- WhatsApp Blocks Links To Rival Chat App Telegram.me
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 30, 2015
Facebook's WhatsApp is blocking links to rival chat app Telegram.me, The Ver ...
- Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge To Law Prohibiting Online Advice By Veterinarians
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 30, 2015
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by ...
- Yelp Defeats Shareholder Lawsuit Over Phony Reviews
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 30, 2015
Yelp shareholders can't proceed with a lawsuit accusing the company of dupi ...
- Sheriff Can't 'Throttle' Backpage By Threatening Credit Card Companies
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 30, 2015
"In his public capacity as a sheriff of a major county, Sheri ...
- Google Grants 42% Of 'Right To Be Forgotten' Requests
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 25, 2015
In the last 18 months, Google has received almost 350,000 requests fr ...
- Facebook Presses Judge To Dismiss 'Faceprint' Lawsuit
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Facebook says that Illinois lawmakers never meant to prohibit it from applyi ...
- Advocates Ask FCC To Prohibit Text-Message Blocking
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The FCC recently signaled that it might consider whether to prohibit wirele ...
- Watchdogs Ask FTC To Investigate Junk Food Ads On YouTube
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 24, 2015
The Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood and the Center for Digital Democracy ha ...
- TVEyes And DirecTV Settle Battle Over Clips
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Television monitoring company TVEyes has agreed to resolve a lawsuit brought ...
- FCC Hires Online Tracking Expert Jonathan Mayer
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 24, 2015
In a move that signals a focus on Web privacy, the Feder ...
- Dell Ships Some Computers With Security Glitches
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 23, 2015
Dell has shipped some computers with a preinstalled certificate that "makes ...
- Content Owners Send Google 2 Million Takedown Notices Daily
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 23, 2015
Copyright holders are now sending Google more than 2 million takedown notic ...
- Reddit To Honor Do-Not-Track Headers
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 23, 2015
Reddit won't load any third-party analytics trackers when it encounters users w ...
- TVEyes Asks To Lift Restrictions On Social Media Sharing
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 23, 2015
TVEyes has asked a federal judge to lift an injunction requiring ...
- Montana Newspaper To Unmask All Commenters
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 23, 2015
"The Montana Standard," a daily newspaper in Butte, Montana, has decided ...
- YouTube To Help Video Creators Defend Clips
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 20, 2015
YouTube will now cover the legal bills for a small number ...
- Yahoo Prevents People With Ad Blockers From Accessing Email
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 20, 2015
Yahoo Mail is preventing some people who use ad blockers from accessi ...
- AT&T Takes Battle Over Throttling To Appeals Court
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 20, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission lacks authority to prosecute AT&T for throttling wirele ...
- FCC Chair Takes Wait-And-See Approach To BingeOn
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 20, 2015
When T-Mobile announced BingeOn, industry observers quickly sounded alarms about whether t ...
- SilverPush Deploys Sound-Based Tracking Technology In India
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 19, 2015
Forbes reporter Thomas Fox-Brewster looks at SilverPush, which uses inaudible sound beaco ...
- Bill Outlawing Online 'Gag' Clauses Advances In Senate
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 19, 2015
The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at protecti ...
- Phone Manufacturers Settle Privacy Battle Over Carrier IQ
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 19, 2015
Six mobile phone manufacturers have agreed to resolve a privacy class-action allegi ...
- Comcast Tests Open Internet Principles With New Streaming Video Service
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 19, 2015
Comcast confirmed today that it's not counting data streamed through its n ...
- Federal Health Privacy Law Doesn't Apply To Wearables, Online Storage Services
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 18, 2015
A landmark law privacy protecting people's health and medical information doesn't cov ...
- Gigabit Service Coming To Lincoln, Nebraska
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Every home and business in Lincoln, Nebraska will be able to recei ...
- Android User Wants New Hearing In Privacy Battle With Cartoon Network
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 18, 2015
A ruling in favor of the Cartoon Network "robs smartphone and tabl ...
- NY Attorney General Broadens Online Gambling Probe, Subpoenas Yahoo
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 18, 2015
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's crusade against daily fantasy sports site ...
- Facebook Allowed To Block Sikh Rights Group, Judge Rules
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 17, 2015
A judge has handed Facebook a victory in a lawsuit filed ...
- Vizio Hit With Privacy Lawsuit Over Connected TVs
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Smart TV manufacturer Vizio was hit with a potential class-action lawsuit allegi ...
- NY Attorney General Draws First Blood Against FanDuel
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 17, 2015
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued fantasy sports FanDuel and DraftKin ...