- Opt-In Privacy Bill Advances In New York
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 20, 2021
A sweeping privacy bill introduced recently in New York cleared its fir ...
- Watchdog Refers Quicken Loans To FTC Over Privacy Claims In Facebook Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
The ads, which touted mortgage refinancing at low rates, allegedly claimed " ...
- FTC And States Sue Frontier Over Internet Speed Claims
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Frontier Communications duped subscribers by delivering internet service at lower-than-advertised speeds, t ...
- Facebook Seeks Boost From Google's Antitrust Victory
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Facebook is calling a judge's attention to a recent antitrust ruling ...
- Biden Administration Dropped Attempt To Unmask Devin Nunes' Parodist
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
A newly unsealed court document reveals that on March 17, the Departme ...
- Lawmakers Step Up Pressure On Facebook To Scrap Instagram For Kids
Social Media Insider, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
"When it comes to putting people before profits, Facebook has forfeited t ...
- Twitter Fights Government Attempt To Unmask Devin Nunes' Parodist
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 17, 2021
Twitter is concerned that this subpoena is but another mechanism to atta ...
- Facebook Opposes Class-Action Status For Advertisers Suing Over 'Potential Reach'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 17, 2021
The claims don't lend themselves to class-action treatment, Facebook says, partly becau ...
- Washington Lifts Curbs On City-Owned Broadband Networks
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 14, 2021
"We have ended all restrictions on public broadband in Washington state," Re ...
- Biden Revokes Trump Order Targeting Social Media
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 14, 2021
President Joe Biden on Friday revoked former President Trump's controversial executive ord ...
- Google Defeats Advertisers' Antitrust Claims -- For Now
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, May 16, 2021
Siding with Google, a federal judge has dismissed antitrust claims brought ...
- Amazon Sues Text-Messaging Scammers For Impersonation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 13, 2021
Amazon is suing dozens of affiliate marketers for allegedly impersonating the compa ...
- New York Lawmaker Introduces Broad Privacy Bill
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 13, 2021
"Behavioral advertising generates profits by turning people into products and their activi ...
- Facebook Defeats Maffick's Lawsuit Over 'Russia State-Controlled Media' Label
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Last May, Facebook allegedly threatened to remove Maffick's pages unless it public ...
- Mozilla, Advocates, And Attorneys General Defend California's Net Neutrality Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 12, 2021
"Absent effective neutrality rules, ISPs can -- and do -- act ...
- Bipartisan Bill Would Require Opt-In Consent To Track Teens Under 16
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
A bipartisan bill introduced Tuesday would restrict online companies' ability to u ...
- Advocates Call For New Curbs On Junk-Food Marketing
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 12, 2021
The U.S. "has continued to rely on an outdated self-regulatory model th ...
- Judge Won't Block Texas Investigation Into Twitter's Editorial Policies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Twitter's challenge to an investigation by Texas AG is "premature," because Paxt ...
- Attorneys General Urge Facebook To Drop Plans For Children's Instagram
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 10, 2021
"Use of social media can be detrimental to the health and well-bei ...
- News Media Alliance Pushes Lawmakers To Let Publishers Band Together
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 10, 2021
News Media Alliance is stepping up efforts to urge lawmakers to pa ...
- Everalbum Finalizes FTC Settlement, Will Delete Facial-Recognition Algorithms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 7, 2021
The settlement resolves allegations that Everalbum misled users about its use ...
- New Bill Would Require Social Platforms To Establish Content Policies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, May 9, 2021
The "Online Consumer Protection Act," introduced by Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Kat ...
- House Lawmaker To Convene Privacy Roundtables
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 6, 2021
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) wrote that roundtables should "really dig in ...
- Broadband Industry Financed Phony Comments Against Net Neutrality
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 6, 2021
"In April 2017, the country's largest broadband companies banded together to fu ...
- Net Neutrality 'Vital' To Protect The Public, California Tells Appeals Court
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 5, 2021
California is urging a federal appeals court to leave in place ...
- Republican Senator Suggests Treating Facebook Like 'Common Carrier'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 5, 2021
On Wednesday, after a Facebook-appointed panel declined to reinstate former President Dona ...
- Broadband Industry Challenges NY Law Requiring $15 Monthly Service
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 4, 2021
"In short, New York has overstepped its regulatory authority," broadband organizations alle ...
- Snapchat Must Face Lawsuit Over Fatal High-Speed Car Crash
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 4, 2021
A court rejected Snapchat's argument that Section 230 protects it from liabili ...
- Florida Senate Passes Privacy Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 29, 2021
Florida's Senate voted 29-11 Thursday in favor a privacy bill that wou ...
- Supreme Court Ruling Requires Dismissal Of FTC's Antitrust Case, Facebook Says
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 29, 2021
"The Supreme Court's decision and its reasoning support Facebook's argument that t ...