- Twitter Can't Shake Advertiser's Suit Over 'Bot' Accounts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Twitter must face claims it wrongly charged an advertiser for interactions wi ...
- FCC Seeks Comments On Trump Request To Crack Down On Social Media
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 3, 2020
The FCC on Monday asked the public to weigh in on t ...
- Ad Industry Launches New Organization, Will Push Google And Apple On Tracking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 4, 2020
The ad industry is forming a new organization that aims to convin ...
- Trump Rescinds Renomination Of Republican FCC Commissioner
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 3, 2020
The White House late Monday afternoon rescinded the renomination of Federal Communicatio ...
- Trump Still Blocking Critics On Twitter, Watchdog Says In New Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, August 2, 2020
"The Knight Institute has sent multiple letters and emails to defendants explaini ...
- New California Privacy Proposal A 'Mixed Bag,' Digital Rights Group Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 30, 2020
Prominent digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation says it won't endorse ...
- Republican FCC Commissioner 'Shudders' At Fairness Doctrine For Web
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 30, 2020
"Like it or not, the First Amendment's protections apply to corporate entitie ...
- Chrome Users Sue Google Over Alleged Tracking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 29, 2020
"Although Google promises that Chrome users can opt out of Google surveillan ...
- Lawmaker Accuses Google Of Privacy 'Bait-And-Switch'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Google has engaged in a "bait-and-switch" by combining DoubleClick's pseudonymous data abo ...
- TAG To Merge With UK-Based Standards Group
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 29, 2020
The combined organization will keep the TAG name, and current CEO Mi ...
- Sen. Hawley Unveils Bill Aimed At Curbing Personalized Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Republican Senator Josh Hawley, a frequent critic of tech companies, has unveil ...
- Google Duped Users With 2016 Privacy Changes, Australian Regulator Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 27, 2020
Google misled consumers with its 2016 privacy changes that allowed the compa ...
- New Privacy Proposal In California Draws Mixed Reaction From Watchdogs
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 27, 2020
Supporters say the new ballot initiative will close CCPA loopholes, but t ...
- Commerce Dept Petitions FCC To Clamp Down On Social Media
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 27, 2020
As directed by President Trump, the Commerce Department has petitioned the F ...
- Apple Co-Founder Sues YouTube Over Bitcoin Scam Videos
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 24, 2020
Steve Wozniak says fraudsters are using his name and image in YouTu ...
- Massachusetts AG Urges FCC To Reject Charter's Request To Allow Data Caps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 24, 2020
"In light of the continued pandemic, the resulting increase in residential broadba ...
- Google Seeks Dismissal Of Arizona Suit Over Location Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 23, 2020
"The only products Google allegedly sold to Arizona consumers are smartphones, a ...
- Washington, D.C. To Nix Proposed Ad Tax
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 23, 2020
Lawmakers in Washington D.C. voted to effectively abandon a planned 3% t ...
- Facebook Nears $650 Million Settlement Over Biometric Privacy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 23, 2020
The judge overseeing a privacy lawsuit against Facebook over its alleged u ...
- FCC Should Reject Charter Petition Over Data Caps, Watchdog Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 22, 2020
It's "hard to imagine a worse time for Charter to ask f ...
- Some Political Campaigns 'Fall Far Short' Of Ad Industry Guidelines
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Some political ad campaigns are failing to follow the ad industry's be ...
- White House Weighs Appeal In Battle Over Journalist's Press Pass
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 21, 2020
The Trump administration says it may ask a federal appellate court ...
- COVID-19 Scams Proliferating Online, Lawmakers Told
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 21, 2020
"Everyone should remain very skeptical of any email related to COVID-19 comi ...
- Ad Industry Urges Washington, D.C. To Scrap New Tax Proposal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 20, 2020
"The last thing D.C. companies need is another unexpected expense as they. ...
- Judge Sides With Cheetah Mobile In Battle With Investors
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 20, 2020
Chinese app developer Cheetah Mobile has prevailed in a battle with investo ...
- LinkedIn Makes Final Plea For Supreme Court To Hear Battle Over Scraping
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 17, 2020
"Because of the decision below, anyone can now deploy automated 'bots' ...
- Twitter Urged To Beef Up Encryption
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 17, 2020
The digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation and Sen. Ron Wyden a ...
- European Court Strikes Down Transatlantic Data Pact
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 16, 2020
In a decision issued Thursday, the European Court of Justice said t ...
- Instacart Accuses Uber's Cornership Of 'Stealing' Photos And Listings
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 16, 2020
Grocery delivery service Instacart on Thursday took aim at Uber's Cornershop, accusi ...
- FTC's Chopra Says Congress May Need To Revisit Tech Companies' 'Privileges'
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 16, 2020
Congress may need 'to reassess the special privileges afforded to tech platform ...