WENDY DAVIS

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• Families Urge Judge To Allow Claims Over 'Addictive' Social Media in Digital News Daily on 06/02/2023
  

  "Defendants design social media apps that target kids but are not safe for them to use," lawyers for the families say in papers filed Thursday with U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.

• Meta Defeats District of Columbia AG's Suit Over Cambridge Analytica in Digital News Daily on 06/02/2023
  

  "Facebook clearly and repeatedly made disclosures to users about its policies such that the reasonable user could not have been misled," judge Maurice Ross wrote.

• California Advances Legislation Requiring Tech Companies To Pay For News in Digital News Daily on 06/01/2023
  

  The California Journalism Preservation Act, passed 46-6 by the state Assembly, would force tech companies to pay online news publishers a percentage of ad revenue attributable to their articles.

• Texas Passes Bill Restricting Teens' Social Media Use in PolicyBlog on 06/01/2023
  

  Unless vetoed, the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act will require social media platforms to allow parents to access their teens' social media accounts.

• Meta Battles FTC Over Teens' Data in Digital News Daily on 05/31/2023
  

  The FTC's attempt to revise a prior consent decree is unconstitutional, Meta says in a request to block the agency's attempt to regulate the use of teens' data.

• FTC Fines Amazon $25M Over Children's Voice Recordings in Digital News Daily on 05/31/2023
  

  Amazon has agreed to pay $25 million to settle charges that it violated children's privacy laws by indefinitely retaining their voice recordings and geolocation data, the FTC said Wednesday.

• TikTok Hit With Privacy Lawsuit Over Online Tracking in Digital News Daily on 05/31/2023
  

  A California resident has sued TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, for allegedly tracking her online activity on Hulu.com and other sites.

• Cox, CBS And Fox Settle Ad Price-Fixing Claims For $48M in Digital News Daily on 05/31/2023
  

  The three must also cooperate with advertisers who are suing others, including Sinclair, Raycom, Meredith Corp., Nexstar and Tribune, over similar antitrust allegations.

• Consumers Battle Kochava Over Location Privacy in Digital News Daily on 05/30/2023
  

  Smartphone users are pressing a judge to allow them to proceed with claims that mobile data broker Kochava wrongly sold sensitive geolocation information.

• Texas Lawmakers Pass Opt-Out Privacy Bill in Digital News Daily on 05/30/2023
  

  If enacted, the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act will require companies to allow residents to opt out of targeted advertising -- defined by the bill as serving ads to people based on their online activity over time and across nonaffiliated websites or apps.

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• Bill That Would Outlaw Behavioral Advertising Advances To House Floor by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 07/20/2022)
  

  Here's the most recent version of the bill: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20220720/115041/BILLS-117-8152-P000034-Amdt-1.pdf

• 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.

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