streaming Video Records in
MediaDailyNews on
03/13/2024
A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to reinstate lawsuits alleging that Google and Apple violated state privacy laws in New York and Minnesota by retaining data about people's streaming video rentals.
- House Votes To Ban TikTok Unless ByteDance Divests in
MediaDailyNews on
03/13/2024
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would prohibit app stores and websites from distributing TikTok unless its parent company, China-based ByteDance, sells the popular app within 180 days.
- Watchdogs Press FTC For Tough Children's Privacy Rules in
MediaDailyNews on
03/12/2024
Children's advocates say the FTC should require web companies to obtain opt-in consent from parents at least twice before serving behaviorally targeted ads to children under the age of 13.
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- Bill That Would Outlaw Behavioral Advertising Advances To House Floor
by
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
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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.
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