WENDY DAVIS
Wendy Davis is a Senior Writer at MediaPost. You can reach Wendy at wdavis@mediapost.com
- Epic Urges SCOTUS To Preserve Play Store Injunction in
MediaDailyNews on
10/03/2025
"The only thing a stay would achieve is further extending the year-long delay in implementing the district court's much-needed injunction," Epic argues in papers filed Friday with Supreme Court
Justice Elena Kagan.
- Microsoft Won't Face Privacy Suit Over 'Session Replay,' Court Confirms in
MediaDailyNews on
10/03/2025
A federal appellate court has refused to grant a new hearing to a web user who attempted to sue Microsoft over its alleged use of analytics technology.
- Tech Groups Side Against Thomson Reuters In AI Copyright Battle in
MediaDailyNews on
10/02/2025
The AI company Ross Intelligence did not infringe copyright by training its legal research service on material published by Thomson Reuters, tech industry groups argue to the 3rd Circuit Court of
Appeals.
- App Group To SCOTUS: Halt Google Play Store Injunction in
MediaDailyNews on
10/02/2025
The injunction creates "real security risks in the app ecosystem on which the app developers depend," a trade group says in a friend-of-the-court brief filed Wednesday with the Supreme Court.
- Chamber Of Commerce Urges Court To Revisit T-Mobile's Privacy Fine in
MediaDailyNews on
10/01/2025
The FCC violated T-Mobile's constitutional right to a jury trial by fining the company $92 million for sharing wireless customers' location data, the Chamber of Commerce contends in court papers filed
this week.
- Tech Platforms Can't Shake Suit Over Casino Apps in
MediaDailyNews on
10/01/2025
Google, Meta Platforms and Apple must face some claims by gamblers who say they lost money on casino apps, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
- Meta Defeats Antitrust Suit By Users in
MediaDailyNews on
09/30/2025
A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit by Facebook users who claimed that the company monopolized the market for "personal social network services."
- California Privacy Agency Fines Tractor Supply Over Alleged Failure To Honor Opt-Outs in
MediaDailyNews on
09/30/2025
Retail company Tractor Supply has agreed to pay $1.35 million to resolve charges that it failed to honor consumers' requests to opt out of the sale or sharing of their data for advertising.
- YouTube To Pay Trump $22M To Settle Account Ban Suit in
MediaDailyNews on
09/29/2025
YouTube will pay $22 million to President Donald Trump to settle a lawsuit over his suspension from the service following the Jan. 6, 2021 riot in Washington, DC.
- Google To SCOTUS: Halt Play Store Injunction in
MediaDailyNews on
09/29/2025
Google is asking the Supreme Court to halt an "unprecedented" lower court injunction, arguing that it exposes Android users and app developers to "substantial new safety and security risks."
- 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.