- FTC Should Impose Tougher Terms On Zoom, Open Technology Institute Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 24, 2020
Zoom should be required to notify users affected by its prior cybersecuri ...
- Steve Bannon Ordered To Appear For Questioning By FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon must appear for questioning by t ...
- Citing Failure To Repeal Section 230, Trump Vetoes Military Spending Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 23, 2020
"Section 230 facilitates the spread of foreign disinformation online, which is ...
- Judge Throws Out Children's Privacy Claims Against YouTube, Channel Operators
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
A federal judge has dismissed claims that YouTube, Hasbro, the Cartoon Netwo ...
- Google's Fitbit Purchase Hits Roadblock In Australia
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Google's proposed acquisition "further consolidates Google's leading position in relation to t ...
- COVID Stimulus Bill Increases Criminal Penalties For Streaming Piracy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
The "Protecting Lawful Streaming Act" makes it a felony to operate ...
- Rural Broadband Carriers Urge FCC To Define Broadband As 100 Mbps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 21, 2020
The current standard of 25 Mbps downstream "does not reflect what Americ ...
- Mobile Users Consented To Share Analytics Data With Developers, Google Argues
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 21, 2020
Google is urging a federal judge to dismiss claims that it violat ...
- Steve Bannon Battles FTC Over Cambridge Analytica Testimony
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 18, 2020
The FTC says it shouldn't have to wait until Bannon's criminal fra ...
- Google Hit With New Antitrust Lawsuits By Genius, Sweepstakes Today, Other Publishers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, December 20, 2020
Genius Media Group -- which unsuccessfully sued Google for allegedly scraping lyri ...
- Actors Union Backs News Anchor Hepp In Battle Against Facebook
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, December 20, 2020
News anchor Karen Hepp is getting some support from the actors' uni ...
- EU Antitrust Regulators Approve Google's Purchase Of Fitbit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 17, 2020
"We can approve the proposed acquisition of Fitbit by Google because t ...
- Dozens Of States Sue Google Over Alleged Search Monopolization
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 17, 2020
Google "has methodically undertaken actions to entrench and reinforce its general sear ...
- Facebook Picks Public Fight With Apple Over Privacy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 17, 2020
In the unusually public battle, the company that let Cambridge Analytica harve ...
- Privacy Advocates Denounce FTC's 'Unacceptable' Settlement With Zoom
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
"Zoom's unlawful business practices created substantial privacy and security risks for consume ...
- States Sue Google For Allegedly Monopolizing Online Display Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
"Google uses its powerful position on every side of the online displ ...
- Twitter Fined In Europe For Delay In Disclosing Data Breach
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Regulators in Europe on Tuesday said they have fined Twitter around $546,0 ...
- Twitter Seeks Dismissal Of Lawsuit Over Phone Number Snafu
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Twitter is urging a federal judge in Seattle to dismiss a class-acti ...
- Second Judge Refuses To Block Trump's Social Media Order
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 14, 2020
The digital rights group Center for Democracy & Technology isn't facing ...
- FTC Launches Broad Online Privacy Investigation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 14, 2020
The FTC on Monday launched an investigation into "dangerously opaque" online pratic ...
- 1 In 3 Say Advertisers Shouldn't Appear Near News About COVID-19 Deaths, Study Finds
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
A survey by the Trustworthy Accountability Group and Brand Safety Institute fin ...
- Trump Administration Fights To Proceed With TikTok Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 11, 2020
An injunction preventing the planned TikTok ban "disrupts national security efforts," t ...
- Senate Rebuffs Trump On Section 230 Repeal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Saturday, December 12, 2020
Rejecting a demand by President Trump, the Senate on Friday passed ...
- French Regulators Fine Google, Amazon Over Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 10, 2020
In an online privacy crackdown, French authorities have fined Google $121 milli ...
- California Proposes Standards For Opt-Out Button
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 11, 2020
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has proposed new privacy regulations implementing t ...
- Removing Bad Reviews Might Deceive Consumers, FTC Suggests
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 10, 2020
The FTC is moving "deeper into the consumer review ecosystem," advertising lawy ...
- Facebook's WhatsApp Blasts Apple Over Privacy Labels
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Apple's new app privacy labels are unfair to outside companies, Facebook's WhatsA ...
- FTC, States Sue Facebook Over 'Buy-Or-Bury' Monopoly Scheme
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 9, 2020
"For almost a decade, Facebook has had monopoly power in the person ...
- News Anchor Seeks To Revive Claims Over Photo Against Facebook, Other Web Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Philadelphia news anchor Karen Hepp has asked a federal appellate court ...
- Second Judge Blocks TikTok Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 8, 2020
A second federal judge has prohibited the government from enforcing an executi ...