- Google Sued Over Allegedly Deceptive Pine-Sol Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 18, 2020
The false advertising lawsuit centers on a Google Shopping ad boasting th ...
- Third FCC Member Voices Skepticism Of Trump's Social Media Order
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 18, 2020
"The First Amendment allows social media companies to censor content freely, ...
- Drug Price Disclosure Mandate Scrapped By Appeals Court
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Handing a victory to the ANA and drug companies, a federal appella ...
- Google Fights Privacy Suit Over Facial-Recognition Technology
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Google plans to fight a potential class-action lawsuit over faceprints by argui ...
- Weather Company Seeks Dismissal Of Location Privacy Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 15, 2020
The Weather Company is asking a California judge to throw out clai ...
- Google And Apple Urged To Crack Down On Contact-Tracing Apps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 15, 2020
"More needs to be done to protect consumers' personal information and ...
- Supreme Court Urged To Take Up Battle Between Cybersecurity Rivals
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 12, 2020
"The internet will become a more dangerous and confusing place for consumers ...
- FCC Republican Questions Trump's Social Media Order
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 12, 2020
FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly expressed reservations about President Trump's recent executive ord ...
- Ad Industry Watchdog Refers Spectrum Mobile To Regulators
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 12, 2020
An ad industry watchdog says it will refer Spectrum Mobile to governme ...
- Internet Archive To Shutter 'Emergency' Digital Library
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 11, 2020
Faced with a legal challenge by book publishers, the nonprofit Internet Archi ...
- Broadband Industry Fights To Block 'Outlier' Privacy Law
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 11, 2020
Maine's new broadband privacy law is "an extreme outlier," industry lobbying grou ...
- California Privacy Advocates Seek Court's Help With Ballot Initiative
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 10, 2020
California privacy advocates are seeking a court order requiring Secretary of Sta ...
- Google Battles New Mexico AG Over Students' Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Google is asking a federal judge to throw out a privacy lawsu ...
- California Mayor Unconstitutionally Blocks Facebook Critics, Advocacy Group Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 10, 2020
A mayor in California who criticized some Black Lives Matter protesters violat ...
- Ad Industry Protests California AG's Proposed Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 9, 2020
The ad industry wants California to scrap a proposed privacy regulation th ...
- Four Republican Senators Urge FCC To Crack Down On Social Media
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Republican lawmakers say social media companies "blur the lines" between publisher a ...
- Facebook, Reddit And Imgur Prevail In Battle With News Anchor
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 8, 2020
A federal judge has thrown out Philadelphia news anchor Karen Hepp's lawsu ...
- Google Can't Shake Privacy Suit Over 'Vanity Searches'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 8, 2020
Siding against Google, a federal judge in California has refused to dismi ...
- 1-800 Contacts Settlement Over Search Ads Moves Forward
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 5, 2020
A judge has granted preliminary approval to a deal requiring 1-800 Contac ...
- White House Must Restore Journalist's Press Pass, Court Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 5, 2020
Handing the Trump administration a defeat, a federal appellate court has uphe ...
- Maine Broadband Privacy Law Doesn't Violate First Amendment, Free Speech Advocates Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 4, 2020
"The protection of privacy is often crucial to free speech," the Knig ...
- AT&T Violates Net Neutrality Principles With HBO Max, Lawmakers Say
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 4, 2020
"The Trump FCC may have gutted critical net neutrality protections, but AT& ...
- Proposed COVID-19 Privacy Law Would Prohibit Commercial Use Of Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 3, 2020
A bipartisan proposed COVID-19 privacy law would prohibit operators of contact-tracing ap ...
- ANA Advises Wait-And-See Approach To Trump Social Media Order
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 3, 2020
President Trump's recent order regarding social media violates the First Amendment, b ...
- Judge Won't Send Biometric Privacy Case Against Vimeo To Arbitration
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 2, 2020
The company's arbitration agreement excludes claims relating to invasion of privacy, ...
- Digital Rights Group Sues To Block Trump Clampdown On Social Media
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 2, 2020
President Trump's recent move to control how Twitter and other online platfor ...
- California AG Moves Forward With Privacy Regulations
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 2, 2020
The final proposed regulations retain a provision requiring companies to honor glob ...
- Google Sued For Allegedly Tracking Chrome 'Incognito' Users
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Google violates federal and California privacy laws by tracking Chrome users w ...
- Marketers Bring Antitrust Suit Against Google
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 1, 2020
Three online advertisers allege in a class-action complaint that Google violates antitru ...
- Book Publishers Sue Internet Archive Over Digital Library
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 1, 2020
The nonprofit Internet Archive has engaged in "willful digital piracy on ...