- Vaccine Critics Seek To Revive Free Speech Claims Against Facebook
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 23, 2021
Children's Health Defense, an organization founded by vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is aiming to revive a lawsuit claiming its free speech rights were violated when its posts we ...
- Appeals Court Confirms Vimeo Victory In Suit By 'Former Homosexual'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 22, 2021
An appeals court has reaffirmed its earlier ruling that "former homosexual" James Domen can't proceed with claims that Vimeo violated anti-discrimination laws by removing his videos touting gay conversion thera ...
- Bill Seeks To Strip Websites Of Protections For False COVID-19 Information Posted By Users
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 22, 2021
President Joe Biden recently accused Facebook of "killing people" by allowing false information about the COVID-19 vaccines to spread on the platform. ...
- Dealing With Controversial TV Content Isn't New For Marketers - But The Olympics?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 23, 2021
Toyota, the large, Japanese-based automotive company, will not run TV advertising in Japan during the games. ...
- Google Ads: 3 Strikes And You're Out
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Google has begun piloting a three-strike penalty protocol aimed at accounts that repeatedly violate ad policies. No doubt it's a takeoff from California's three-strike law, now defunct. ...
- Florida Wants Appellate Court To Reinstate Law Banning 'Deplatforming'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Florida officials will ask a federal appellate court to lift a block on a state law that imposes sweeping restrictions on social media companies' ability to moderate content. ...
- Texas Governor Pushes Unconstitutional Crackdown On Social Media
Social Media Insider, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 13, 2021
A proposed Texas social media bill would prohibit large platforms from blocking, banning or demonetizing users based on their political opinions. ...
- Trump Sues Social Platforms For 'Censoring' Him
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Former President Donald Trump has sued Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for allegedly violating the First Amendment by suspending his account after the January 6 riot in Washington, D.C. ...
- House Republicans Propose Fast-Tracking Antitrust Suits Against Tech Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee want to require judges to handle antitrust lawsuits against tech companies quickly, and allow the cases to be appealed directly to the Supreme Co ...
- YouTube Recommendation Algorithm Violates Its Own Policies, Research Finds
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 7, 2021
YouTube's video recommendation algorithm often violates the platform's own content policies, according to a crowdsourced investigation released today by Mozilla. ...
- Judge Blocks Florida Restrictions On Social Media Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 30, 2021
A federal judge largely blocked enforcement of a new Florida law that would have imposed sweeping restrictions on social media companies, including a prohibition on banning politicians. ...
- Judge Sides With YouTube In Discrimination Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 28, 2021
A federal judge has dismissed a class-action complaint by content creators who accuse the company of violating civil rights laws by allegedly restricting or de-monetizing videos based on racial ident ...
- Consumers See Rise In 'Toxic' UGC, Hold Brands Responsible For Policing It
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, June 29, 2021
More than half of Americans have observed a rise in fake and/or "toxic" user-generated content on social media since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, and much of ...
- Facebook Must Face Sex-Trafficking Claims, Texas Supreme Court Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 25, 2021
Siding against Facebook, the Texas Supreme Court said Friday that the company must face a claim that it facilitated sex trafficking. ...
- Twitter Asks Appellate Court For 'Emergency' Order Blocking Texas Investigation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 14, 2021
Twitter says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's "explicitly retaliatory" probe of editorial decisions is causing irreparable harm to the company. ...
- Instagram Unravels The Mysteries Of How Its Algorithms Work
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Instagram probably hasn't done enough to explain why it removes content, why some information is recommended, and how it works more broadly, said Instagram senior UX researcher Stacey Houston duri ...
- Smutty Phishing: Attackers Are Sending X-Rated Emails To Lure Victims
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, June 2, 2021
These types of phishing attacks, using X-rated material, increased by almost 1,000% from 2020 to 2021, GreatHorn reports. ...
- Florida Prohibits Social Media Platforms From Banning Political Candidates
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 24, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a law that fine social media companies $250,000 per day for banning political candidates for statewide office. ...
- Facebook Explains Ad Review Process
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, May 24, 2021
Facebook can make ad campaigns sit in limbo for days while it goes through a stringent review process, leaving marketers to wonder if they will ever publish. ...
- Beyond Blocklisting: Using Technology To More Efficiently Manage Brand Safety
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Omri Argaman - Monday, May 24, 2021
Given the trends of the last 18 months, it's unlikely that the brand-safety issues we have experienced will fade. So what can marketers do? ...
- Biden Revokes Trump Order Targeting Social Media
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 14, 2021
President Joe Biden on Friday revoked former President Trump's controversial executive order that aimed to regulate social media companies' editorial policies. ...
- Google Researchers Rethink Search
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, May 17, 2021
Google researchers are rethinking search. This should be no surprise, as data privacy concerns take more attention from companies and consumers. ...
- Local TV's Big Ad Fight: Digital Media Delivers Competitive Punch
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 13, 2021
TV stations must strike out on their own to bolster new sources of revenue, especially with new locally and regionally based OTT operations. ...
- Judge Won't Block Texas Investigation Into Twitter's Editorial Policies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Twitter's challenge to an investigation by Texas AG is "premature," because Paxton lacks the authority to sanction Twitter for failing to comply with his probe, a federal judge ruled Tues ...
- Attorneys General Urge Facebook To Drop Plans For Children's Instagram
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 10, 2021
"Use of social media can be detrimental to the health and well-being of children, who are not equipped to navigate the challenges of having a social media account," 44 attorne ...
- New Bill Would Require Social Platforms To Establish Content Policies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, May 9, 2021
The "Online Consumer Protection Act," introduced by Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Kathy Castor, would allow the FTC to prosecute social media platforms that don't establish or implement policies regarding conten ...
- Republican Senator Suggests Treating Facebook Like 'Common Carrier'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 5, 2021
On Wednesday, after a Facebook-appointed panel declined to reinstate former President Donald Trump's account, Sen. Roger Wicker suggested curbing the company's right to moderate content. ...
- NextGen TV May Be Able To Fact-Check News Content
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 23, 2021
Some reports suggest ATSC 3.0 might also be a tool to identify fake news and distinguish it from the real stuff. ...
- Twitter Presses For Order Halting Texas Investigation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 20, 2021
"Twitter's exercise of its First Amendment rights will continue to be chilled so long as AG Paxton's retaliatory investigation remains live," the company argues in papers filed Monday with U. ...
- Nextdoor To Serve Up Anti-Racism Notification, Become Gatekeeper Of Language
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, April 19, 2021
Spend some time on social media and you'll likely find racial profiling or restrictions on language. Neighborhood social networking app Nextdoor is no exception. ...
