- Signal Messaging App Rolls Out Tool To Bypass Censors
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 23, 2016
Developers of the secure messaging app Signal have created a workaround ...
- Facebook Agrees To Settle Class-Action Over Message Scans
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 23, 2016
Facebook has agreed to resolve a battle with consumers who sued t ...
- Publishers Lobby Trump About Silicon Valley
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 23, 2016
The American Association of Publishers told President-elect Donald Trump that tech compani ...
- VidAngel Accused Of Flouting Shutdown Order
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 22, 2016
Film studios say that streaming service VidAngel is continuing to operate, ...
- Canada Says All Residents Entitled To High-Speed Broadband
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 22, 2016
Regulators in Canada said this week that broadband access is a "bas ...
- Amazon Ordered To Disclose Customers' Names
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 22, 2016
U.S. District Court Judge James Robart ordered Amazon to turn over t ...
- Hackers Take Over Netflix's Twitter Account
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Netflix's and Marvel's Twitter accounts were briefly taken over Wednesday morning ...
- Orlando Victims' Families Sue Facebook, Twitter And Google
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 21, 2016
The families of three victims of the attack in Orlando in Ju ...
- Uber Should Give Users More Control Over Location Tracking, Lawmaker Says
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Senator Al Franken has asked Uber CEO Travis Kalanick to "restore user ...
- Oracle Petitions FCC To Reconsider Broadband Privacy Rules
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Software corporation Oracle says in a new FCC petition that the broadba ...
- FCC Republicans Vow To Scrap Net Neutrality 'As Soon As Possible'
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 21, 2016
FCC Commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O'Rielly said this week that th ...
- Judge To Decide Whether To Dismiss Washington AG Case Against Comcast
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 20, 2016
A Washington state judge is expected to decide this week whether Attorn ...
- Turn Settles FTC Charges Over 'Supercookies'
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Ad company Turn has agreed to settle allegations that it deceived consume ...
- Facebook Accused Of Misleading EU Regulators About WhatsApp
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Facebook could be hit with a hefty fine in Europe for alleged ...
- Wireless Broadband Company Starry Raises Additional $30 Million
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 19, 2016
Starry Internet has raised an additional $30 million, bringing the company's tot ...
- Sex-Trafficking Victims Press Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Over Backpage Ads
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 19, 2016
Lawyers for a group of teen sex-trafficking victims are making a fin ...
- FTC Urged To Investigate Google Over 'Dangerously Invasive' Privacy Policy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 19, 2016
Google "has given itself the power to track users across the overwhelmi ...
- Feds Charge Two 'Copyright Trolls' With Fraud
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 16, 2016
Federal authorities in Minnesota have arrested two well-known "copyright trolls" for alleged ...
- Record Label Urges Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Over 'Golden Oldies'
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 16, 2016
Capitol Records is seeking to take its seven-year copyright battle with Vim ...
- AT&T Isn't Backing Down On 'Data-Free TV'
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 16, 2016
"Data Free TV is precisely the kind of pro-consumer initiative this Commissi ...
- Verizon May Walk Away From Yahoo
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 15, 2016
Verizon's general counsel is investigating whether to scuttle the deal to purcha ...
- Wheeler To Leave FCC In January
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 15, 2016
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler will exit the agency on Janua ...
- Advocates Seek New Privacy Regulations For Health Wearables
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 15, 2016
"Privacy, security, and consumer-protection policies for the connected-health market should be he ...
- Obama Signs Law Protecting Consumers' Right To Post Reviews
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 15, 2016
President Barack Obama has signed The Consumer Review Fairness Act, which invalidat ...
- Open Internet Champion Wheeler To Leave FCC
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 15, 2016
Tom Wheeler, who said today that he is leaving the FCC, spearhead ...
- Advocates Call For New Privacy Standards For Wearables
Raw, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 15, 2016
Consumer advocates are calling for new regulations for mobile health apps a ...
- Tech Workers Say They Won't Create Database To Track Muslims
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Two hundred tech workers said in an open letter to President-elect Dona ...
- Ashley Madison Settles With FTC Over Hack
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Ashley Madison has agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle charges th ...
- Yahoo Reveals New Data Breach
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Hackers stole data associated with more than one billion Yahoo accounts ...
- Music Industry Lobbies Trump About Search Engines, Domain Registries
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Tech companies "weaken intellectual property rights for America's creators by exploiting leg ...