- Appeals Court To Decide Whether Meta Must Face Class-Action Over Metrics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 22, 2022
A federal appellate panel has granted Meta's request to review a tri ...
- NAI Issues New Standards For Location Analytics Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 22, 2022
New voluntary standards issued by the Network Advertising Initiative restrict some membe ...
- Facebook Users Want Appellate Court To Revive Battle Over Scam Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Two consumers who were bilked by advertisers on Facebook will ask ...
- Twitter User Who Mocked Billionaire Can Remain Anonymous, Judge Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 21, 2022
A judge ruled that Twitter need not unmask the account holder behi ...
- Meta Revamps Targeting System For Housing, Employment And Credit Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Facebook says its new machine-learning system "will work to ensure the ag ...
- Privacy Watchdog To 'Strictly Enforce' Opt-In Consent Requirements In 2023
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 21, 2022
An ad industry self-regulatory watchdog on Tuesday issued a warning that cou ...
- Florida And Tech Industry Want SCOTUS To Review Social Media 'Censorship' Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 20, 2022
Florida officials, tech associations will ask Supreme Court to decide whether t ...
- Facebook Sued For Allegedly Collecting Patient Data From Hospital Sites
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 17, 2022
Facebook on Friday was hit with a lawsuit alleging it violates user ...
- Democrats Urge Google To Curb Links To Fake Abortion Clinics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 17, 2022
Democratic lawmakers on Friday urged Google to prevent its search engine fr ...
- Facebook Agrees To Settle Battle Over Location Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 16, 2022
Facebook has agreed to resolve claims that it violated a prior priva ...
- Family Planning Apps And Websites Could Pose Risks To Abortion Seekers
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 17, 2022
The privacy practices of websites and apps that offer information related ...
- Firefox Turns On New Cookie-Blocking Feature
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The new "Total Cookie Protection" tool aims to prevent ad-tech companies fr ...
- Bill Would Ban Data Brokers From Sharing Health Or Location Information
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 15, 2022
In anticipation of the Supreme Court's possible reversal of Roe v. Wad ...
- German Regulator Investigates Apple's Opt-In Privacy Settings
Mobile Insider, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 16, 2022
The German competition regulator Bundeskartellamt is investigating Apple over privacy settings th ...
- Google Users Can Proceed With Privacy Suit Over Real-Time Bidding
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Siding against Google, a federal judge ruled that a group of accou ...
- Mozilla Endorses Antitrust Bill Targeting Large Tech Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Browser developer Mozilla on Tuesday backed a federal antitrust bill that wou ...
- GOP Wants To Prohibit Email Providers From 'Censoring' Political Messages
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Republican Sen. John Thune said Tuesday that he will introduce legislation th ...
- Children's Advocates Press Lawmakers To Restrict Social Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Fairplay and more than 100 other organizations are urging lawmakers to mo ...
- Apple Finalizes $100 Million Antitrust Settlement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 13, 2022
A judge has granted final approval to Apple's $100 million settlement ...
- Internet Archive Says 'Emergency' Digital Library Protected By Fair Use
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 10, 2022
The nonprofit Internet Archive is defending its mass lending program from publsiher ...
- Apple Backs Proposed Opt-In Privacy Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 10, 2022
"It appears Americans are closer than ever to obtaining meaningful privacy protections ...
- Anti-Vaxxers Continue Battle With Senator Warren Over COVID-19 Book
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 9, 2022
Vaccine critics including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are appealing a judge's refus ...
- Ad Industry Blasts Federal Opt-In Privacy Proposal
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 9, 2022
The proposed draft bill will "have huge negative implications on the who ...
- ANA Urges California Privacy Agency To Revamp Proposed Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 8, 2022
"The proposed draft rules consequently exceed the agency's authority by handing do ...
- Meta's 'Addictive' Design Harms Young Users, Lawsuits Claim
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Meta this week was hit with nine lawsuits claiming it designed Facebo ...
- California Agency Proposes Broad Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 7, 2022
California's privacy regulator has proposed new rules that appear to broaden resident ...
- Advertisers Seek To Revive Claims Against LinkedIn Over Inflated Metrics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 7, 2022
LinkedIn charged two advertisers "for rampant non-genuine activity, which persisted on LinkedIn ...
- SCOTUS Asks Biden Administration To Weigh In On Facebook Fight With Spyware Company
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 6, 2022
The battle between Facebook and NSO Group stems from reports that t ...
- Texas AG Investigates Twitter Over Fake Accounts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 6, 2022
Texas AG Ken Paxton on Monday said he was investigating whether Twitt ...
- EBay, Poshmark And Others Say Anti-Counterfeiting Bill 'Unworkable'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 2, 2022
A bill that aims to crack down on the sale of onli ...