WENDY DAVIS

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• Silicon Valley Launches New Anti-Terrorist Initiative in Digital News Daily on 06/26/2017
  

  Tech companies Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube are launching a new initiative aimed at removing extremist propaganda.

• Celebrities Still Fail To Disclose Instagram Ads in Digital News Daily on 06/26/2017
  

  Dozens of celebrities who hawk products on Instagram still fail to adequately disclose that their endorsements are paid ads, despite receiving reminders from the Federal Trade Commission earlier this year, according to watchdogs.

• AT&T Supports Blackburn's Proposed Broadband Privacy Bill in Digital News Daily on 06/23/2017
  

  AT&T is throwing its support behind a proposed online privacy bill that would restore some of the FCC's privacy rules.

• Grocery Chain Told To Revise YouTube And Print Ads in Digital News Daily on 06/23/2017
  

  A watchdog told fast-growing German grocery chain Aldi to revise ads promising 50% savings.

• Google Calls For New Laws Regarding Overseas Data in Around the Net In Digital on 06/22/2017
  

• ANA Weighs In Against California Privacy Proposal in PolicyBlog on 06/22/2017
  

  The ANA is seeking to rally opposition to a proposed California law that would require broadband providers to obtain consumers' opt-in consent before drawing on their online browsing history for ad purposes.

• Broadband Providers Accused Of Cutting Competing Cable Lines, Bilking Consumers in Digital News Daily on 06/22/2017
  

  Comcast is facing a new lawsuit accusing it of putting the small Texas-based provider Telecom Cable out of business by "cutting its lines and running off its customers."

• Democratic Senators Warn Against AT&T-Time Warner Merger  in Digital News Daily on 06/21/2017
  

  AT&T's planned $85 billion merger with Time Warner will lead to "higher prices, fewer choices, and worse service for consumers," 11 senators warn in a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

• Mozilla Rolls Out Android Browser That Blocks Tracking  in Digital News Daily on 06/21/2017
  

  Touting itself as privacy-friendly, Mozilla has launched an Android version of its Firefox Focus mobile browsing app, which blocks third-party ad trackers by default.

• Charter Urges Judge To Throw Out NY's Suit Over Slow Web Connections in Digital News Daily on 06/20/2017
  

  Cable company Charter is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who alleges that the company duped consumers by delivering slower-than-advertised broadband speeds.

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• 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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