- Virginia Online Privacy Law Nears Passage
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 8, 2021
Virginia is poised to pass a privacy law that's partially modeled ...
- Biden Administration Abandons Challenge To California Net Neutrality Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 8, 2021
The Department of Justice on Monday withdrew a lawsuit challenging California's n ...
- FCC Should Restore Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules, Incompas Urges
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 5, 2021
Without net neutrality rules, broadband providers "have the incentive and ability ...
- Senate Democrats Propose Broad Curbs On Websites' Protections For Users' Speech
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Saturday, February 6, 2021
Three Senate Democrats have unveiled a new bill that would strip te ...
- Google Must Face Android 'Spying' Suit, Judge Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 4, 2021
A federal judge rejected Google's motion to dismiss an Android user's cla ...
- Florida Governor Takes Aim At Tech Companies
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 4, 2021
Tech companies would face fines of $100,000 per day for de-platforming politic ...
- Moosejaw Settles Privacy Claims, But Ad-Tech Company NaviStone Aims To Continue Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 3, 2021
California resident Jeremiah Revitch has reached a settlement with Moosejaw and ...
- Companies Fall Short Of Compliance With California Privacy Law, Consumer Reports Finds
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 4, 2021
California's privacy law gives consumers the right to designate an authorized age ...
- Washington State Lawmaker Unveils Privacy Bill Requiring Opt-In Consent For Targeting
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 2, 2021
The People's Privacy Act, introduced by Washington state Rep. Shelley Kloba a ...
- AT&T To Pay Additional $12 Million For Throttling 'Unlimited' Subscribers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 2, 2021
AT&T, which previously forged a $60 million settlement with the FTC, h ...
- FTC Finalizes Zoom Settlement, Despite Acting Chair's Dissent
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 1, 2021
The Federal Trade Commission said Monday it has finalized a settlement wi ...
- Ad Industry Blasts California AG For Tweet Endorsing Universal Opt-Out Tool
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 1, 2021
"It's troubling that important decisions are being made by tweet," the ANA ...
- Facebook Unveils Plan To Convince Apple Users To Allow Tracking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 1, 2021
Facebook plans to encourage iPhone and iPad users to allow online tracki ...
- Massachusetts Bill Would Ban Data Caps And Price Hikes During Pandemic
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 29, 2021
Lawmakers in Massachusetts have introduced a bill that would require Comcast ...
- Advocacy Groups Continue Battle Over Trump's Social Media Crackdown
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 29, 2021
Voter advocacy groups have appealed a trial judge's dismissal of their lawsu ...
- Google And Facebook Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit By West Virginia Newspaper
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, January 31, 2021
Google and Facebook monopolized the digital ad market to the detriment ...
- Firefox Starts Blocking 'Supercookie' Tracking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 28, 2021
The newest version of Mozilla's Firefox browser includes a feature aimed ...
- Facebook Reportedly Weighs Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 28, 2021
Facebook reportedly is considering bringing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple over i ...
- Apple CEO Calls For Reform To 'Data Exploitation' Industry
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 28, 2021
"If a business is built on misleading users, on data exploitation, ...
- Missouri Lawmaker Defeats Lawsuit Over Twitter Block
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 27, 2021
A Missouri state lawmaker didn't violate the First Amendment by blocking ...
- Comcast Shouldn't Boast Of Best WiFi Experience, Watchdog Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Comcast shouldn't advertise its service as the "best in-home WiFi experience," t ...
- North Dakota's Proposed Opt-In Privacy Law Needs Overhaul, Ad Industry Argues
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 26, 2021
"North Dakota should not adopt a one-size fits all consent requirement f ...
- Preserve Section 230, Watchdogs Urge Biden
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Dozens of civil rights groups and other watchdogs are urging the n ...
- Lawmaker Blasts Facebook Over Political-Group Recommendations
Social Media Insider, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 26, 2021
"Facebook's system of recommending political groups poses grave threats to American democra ...
- Court Won't Revive Journalist's Lawsuit Against Twitter
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 25, 2021
A California appellate court has refused to revive Canadian journalist Meghan Murphy ...
- TikTok Ban Raises 'Constitutional Alarms,' Watchdogs Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 25, 2021
The government's attempt to ban TikTok should "ring constitutional alarms," the Reporte ...
- Supreme Court Urged To Preserve Ruling Against Trump Over Twitter Blocks
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 22, 2021
The Supreme Court should leave in place a lower court's ruling th ...
- Privacy Bill Moves Forward In Washington State
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 22, 2021
Lawmakers in Washington state have advanced a privacy bill that would requi ...
- Biden Names Slaughter Acting Chair Of FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 21, 2021
Slaughter has emerged in recent years as one of the agency's toughe ...
- Rosenworcel Tapped For Acting FCC Chief
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 21, 2021
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, one of the agency's leading proponents of n ...