- 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 ...
- Amazon Doesn't Have To Host Parler, Judge Rules
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 21, 2021
Amazon isn't required to host "the kind of abusive, violent content ...
- Battle Over Trump's Twitter Blocks Could Still Reach Supreme Court
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Donald Trump is no longer president, and can no longer tweet fr ...
- Trump-Era FCC Issues Cheery Broadband Report
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 20, 2021
A divided FCC said for the third straight year that broadband ...
- FTC Chairman Simons To Step Down
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
FTC Chairman Joe Simons, who has led the agency since May 201 ...
- Charter Withdraws Request For Permission To Impose Data Caps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Charter has dropped its request to the FCC for permission to impo ...
- Supreme Court Weighs Media Ownership Restrictions
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
"Amazon gets to own The Washington Post today," NAB attorney told t ...
- Rep. Boebert Sued For Violating 1st Amendment By Blocking Critic On Twitter
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 18, 2021
Former Colorado state lawmaker Brianna Buentello says she was blocked on Twitt ...
- Influencers Urge Appeals Court To Allow TikTok To Continue Operating
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 18, 2021
President Trump's planned TikTok ban would harm people who post content ...
- Google Completes Fitbit Purchase -- Without Waiting For Justice Department Approval
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 15, 2021
Google has promised it won't draw on Fitbit data for advertising purpo ...
- Apple May Lift Parler Block, If Parler Beefs Up Content Moderation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 15, 2021
"If they get their moderation together, they would be back on there ...
- FTC Urged To Investigate Amazon Prime Over Cancellation Hurdles
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 14, 2021
Amazon uses "dark patterns" to manipulate people from canceling their Prime membership ...
- PRAM Seeks Proposals For New System To Identify Web Users
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 15, 2021
The five-month old industry organization Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media is seeki ...
- Fertility App Must Inform Users About Privacy Prosecution, FTC Says
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 14, 2021
In a first, the Federal Trade Commission is requiring a company prosecut ...
- Parler Was Suspended Over Posts Inciting Violence, Amazon Tells Judge
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 13, 2021
"Parler was used to incite, organize, and coordinate the January 6 atta ...
- Texas AG Demands Answers From Tech Companies That Booted Trump And Parler
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 13, 2021
"For years, these Big Tech companies have silenced voices in the soci ...
- House Democrats Question Broadband Carriers About Pricing, Data Caps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
"As our nation continues to confront both a public health and econom ...
- Google Hit With Antitrust Suit By Online Video Platform Rumble
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
"By unfairly rigging its search algorithms such that YouTube is the first-list ...
- Parler Sues Amazon Over Takedown
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 11, 2021
In a lawsuit filed Monday, Parler says Amazon is violating antitrust la ...
- Everalbum Will Delete Facial Recognition Data To Settle FTC Complaint
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 11, 2021
Facial-recognition company Everalbum will delete a trove of data gleaned from i ...
- FCC Chief Abandons Plan To Regulate Social Media Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 8, 2021
Given the upcoming change in administration, the FCC won't move forward wi ...
- Judge Sides With YouTube In 'Censorship' Suit By LGBT Content Creators
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 11, 2021
Siding with Google, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by lesbia ...
- Facebook Locks Out Trump For Rest Of Presidency
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 7, 2021
"We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to u ...
- Tapjoy Settles With FTC Over In-Game Rewards
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 7, 2021
Mobile ad platform Tapjoy has agreed to monitor the outside advertisers ...
- Will Mobile Companies Circumvent Apple's New Privacy Settings?
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 7, 2021
Apple prohibits app developers from deploying device fingerprinting, but some are consideri ...
- Job Seekers Settle Battle With Amazon And T-Mobile Over Age-Targeted Facebook Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 6, 2021
A group of job seekers and the Communications Workers of America Uni ...
- Twitter And Facebook Lock Trump Accounts After Mob Invades Capitol
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Twitter on Wednesday said it removed several tweets by President Trump a ...
- Google Must Face Claims That It Overcharged For Pay-Per-Click Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 5, 2021
A federal appellate court has revived a class-action complaint alleging that Goog ...
- Comcast Urged To Abandon 'Inconceivable' Plan To Impose Data Caps During Pandemic
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Comcast should reverse the decision to impose data caps, and reconsider "a ...