- FTC's 'Dark Patterns' Claims Against Amazon Premature, Tech Industry Argues
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 25, 2023
"The cart is decidedly before the horse in this lawsuit," the Comput ...
- States Sue Meta Over Social Media Addiction, Children's Privacy
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 24, 2023
"Meta has harnessed powerful and unprecedented technologies to entice, engage, and ultimate ...
- Google Hit With Privacy Suit Over AI-Powered Customer Service Assistant
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 24, 2023
A new lawsuit alleges that Google wrongly "eavesdropped" on customer service cal ...
- Google To Combat Device Fingerprinting By Hiding IP Addresses
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 23, 2023
Google's IP Protection involves masking Chrome users' IP addresses from domains us ...
- Activist Parents Launch New Lobbying Push For Kids Safety Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 24, 2023
"It's crucial to prioritize the development of safe online environments," parents w ...
- FTC's 'Dark Patterns' Charges Are Vague, Implicate All Marketing, Amazon Argues
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 20, 2023
Amazon is urging a federal judge to throw out the Federal Tra ...
- SCOTUS Lifts Order Restricting White House Efforts Against Misinformation
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 20, 2023
The Supreme Court on Friday lifted an injunction that could have curb ...
- Judge Won't Prohibit Google From Collecting Health Data
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 19, 2023
A federal judge has declined to issue an injunction that would ha ...
- FCC Moves Forward With Net Neutrality Proposal
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 19, 2023
The FCC voted 3-2 to move forward with a proposal to reinsta ...
- Appeals Court Weighs Meta's Liability For Scam Ads
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 18, 2023
"This is exactly the type of case that Section 230 was mea ...
- FCC Open Internet Proposal 'Unnecessary and Unlawful,' House Republicans Say
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 18, 2023
"Your proposal could not have come at a worse time," Republican lawmake ...
- 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 ...