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• FTC Seeks More Time To Amend Antitrust Case Against Facebook in Raw on 07/23/2021
  

  The FTC is seeking an additional three weeks to reformulate its antitrust complaint against Facebook.

• Vaccine Critics Seek To Revive Free Speech Claims Against Facebook in Digital News Daily on 07/23/2021
  

  Children's Health Defense, an organization founded by vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is aiming to revive a lawsuit claiming its free speech rights were violated when its posts were "censored" by Facebook.

• Bill Seeks To Strip Websites Of Protections For False COVID-19 Information Posted By Users in PolicyBlog on 07/22/2021
  

  President Joe Biden recently accused Facebook of "killing people" by allowing false information about the COVID-19 vaccines to spread on the platform.

• Appeals Court Confirms Vimeo Victory In Suit By 'Former Homosexual' in Digital News Daily on 07/22/2021
  

  An appeals court has reaffirmed its earlier ruling that "former homosexual" James Domen can't proceed with claims that Vimeo violated anti-discrimination laws by removing his videos touting gay conversion therapy and deleting the account of Church United, which he founded.

• NAI Unveils Opt-Out Tool For Targeting Based On Hashed Emails in Digital News Daily on 07/22/2021
  

  The self-regulatory group Network Advertising Initiative on Thursday unveiled a new mechanism for consumers to opt out of receiving targeted ads based on hashed versions of their email addresses.

• Biden Taps Google Critic To Lead DOJ Antitrust Enforcement in Digital News Daily on 07/21/2021
  

  If confirmed by the Senate, Kanter will lead the federal government's antitrust lawsuit against Google, which accuses the company of illegally monopolizing the search market.

• Most Companies Cure California Privacy Violations After Notices, AG Says in Digital News Daily on 07/19/2021
  

  Three out of four businesses that received warning letters for failure to comply with California's broad privacy law cured the violations within 30 days, according to a new report by California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

• Scraping Doesn't Violate Anti-Hacking Law, Press Freedom Group And News Publishers Argue in Digital News Daily on 07/19/2021
  

  Interpreting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to prohibit scraping could "outlaw a significant amount of journalism in the public interest," the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, New York Times Company and others argue.

• Court To Revisit 'Former Homosexual' Pastor's Claims Against Vimeo Over Takedowns in Digital News Daily on 07/16/2021
  

  A federal appellate court will reconsider whether Vimeo must face claims that it discriminated against "former homosexual" James Domen by removing his videos touting gay conversion therapy and deleting the account of Church United, which he founded.

• Bill Would Allow FTC To Fine Companies Over Privacy Violations in Digital News Daily on 07/16/2021
  

  "For too long, the FTC has been hamstrung in its ability to promulgate effective rules of the road for consumers and penalize companies that harm our friends and neighbors," Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Florida) stated Friday.

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• 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.

• Rural Americans Less Likely To Use Email, Watch Online Video by Wendy Davis (PolicyBlog on 08/12/2016)
  

  Thanks for catching, Chuck. That sentence you flagged has been fixed to state that nearly four in 10 online urban residents use online video or voice conferencing. 

• Fox And 'Bergen Record' Settle Copyright Battle Over 9/11 Photo by Wendy Davis (Daily Online Examiner on 02/16/2016)
  

  Hi Chuck,Yes, I meant to say that the newspaper group sued Pirro. Thanks for catching! It's been fixed.,

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