- IAB Wants A Say In Apple's Privacy Settings
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 29, 2020
IAB calls for "collective development of technical standards and operating practices" ...
- Citing First Amendment, Facebook Says It Has Right To Fact-Check Posts About Vaccines
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Facebook is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit ...
- IAB France, Others Bring Antitrust Complaint In EU Against Apple Over Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Business groups including the Interactive Advertising Bureau France have filed an antitru ...
- Senators Question Tech CEOs About Online 'Censorship'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Republican lawmakers at a Senate hearing Wednesday criticized tech company CEOs f ...
- FCC Affirms Decision To Scrap Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 27, 2020
The FCC voted 3-2 Tuesday to affirm its 2017 repeal of regulatio ...
- QAnon Members Sue YouTube Over Takedowns
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 27, 2020
"YouTube's massive de-platforming, which occurred just three weeks before the 2020 Presidenti ...
- Facebook CEO Will Ask Lawmakers To Revise Section 230
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 27, 2020
"I believe Congress should update the law to make sure it's worki ...
- State AGs Weigh In Against Facebook In Robotexting Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 26, 2020
Facebook's interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act would hinder efforts ...
- FCC's Starks Warns Against Misuse Of 'Deeply Personal' Location Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 26, 2020
"It's no wonder we're seeing wariness about adopting potentially useful things li ...
- Consumer Reports Endorses California Ballot Initiative To Broaden Privacy Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 23, 2020
"This initiative will help to ensure that California consumers can stop so ...
- Apple And Google Sued Over In-App Purchases In Gaming Apps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 23, 2020
Google and Apple were hit with class-action complaints this week for alleged ...
- Facebook Tells NYU To Halt Political Research Project
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, October 25, 2020
Citing its policy against data scraping, Facebook has told NYU researchers ...
- Facebook Battles BrandTotal Over Data Scraping
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 22, 2020
Ad services company BrandTotal "put the security and integrity of Facebook a ...
- FCC Counsel Defends Plan To Tinker With Web Publishers' Legal Protections
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 22, 2020
When Ajit Pai took over as FCC chairman, he promised to "fi ...
- Proposed CCPA Rule Requiring User-Friendly Opt-Outs Draws Support
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation is throwing its support behi ...
- Facebook Sues Fake Engagement Purveyors
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Facebook this week sued the companies Boostgram and Instant-Fans for allegedly selli ...
- House Republicans Want Tech CEOs To Testify About 'Censorship' Policies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 20, 2020
"We have serious concerns regarding the recent actions taken by these compani ...
- Chrome Privacy Setting Malfunctions, Fails To Delete Data About Activity On Google
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Google's Chrome browser retains data about users' activity on Google.com and YouTu ...
- New Bill Takes Aim At 'Harmful' Online Content
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Two House Democrats propose stripping large tech companies of their immunity fr ...
- BrandTotal Seeks Court Order Forcing Facebook To Lift Block
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 19, 2020
"Facebook's complaint brazenly labels the UpVoice browser extension 'malicious' with no explanation ...
- House Democrats Blast FCC Chief Over Plan To Regulate Social Media
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 19, 2020
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is engaged in "a blatant attempt to he ...
- California's Zero-Rating Restrictions 'Irreparably Harm' ISPs, Groups Argue
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 16, 2020
Broadband carriers "are faced with precisely the sort of dilemma that cour ...
- White House Presses To Move Forward With TikTok Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Saturday, October 17, 2020
Citing the risk of Chinese espionage, the Trump administration is seeking ...
- Belgian Privacy Regulator Criticizes IAB Europe Over GDPR Compliance Framework
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 19, 2020
The IAB Europe's transparency and consent framework, rolled out in 2018, allo ...
- WeChat Allows Chinese Government To 'Build Dossiers' On Americans, DOJ Tells Court
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 15, 2020
The Trump administration is pressing to move forward with an order banni ...
- FCC Chief Aims To Regulate How Websites Handle Users' Speech
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 15, 2020
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says he wants to "clarify" a 24-year-old l ...
- Ad-Tech Group Warns Of Drawbacks In Potential CCPA Loophole
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Brands and publishers "should be thinking twice, maybe three times," before taki ...
- Facebook And Twitter Restrict 'New York Post' Story About Biden
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 14, 2020
President Trump blasted Facebook and Twitter for taking steps to prevent peop ...
- Supreme Court Won't Intervene In Battle Between Cybersecurity Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 13, 2020
In a defeat for cybersecurity company Malwarebytes, the Supreme Court left ...
- Brand Safety Institute Taps 4As Vet For 'Officer In Residence' Role
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Louis Jones, a veteran of ad agencies and the 4As, began ...