WENDY DAVIS

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• FTC Fines Twitter $150 Million Over Ad-Targeting Snafu in Digital News Daily on 05/25/2022
  

  Twitter agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations that it misled users by asking for their phone numbers and email addresses for security purposes, then drawing on the data for ad targeting.

• Ohio AG Can Proceed With Claim That Google Search Is A 'Common Carrier' in Digital News Daily on 05/25/2022
  

  An Ohio judge is allowing AG David Yost to proceed with an effort to prohibit Google from prioritizing its services or products in search results.

• Google Urged To Shed Data That Could Identify Women Seeking Abortions in Search & Performance Marketing Daily on 05/24/2022
  

  "Google cannot allow its online advertising-focused digital infrastructure to be weaponized against women," lawmakers say in a letter sent Tuesday to CEO Sundar Pichai.

• Florida Can't Enforce Social Media 'Censorship' Law, Appeals Court Confirms in Digital News Daily on 05/24/2022
  

  A federal appeals court has blocked the bulk of a Florida law that sweepingly restricts large social media companies' ability to moderate content.

• Study: Gaps In Apple's Rules Enable Privacy-Hobbling Workarounds in Mobile Insider on 05/19/2022
  

  Apple's newest privacy settings are hardly foolproof, University of Oxford researchers say in a recent paper.

• Spyware Company Presses Supreme Court To Intervene In Privacy Battle With Facebook in Digital News Daily on 05/16/2022
  

  The Israeli company NSO Group on Monday pressed the Supreme Court to review a "dangerously wrong" decision allowing Facebook to proceed with claims over Pegasus malware.

• Snapchat Lenses Violate Illinois Biometric Privacy Law, Users Claim in Digital News Daily on 05/16/2022
  

  Two Illinois residents allege in a new lawsuit that Snapchat is violating a state privacy law by scanning and storing faceprints.

• Tech Industry Asks Supreme Court To Block Texas Social Media Law in Digital News Daily on 05/14/2022
  

  A Texas law that aims to regulate social media marks "an unprecedented assault on the editorial discretion of private websites," the tech industry said Friday in an emergency petition asking Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to block the law.

• FTC To Unveil Proposed Revisions To Endorsement Guides in Digital News Daily on 05/13/2022
  

  The proposed updated guidance will address topics including fake reviews and the suppression of negative reviews, the FTC says.

• Lawmakers Urge Social Platforms To Preserve Evidence Of Russian War Crimes in Digital News Daily on 05/12/2022
  

  House Democrats say they are concerned automated removals can result in the "permanent deletion of content that could be used as evidence of potential human rights violations such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide."

Comments by Wendy All comments by Wendy

• 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.

• 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. 

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