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• FCC Counsel Defends Plan To Tinker With Web Publishers' Legal Protections in PolicyBlog on 10/22/2020
  

  When Ajit Pai took over as FCC chairman, he promised to "fire up the weed whacker" and dismantle the previous administration's regulations. But his deregulatory approach doesn't apply to content moderation.

• Facebook Battles BrandTotal Over Data Scraping in Digital News Daily on 10/22/2020
  

  Ad services company BrandTotal "put the security and integrity of Facebook and its users at risk," Facebook is telling a federal judge.

• Facebook Sues Fake Engagement Purveyors in Digital News Daily on 10/21/2020
  

  Facebook this week sued the companies Boostgram and Instant-Fans for allegedly selling fake followers and likes on Instagram.

• Proposed CCPA Rule Requiring User-Friendly Opt-Outs Draws Support in Digital News Daily on 10/21/2020
  

  The digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation is throwing its support behind a new California proposal that would require businesses to offer user-friendly privacy controls.

• New Bill Takes Aim At 'Harmful' Online Content in Digital News Daily on 10/20/2020
  

  Two House Democrats propose stripping large tech companies of their immunity from lawsuits over users' "harmful" or "radicalizing" speech, if the companies use algorithms to recommend the content

• Chrome Privacy Setting Malfunctions, Fails To Delete Data About Activity On Google in Digital News Daily on 10/20/2020
  

  Google's Chrome browser retains data about users' activity on Google.com and YouTube even after users activate a privacy setting that is supposed to clear all cookies and data.

• House Republicans Want Tech CEOs To Testify About 'Censorship' Policies in Digital News Daily on 10/20/2020
  

  "We have serious concerns regarding the recent actions taken by these companies to censor speech on their platforms, especially so close to a major presidential election," Republican lawmakers say.

• House Democrats Blast FCC Chief Over Plan To Regulate Social Media in Digital News Daily on 10/19/2020
  

  FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is engaged in "a blatant attempt to help a flailing President Trump" by aiming to influence social media companies in the remaining weeks before the election, Reps. Frank Pallone and Mike Doyle say.

• BrandTotal Seeks Court Order Forcing Facebook To Lift Block in Digital News Daily on 10/19/2020
  

  "Facebook's complaint brazenly labels the UpVoice browser extension 'malicious' with no explanation," BrandTotal writes in a request for a restraining order against Facebook.

• Belgian Privacy Regulator Criticizes IAB Europe Over GDPR Compliance Framework in Digital News Daily on 10/19/2020
  

  The IAB Europe's transparency and consent framework, rolled out in 2018, allows companies to disclose sensitive data about consumers without their permission, according to a summary of the Belgian Data Protection Authority's preliminary findings posted by advocacy group Irish Council for Civil Liberties.

Comments by Wendy All comments by Wendy

• 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.,

• 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.

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