WENDY DAVIS

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• Senate Democrats Oppose FCC Plan To Allow Text-Message Blocking in Digital News Daily on 12/11/2018
  

  "In the 21st century, text messaging is as essential as telephone service, facilitating trillions of messages between senders and receivers each year," Senate Democrats tell the FCC.

• Maine Governor Agrees To Unblock Critics in Digital News Daily on 12/11/2018
  

  Outgoing Maine Governor Paul LePage will no longer block critics or delete their comments from his Facebook page, in order to resolve a free speech lawsuit.

• Court Sides With Facebook Over Tracking At Health Sites in Digital News Daily on 12/06/2018
  

  Ruling that Facebook users consented to be tracked at health sites, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to revive claims that the company violated users' privacy by tracking them at health sites.

• Advocates Want California To Beef Up New Privacy Law in Digital News Daily on 12/06/2018
  

  "The CCPA, as drafted, does not sufficiently define or deter companies' internal misuse of data," the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other groups argue.

• Facebook Logged Phone-Call Data, Despite 'High Risk' Of Bad Publicity in PolicyBlog on 12/06/2018
  

  "This is a pretty high-risk thing to do from a PR perspective but it appears that the growth team will charge ahead and do it," a Facebook executive wrote in an email.

• 'Pizzagate' Conspiracy Theorist Sues YouTube Over Ban in Digital News Daily on 12/05/2018
  

  "Google and YouTube are censoring videos," David Seaman alleges in a lawsuit against the company.

• Watchdogs Slam FCC's Text Messaging Proposal in Digital News Daily on 12/05/2018
  

  The FCC's proposal for text messaging could allow carriers to censor political speech, engage in price-gouging and violate consumers' privacy, advocates warn in a new letter to the agency.

• Massachusetts Data Breach Proposal 'Unnecessary And Costly,' ANA Says in Digital News Daily on 12/04/2018
  

  "This bill would have severe and negative consequences for advertisers and marketers," the ANA says.

• Oath Fined $5 Million Over Children's Privacy in Digital News Daily on 12/04/2018
  

  New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood has fined Oath $5 million for allegedly intentionally violating the federal children's privacy law.

• FCC Won't Disclose Information About Fake Net Neutrality Comments in Digital News Daily on 12/03/2018
  

  The FCC has rejected a request for information by two reporters who are investigating Russian meddling in last year's net neutrality proceeding.

Comments by Wendy All comments by Wendy

• 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.,

• 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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