Internet service providers will sue over the Federal Communications Commission's new privacy rules, which limit how ISPs can use subscribers' data, Forrester predicts in a new report. "2017 will be a year of legal battles -- between the internet giants and against federal regulators -- while the promised consumer protections will fall short on enforcement," the lead author of Forrester's report said, according to CNBC.

Seventy-three organizations including the ACLU, Black Lives Matter and Sierra Club have asked Facebook to clarify how it decides to take down material. They said in a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter that they are "deeply concerned with the recent cases of Facebook censoring human rights documentation."