- Courts Side Against Meta In Battles Over Discriminatory Ads
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Meta Platforms must face discrimination claims lawsuits related to ad targeting, t ...
- Google Seeks Dismissal Of 'Mass Theft' Claims Over AI Training
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Google is asking a federal judge to dismiss a class-action complaint claimi ...
- Google Endorses Online Safety Law, Ban On Targeted Ads To Minors
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 16, 2023
Google said two years ago that it planned to stop serving personaliz ...
- Teens Can Sue Platforms Over Social Media Addiction, Judge Rules
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 16, 2023
Teens who say they suffered eating disorders, anxiety and depression as ...
- New York AG Questions Tech Platforms About Posts Inciting Terrorism
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 13, 2023
"In the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks in Israel, there ha ...
- Google's $23M Data Leak Settlement Gains Final Approval
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 13, 2023
A federal judge will approve Google's $23 million settlement of a class-acti ...
- Judge Questions Montana's 'Paternalistic' TikTok Ban
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 12, 2023
"Seems like there are a lot of things that could have be ...
- Amazon Privacy Policies Too Confusing, Marketing Prof Tells Court
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 12, 2023
"Simply stated, Amazon obfuscated the purposes for which it was using consum ...
- Utah Sues TikTok Over Social-Media Addiction
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 11, 2023
"TikTok's youngest, most vulnerable users become trapped, spending excessive, unhealthy amounts ...
- Battle Over Fake Crypto App Threatens All Third-Party Apps, Tech Groups Warn
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 11, 2023
An ongoing battle between Apple and iPhone users who lost money aft ...
- Privacy Watchdog Faults Etsy Over Self-Reg Code Violations -- Again
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 10, 2023
For the second time in eight years, a watchdog has found onli ...
- TikTok Must Face Lawsuit Over Pixel Tracking
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 10, 2023
TikTok must face a privacy lawsuit over allegations that it tracked w ...
- California Governor Signs Delete Act
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 10, 2023
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a law that aims ...
- X Corp. Seeks Injunction Against California Content Moderation Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 9, 2023
X Corp.(formerly Twitter) seeks to block enforcement of a new California l ...
- UK May Order Snap To Pull Chatbot Over Teen Privacy
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 9, 2023
Privacy authorities in the United Kingdom could soon order Snapchat to ha ...
- Senate Republicans Rail Against Net Neutrality Proposal
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 6, 2023
Reinstating the Obama-era open internet rules would be "an historic mistake," G ...
- FTC Links Social Media Scams To Targeted Ads
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Sunday, October 8, 2023
Many reported social-media scams begin with an ad on Facebook or Instagra ...
- Smartphone Users Can Proceed With Suit Against Data Broker Kochava, Judge Rules
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 5, 2023
U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill -- who recently dismissed ...
- FTC Should Crack Down On Attempts To Squelch Bad Reviews, States Argue
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 5, 2023
Attorneys general from 23 states are cheering the FTC's proposal to cra ...
- Alexa Users Seek To Revive Privacy Claims Over Ad Targeting
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Amazon "never disclosed or obtained user authorization for use of Alexa-captured voi ...
- FTC Urged To Investigate Grindr's Data Practices
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Privacy advocates are urging the FTC to investigate the privacy practices ...
- Meta, X And P&G Prevail In Lawsuit By Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Conservative activist Laura Loomer can't sue consumer goods company Procter & Gambl ...
- NAI Opposes Extending Health Privacy Law To Apps And Wearables
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Congress shouldn't extend HIPAA, which restricts doctors and hospitals, to health ap ...
- Ad Groups Launch New Push For Federal Privacy Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 2, 2023
The Association of National Advertisers and 4A's on Monday launched a n ...
- Watchdog Issues Guidance For Metaverse Ads To Children
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 3, 2023
"The risk of manipulating children into unwittingly viewing ads or making unintend ...
- Supreme Court Takes Up Battle Over Content Moderation
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 29, 2023
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider the validity of la ...
- ANA Opposes FTC Proposal To Crack Down On Fake Reviews
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Saturday, September 30, 2023
The FTC's proposed regulations aimed at curbing fake reviews could chill legitima ...
- Google Advertisers Withdraw Lawsuit Over 'TrueView' Metrics
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 28, 2023
Two advertisers who sued Google for allegedly inflating video ad metrics abrupt ...
- Meta's New Chatbots Could Fuel 'Manipulative' Advertising, Lawmaker Warns
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 28, 2023
"I strongly urge you to pause the release of any AI chatbo ...
- FCC Net Neutrality Initiative Could Lead To Broadband Privacy Regs
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 28, 2023
"We believe that ISPs are situated to collect vast swaths of informati ...