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• Yelp Renews Bid To Block Texas Suit Over 'Crisis Pregnancy Centers' in MediaDailyNews on 06/13/2025
  

  Yelp says the Texas AG brought a bad-faith lawsuit over warning labels on so-called "crisis pregnancy centers."

• Minnesota Passes Bill Requiring Social Media Warnings in MediaDailyNews on 06/13/2025
  

  Minnesota lawmakers have passed a bill requiring social media platforms to post "conspicuous" notices warning users of potential risks to their mental health.

• Florida Battles Snapchat Over Teen Safety in MediaDailyNews on 06/12/2025
  

  "The nation's teens are in the midst of an ongoing mental health crisis precipitated by behavioral addiction to social media apps like Snapchat," Florida argues in papers filed Wednesday.

• California Senate Approves Bill To Curb Online Privacy Suits in MediaDailyNews on 06/12/2025
  

  Lawmakers in California advanced a bill that would revise the state's 58-year-old wiretap law in ways that could discourage lawsuits over online tracking.

• TrillerTV Subscriber Seeks To Revive Privacy Battle in MediaDailyNews on 06/11/2025
  

  A TrillerTV subscriber is asking a federal appellate court to reconsider her claim that the company violated a video privacy law by allegedly sharing information about her viewing history with Meta.

• California Asks Court To Restore Kids Safety Code in MediaDailyNews on 06/11/2025
  

  California is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate portions of the state's Age-Appropriate Design Code, arguing that the law advances the government's interest in protecting minors' privacy.

• Ousted FTC Commissioner Bedoya Steps Down in MediaDailyNews on 06/10/2025
  

  Former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, one of two Democrats ousted by Trump in March, has officially resigned from the agency.

• Google Must Face Privacy Claims Over Health Data in MediaDailyNews on 06/10/2025
  

  "It would be reasonable to infer that Google would be able to use an IP address to connect information to an identifiable person," a federal judge wrote.

• Google Must Face Trademark Suit Over Ads For Pirated Books in MediaDailyNews on 06/06/2025
  

  A federal judge said Google must face accusations that Shopping ads for pirated textbooks infringed publishers' trademarks.

• Meta Sued For Allegedly Tracking Android Users' Web Browsing in MediaDailyNews on 06/06/2025
  

  Meta was hit this week with a new privacy lawsuit for allegedly secretly tracking users' browsing activity on mobile websites that embed Meta's analytics pixel, and linking that activity to users' identities.

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• Bill That Would Outlaw Behavioral Advertising Advances To House Floor by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 07/20/2022)
  

  Here's the most recent version of the bill: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20220720/115041/BILLS-117-8152-P000034-Amdt-1.pdf

• Court Sides With Devin Nunes -- Again -- In Battle Over Journalist's Tweet by Wendy Davis (Red, White & Blog on 11/23/2021)
  

  Thanks for catching that. It's been fixed

• Bill Seeks To Strip Websites Of Protections For False COVID-19 Information Posted By Users by Wendy Davis (PolicyBlog on 07/22/2021)
  

  The piece mentions that Biden later softened his remarks about Facebook

• FCC Chairman Pai To Exit In January by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 11/30/2020)
  

  Are you confident the Senate will approve Biden's FCC pick?

• House Republicans Want Tech CEOs To Testify About 'Censorship' Policies by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 10/20/2020)
  

  Here's what Biden campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates told The New York Times: “We have reviewed Joe Biden’s official schedules from the time and no meeting, as alleged by the New York Post, ever took place.”

• New York Lawmaker Proposes Data Tax by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 01/22/2020)
  

  As currently written, the proposed bill would impose a tax of 5% "on gross income upon every corporation which derives income from the data individuals of this state share with such corporations." 

• Facebook Prevails In Battle With Russian 'News' Agency by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 01/15/2020)
  

  Thank you for catching that! The dismissal order was "with prejudice." The sentence has been corrected.

• Sen. Markey Unveils Bill To Restore Net Neutrality by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 03/06/2019)
  

  The article should have said the proposal drew the support of 52 Senators last year. Thanks for catching!

• ANA Cheers Supreme Court Order In Fight Over Cell Phone Radiation Warnings by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 06/28/2018)
  

  @Cynthia Franklin -- The Supreme Court granted CTIA's petition, vacated the earlier ruling, and sent the case back to the appellate court for reconsideration. While today's order doesn't explicitly invalidate the Berkeley ordinance, the decision to remand for a new hearing leaves CTIA in a better position than before, because the group can now argue its case again -- and this time, can draw on this week's ruling involving the crisis pregnancy centers. The headline has been revised to reflect the ANA's reaction to the order.

• FCC Passes Broad Privacy Rules, Limits Behavioral Advertising By Broadband Providers by Wendy Davis (Daily Online Examiner on 10/27/2016)
  

  The rules are very broad, and go beyond a prohibition on selling data. While the FCC hasn't yet published the full regulations, a fact sheet released today specifies that opt-in consent is required before ISPs can "use" or "share" data about consumers' "sensitive" data -- which the FCC says includes Web browsing and app usage history.

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