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• ANA Urges Lawmakers To Hold Off On New Privacy Laws in Digital News Daily on 04/20/2018
  

  "Sometimes the cure can make the disease worse," ANA executive vice president of government relations Dan Jaffe says, referring to new privacy proposals.

• YouTube Sued Over Children's Privacy in Digital News Daily on 04/20/2018
  

  Google has been hit with a class-action complaint for allegedly tracking young children who watch clips on YouTube.

• Facebook Received Positive Audit, Despite Cambridge Analytica Data Transfers in Digital News Daily on 04/19/2018
  

  "In our opinion, Facebook's privacy controls were operating with sufficient effectiveness to provide reasonable assurance to protect the privacy of covered information," Pricewaterhouse Coopers wrote in its 2017 audit of the social networking service.

• Americans Don't Want Government To Censor Fake News in PolicyBlog on 04/19/2018
  

  "When asked to choose between the U.S. government taking action to restrict false news online in ways that could also limit Americans' information freedoms, or protecting those freedoms even if it means false information might be published, Americans fall firmly on the side of protecting freedom," the Pew Research Center writes in a study released Thursday.

• Net Neutrality Bill Moves Forward In California in Digital News Daily on 04/18/2018
  

  A California Senate committee rejected attempts to weaken a proposed bill that would restore open internet rules.

• Prager Wants To Take Battle With Google To Higher Court in Digital News Daily on 04/18/2018
  

  Prager University says it plans to ask the 9th Circuit to revive a lawsuit accusing YouTube of discriminating against conservative clips.

• Net Neutrality Champion Clyburn Leaves FCC in Digital News Daily on 04/17/2018
  

  FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, a Democrat appointed to the FCC in 2009, announced Tuesday that she is stepping down.

• Judge OKs Class-Action Against Facebook Over 'Faceprints' in Digital News Daily on 04/17/2018
  

  Illinois residents can proceed with a class-action alleging that Facebook's use of facial recognition technology violated a state biometrics privacy law.

• California May Weaken Net Neutrality Proposal in Digital News Daily on 04/16/2018
  

  Lawmakers on California Senate's Energy, Utilities and Communications suggested weakening a net neutrality proposal by removing restrictions on data-cap exemptions.

• Thousands Of Android Apps For Children May Violate Privacy Regs in Digital News Daily on 04/16/2018
  

  A majority of free Android apps for children may violate the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal data from users, according to a new study.

Comments by Wendy All comments by Wendy

• 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.,

• FTC Allowed To Sue Wyndham For Failing To Protect Users' Data by Wendy Davis (PolicyBlog on 04/07/2014)
  

  Thanks for catching Chuck. The sentence is now fixed.

• Facebook User Says Halal Ruling Isn't Kosher by Wendy Davis (PolicyBlog on 02/22/2013)
  

  Good suggestion, @edyson. Great point. We've updated the headline.

• School Sued For Reading Student's Private Facebook Messages by Wendy Davis (PolicyBlog on 07/23/2009)
  

  Dan, I think this type of official activity clearly has the potential to impact the advertising and media business. A demand by a school, or employer or the government to view consumers' Facebook pages could have a long-lasting impact on people’s inclination to use social media. And that would certainly affect companies that are currently attempting to use sites like Facebook to market to consumers.

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