- Senate Bill Threatens Web Companies With Lawsuits Over Recommendations
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 20, 2021
The "Protecting Americans from Dangerous Algorithms Act" would allow people to sue social media platforms that algorithmically amplify or recommend user-created speech "directly relevant" to violations of civil rights law ...
- Judge Dismisses QAnon Suit Against YouTube Over Takedowns
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Siding with Google, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by members of the right-wing conspiracy group QAnon who claimed the company violated the First Amendment by removing their vide ...
- Digital Media Brand Risk Dropped Drastically In 1H, Led By Display
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, October 18, 2021
Thanks to wider use of sophisticated brand suitability and risk prevention strategies, brand risk for desktop display campaigns dropped by 2.4 points in the U.S. in the period. ...
- Father Of Slain Reporter Asks FTC To Investigate Facebook Over Videos
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The father of a journalist killed on the air is urging the FTC to investigate Facebook for allegedly allowing videos of her murder to remain on the platform. ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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
Defense. ...
- 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. ...
- IPG Urges Ad Community To Pressure Platforms That Enable Misinformation
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, September 29, 2021
The report argues that brands should assess how well each platform aligns with their values, and shift media investments toward platforms that are implementing real, effective steps to stop misinformati ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Facebook Sharpens Focus On Safety, Security To Address 'WSJ' Allegations, Launches Consumer Products
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 21, 2021
After spending $13 billion on "safety and security" since 2016, Facebook is changing its approach from reactive to proactive. Safety and security are increasingly crucial to Facebook's reputation and t ...
- Texas Urges Court To Turn Away Twitter In Battle Over Content Moderation Probe
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 17, 2021
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says his investigation of Twitter's policies doesn't raise free speech concerns. ...
- Mozilla Tags TikTok In Misinformation Struggle
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 17, 2021
TikTok is struggling with misinformation. The platform removed nearly 350,000 videos with misinformation about the U.S. 2020 presidential election, and more than 50,000 videos about false COVID-19
information. ...
- Texas-Led State Coalition Seeks To Revive Florida Curbs On Social Media Platforms
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 16, 2021
Attorneys general from Texas and nine other states are supporting Florida in its attempt to revive a state law that aims to restrict social media companies' ability to moderate conte ...
- Facebook XCheck Reveals Celebs, Politicians Get Special Treatment, 'Immunity' From Content Enforcement
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, September 13, 2021
A Facebook program known as XCheck gives millions of celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users special treatment. ...
- Florida Asks Appellate Court To Reistate Restrictions On Social Media Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 9, 2021
"The Florida Legislature permissibly determined that the 'old rules' applicable to common carriers should be applied to the 'new circumstances' of social media," state officials argue in papers filed wi ...
- Texas Governor Signs Law Banning Social Platforms From 'Censoring' Posts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 9, 2021
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday signed a law that prohibits Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other large platforms from suppressing posts based on the views expressed. ...
- Animal Rights Activists Sue Government For Suppressing Comments On Social Media
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 9, 2021
The National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services are using automated filters on Facebook and Instagram to hide comments that might express criticism of anim ...
- Misinformation Peaks, Ad Tech Rushes To Protect Brands
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 9, 2021
Martech company Sightly and Ad Fontes Media, which measures media bias, have formed a partnership that allows brands to protect their own image rather than rely on technology from Faceboo ...
- Amazon Plans To Police And Remove More Content From Cloud Services
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 3, 2021
The plan aims to "determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies, such as rules against promoting violence, and enforce its removal." ...
- Computer Repair Shop Owner Who Lost Defamation Case Must Pay Twitter's Legal Bills
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 2, 2021
The computer repair shop owner who unsuccessfully claimed he was defamed by Twitter is on the hook for the company's legal fees, a federal judge ruled. ...
- Apple Has Scanned iCloud Emails For Child Sexual Abuse Content Since 2019: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, August 27, 2021
The news follows the announcement that Apple will begin scanning photos as they are uploaded into iCloud Photos. ...
- Artificial Lack Of Intelligence
Media Insider, Kaila Colbin - Friday, August 27, 2021
Four years ago, I stood onstage and introduced people to the term "deepfakes." I wanted people to be more judicious about what they believed and what they chose to shar ...
- Trump Seeks Court Order Forcing YouTube To Restore Channel
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Trump's lawyers argue that his permanent suspension from YouTube is causing him "irreparable injury," because it deprives him of the ability to raise funds and endorse political candidates. ...
- Facebook Squelched An Earlier, More Negative, Content Report
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, August 23, 2021
It turns out that Facebook's Widely Viewed Content Report, released with much ado last week as the company's latest transparency initiative, was actually not the first, reports "The New Yo ...
- DoubleVerify Bows Publisher Inventory Compatibility Score
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, August 20, 2021
Tool lets publishers assess how advertisers view the appropriateness of their inventory. ...
