- Senate Antitrust Bill Would Prohibit 'Dominant Platforms' From Hindering Competitors
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 14, 2021
The "American Choice and Innovation Act" would prohibit dominant platforms from "misusing a business's data to compete against them" and "biasing search results in favor of the dominant firm." ...
- Democrats Seek To Regulate Recommendation Engines
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 14, 2021
Four House Democrats have introduced the "Justice Against Malicious Algorithms Act," which takes aim at content recommendation. ...
- Advertising No Longer The Least-Trusted Profession, But Not By Much
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Friday, October 15, 2021
An Ipsos study, however, shows ad exec trust ranks lower among U.S. consumers than worldwide. ...
- Ryan Lizza Seeks New Hearing In Defamation Battle With Devin Nunes
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 13, 2021
A recent ruling that revived Devin Nunes' defamation lawsuit over a tweet "would allow public officials to silence critical press coverage by using blanket, implicit denials devoid of any factu ...
- Texas Social Media Law Unconstitutional, EFF Argues
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 11, 2021
Editorial decisions about what content is permissible on social media platforms are best left to the platforms themselves -- even if their standards appear less than clear, the EFF tel ...
- John Oliver Calls AT&T A 'Terrible Company,' Ridicules New Ad Slogan
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Oliver skewered the parent company of his own show's network after last week's Reuters report about AT&T's relationship with right-wing TV network OAN. ...
- Texas Social Media Law An 'Acute Threat' To Free Speech, Advocates Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 8, 2021
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, ACLU and other groups are urging a court to block a new Texas law that prohibits social media platforms from suppressing spee ...
- Trump Seeks To Force Facebook To Restore Account
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 7, 2021
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday asked a federal court to order Facebook to restore his account, arguing that his ongoing ban from the service could hurt the Republican Party ...
- Biden Officials Hit With Email Blast On Climate
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, October 7, 2021
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- Google Presses Court To Reject Ohio Push To Regulate Search Results
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Google is pressing an Ohio judge to throw out a lawsuit by Attorney General Dave Yost, who is attempting to subject the company to common-carrier rules that would regulate sear ...
- Facebook Whistleblower Blasts 'Moral Bankruptcy,' Calls For New Laws
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen blasted the company's practices at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, stating that the social networking service repeatedly chose profits over users' safety. ...
- Twitter's Trump Ban Doesn't Violate Free Speech, Digital Rights Group Says
Social Media Insider, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Shortly after Twitter banned former President Donald Trump, California real estate broker Maria Rutenberg filed a doomed lawsuit against the company, arguing that it violated her free speech rights ...
- Former FTC Technologist Soltani To Head California Privacy Agency
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 4, 2021
Privacy advocate and technologist Ashkan Soltani has been tapped to serve as executive director of California's new privacy protection agency. ...
- Trump Seeks Order Requiring Twitter To Restore His Account
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Saturday, October 2, 2021
Trump's lawyers argue that his continued absence from Twitter could hurt the Republican Party's chances of winning future elections. ...
- Democrats Press For Curbs On 'Manipulative' Marketing Aimed At Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 30, 2021
The Kids Internet Design and Safety Act would prohibit website operators from recommending "unboxing" videos and other forms of influencer marketing to users under 16. ...
- Facebook Responsible For Sex Trafficking, Victim Tells Supreme Court
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 30, 2021
Lawyers for a sex-trafficking victim say judges across the country have misinterpreted Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. ...
- U.S. 2022 Political Ads To Hit Record Levels, Estimates $7.8B-$8.9B
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 30, 2021
Driving this high estimate is the use of Facebook as a fundraising tool. ...
- YouTube Clamps Down On Anti-Vax Videos
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 29, 2021
In a new crackdown on vaccine misinformation, YouTube on Wednesday removed video channels of prominent vaccine critics, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, who founded the group Children's Health
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- Maybe It's Time Social Media Conduct A Hearing Of Congress?
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Thursday, September 30, 2021
The timing of a just-released analysis of how members of Congress use social media for themselves couldn't be better, coming as they once again hear testimony from one of the ...
- Local TV Ad Revenues To Hit $21B In 2022
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 30, 2021
Over-the-air local TV will grow 28% to $19.3 billion, with digital up 11% to $1.7 billion vs. 2021 -- $15.1 billion and $1.53 billion, respectively, says BIA AdvisoryS Services. ...
- Right-Wing Advocacy Group Urges Supreme Court To Nix Texas Billboard Restrictions
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Americans for Prosperity argues that the ordinance should be struck down as a "content-based" restriction on speech. ...
- 'Tacoma Weekly' Fined For Allegedly Selling Election Coverage As Part Of Ad Package
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, September 28, 2021
The publication claims email promotions offering an ad package were uncorrected and sent by mistake. ...
- Why Is Willful Ignorance More Dangerous Now?
Media Insider, Gord Hotchkiss - Tuesday, September 28, 2021
For one, the willfully ignorant are very easily consolidated into a power base for politicians willing to play to their beliefs. ...
- Loss Of Newspapers Leads To Waning Interest In Local Politics
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Tuesday, September 28, 2021
TV's higher growth rate lured away more ad dollars, leaving newspapers with less money for coverage of local topics. ...
- Forecast: Traditional TV Sees No Big Ad Gains In 2022, But CTV Rises
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 27, 2021
National TV on broadcast and cable networks is only expected to grow a modest 7.4% to $40 billion this year. ...
- Court Sides With Vimeo In Lawsuit Over Video Takedowns, But Ducks Section 230
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 24, 2021
For the third time, a federal appellate panel sided with Vimeo in a lawsuit brought by "former homosexual" James Domen over the online video company's decision to remove his vid ...
- Why Political Activism Will Be The New Brand Purpose
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Friday, September 24, 2021
Nearly half of consumers say they're "unlikely to buy products or services from companies not aligned with their political views." ...
- Tech Groups Sues Texas Over Law Banning 'Censorship' By Social Media Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 22, 2021
The law "will prohibit platforms from taking action to protect themselves, their users, advertisers, and the public more generally from harmful and objectionable matter," NetChoice and the Computer & Communicatio ...
- FTC Urged To Pass Privacy Rules, Require Companies To Obtain Consumers' Consent
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 21, 2021
"Consumer privacy has become a consumer crisis," nine Senate Democrats say in a letter sent to FTC Chair Lina Khan. "We believe that a national standard for data privacy a ...
- Facebook Oversight Board To Review Alleged Whitelisting Of High-Profile Users
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The board thanked the Wall Street Journal and other journalists for shedding "greater light" on Facebook's inconsistent decision processes. ...
