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• Comcast Shouldn't Boast Of Best WiFi Experience, Watchdog Says in Digital News Daily on 01/27/2021
  

  Comcast shouldn't advertise its service as the "best in-home WiFi experience," the National Advertising Review Board said, upholding a decision issued last year.

• Missouri Lawmaker Defeats Lawsuit Over Twitter Block in Digital News Daily on 01/27/2021
  

  A Missouri state lawmaker didn't violate the First Amendment by blocking a critic on Twitter, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday.

• Preserve Section 230, Watchdogs Urge Biden in Digital News Daily on 01/27/2021
  

  Dozens of civil rights groups and other watchdogs are urging the new administration to avoid repealing or weakening Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a 25-year-old media law that protects web companies from lawsuits over material posted by users.

• North Dakota's Proposed Opt-In Privacy Law Needs Overhaul, Ad Industry Argues in Digital News Daily on 01/26/2021
  

  "North Dakota should not adopt a one-size fits all consent requirement for the sale of protected data," the Association of National Advertisers, American Association of Advertising Agencies, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Network Advertising Initiative and American Advertising Federation say in a letter sent Monday to state lawmakers.

• Lawmaker Blasts Facebook Over Political-Group Recommendations in Social Media Insider on 01/26/2021
  

  "Facebook's system of recommending political groups poses grave threats to American democracy and public safety," Senator Ed Markey says in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

• TikTok Ban Raises 'Constitutional Alarms,' Watchdogs Say in Digital News Daily on 01/25/2021
  

  The government's attempt to ban TikTok should "ring constitutional alarms," the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation are telling a federal appellate court.

• Court Won't Revive Journalist's Lawsuit Against Twitter in Digital News Daily on 01/25/2021
  

  A California appellate court has refused to revive Canadian journalist Meghan Murphy's claims that she was wrongly suspended from Twitter for allegedly violating its "hateful conduct" policy by misgendering people.

• Privacy Bill Moves Forward In Washington State in Digital News Daily on 01/22/2021
  

  Lawmakers in Washington state have advanced a privacy bill that would require companies to obtain people's opt-in consent before drawing on "sensitive" data for ad targeting.

• Supreme Court Urged To Preserve Ruling Against Trump Over Twitter Blocks in Digital News Daily on 01/22/2021
  

  The Supreme Court should leave in place a lower court's ruling that former President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking critics on Twitter, a free speech advocacy group argues.

• Rosenworcel Tapped For Acting FCC Chief in Digital News Daily on 01/21/2021
  

  FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, one of the agency's leading proponents of net neutrality regulations, has been tapped by President Joe Biden to serve as acting chair of the agency.

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• 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.,

• 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.

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