- Lawsuit Seeks Injunction Requiring Clearview To Destroy Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 8, 2020
An Illinois resident who sued Clearview AI in January is now asking a federal judge to issue a pre-trial order requiring the facial recognition company to destroy data about state ...
- VW Loses 'Dieselgate' UK Class Action Hearing
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, April 6, 2020
VW has suffered a legal setback after a UK court sided in favour of a class action of UK motorists suing the car manufacturer for offering misleading emissions figures in ...
- Former Fox Sports Marketing Execs Indicted For Alleged Soccer Match Rights Bribes
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
The two, who denied the charges through their attorneys, are alleged to have made payments to officials of South America's soccer governing body to obtain confidential bidding information during FIFA's ...
- Google Sued For Allegedly Collecting Students' Biometric Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 3, 2020
A class-action complaint has been brought against Google for allegedly violating privacy laws by collecting voiceprints, faceprints, and other personal information from children. ...
- Quibi Offers Free Year Through T-Mobile Tie-In; Quibi's Launch Shadowed By Tech Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, April 3, 2020
In addition to its own 90-day free trial offer, the short-form mobile video SVOD, set to launch April 6, now has a free tie-in deal with T-Mobile. Meanwhile, though it ...
- Is COVID-19 The UK's Fake News Moment?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Friday, April 3, 2020
Social media regulation is already being considered. Surely the Government will come down harder on misinformation? ...
- Facebook Users Battle Company Over Location Tracking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Facebook users are pressing a federal judge to allow them to proceed with a lawsuit over the platform's alleged "persistent, duplicitous, profit-driven collection and use" of location data. ...
- Sen. Blumenthal Questions Zoom Over Privacy, 'Zoombombing'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
"Zoom has a troubling history of software design practices and security lapses that have posed significant risks to the privacy and safety of its users," Sen. Richard Blumenthal writes to ...
- ANA Publishes Guide To Legal Challenges Facing Marketers During Pandemic
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, April 2, 2020
The guide covers topics such as contractual Issues, sponsorship and events, endorsements, commercial production, promotions, agency contracts, media buys, digital, anti-gouging laws and advertising
content. ...
- BBC Warns Over Billion Pounds Loss Of Decriminalising Payment Of The Licence Fee
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
The BBC has hit back at suggestions payment of the tv licence should be decriminalised by warning that such a move would cost it a billion pounds a year in ...
- RT Loses Appeal Against Ofcom Fine Over Its Skripal Poisoning Coverage
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
RT has lost its appeal against a GBP200,000 fine for breaking impartiality rules over its reporting in 2018 of the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, "Press ...
- New Mexico Children's Privacy Lawsuit Against Twitter, Other Tech Companies, Clears First Hurdle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 26, 2020
The lawsuit, brought by New Mexico AG Hector Balderas, alleges that mobile game developer Tiny Lab, together with Twitter and other tech companies, violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection ...
- Facebook Asks Supreme Court To Turn Away Hamas Victims
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 26, 2020
Numerous judges have "rejected efforts to hold online service providers liable for the allegedly harmful effects of third-party content," Facebook tells the Supreme Court. ...
- Trump Must Face Claims He Retaliated Against Journalists
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
President Trump must face claims that he violated the First Amendment by revoking or threatening to revoke some journalists' press credentials and national security clearances, a federal judge ruled Tues ...
- Lawsuit Claims Facebook Knew About Video Metrics Inflation
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, March 23, 2020
"Campaign" brings news of a lawsuit in America which claims Facebook knew it was inflating video metrics for years but did nothing to solve the problem. ...
- Google Street View Privacy Settlement Granted Final Approval
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 20, 2020
A federal judge has approved Google's "Wi-Spy" settlement, which requires the company to pay around $10 million to nonprofits that promote online privacy. ...
- Facebook Knew Of Inflated 'Potential Reach' Metrics, Marketers Claim
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 20, 2020
Facebook execs knew the company overestimated the potential reach of ad campaigns, marketers who are suing the platform claim in new court papers. ...
- COVID-19 Cyber Cons: Email Scams Are On The Rise
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 23, 2020
A firm is offering $4.95 test kits by email, according to the first legal action filed by the U.S. Department of Justice. ...
- COVID-19 Warrants Delaying Enforcement Of California Privacy Law, Ad Groups Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
"Now is not the time to threaten business leaders with premature CCPA enforcement lawsuits," the Association of National Advertisers, Interactive Advertising Bureau, American Association of Advertising Agencies and other groups ...
- French Regulators Hit Apple With $1.23 Billion Fine, Charge Anti-Competitive Practices
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, March 16, 2020
The French Competition Authority determined that Apple engaged in such behavior while distributing its products from 2005 through 2013. ...
- Volkswagen, Visa, Coca-Cola React To Sexist Court Filing By U.S. Soccer
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, March 12, 2020
"We place great emphasis on gender inclusivity and equality and require our partners do the same," VW says in a statement. ...
- Vermont Sues 'Immoral' Clearview Over Facial Recognition Database
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
"The state urges that the people of Vermont immediately be set free from Clearview's dystopian surveillance database," Attorney Gen. Thomas Donovan writes in a new lawsuit against the company. ...
- Dating Company Match Group Backs Bill That Could Discourage Encryption
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Online dating company Match Group will tell lawmakers Wednesday it supports "EARN IT" -- a bill that could discourage tech companies from encrypting their services. ...
- Facebook Faces Legal Action In Australia Over Cambridge Analytica
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Australia's privacy watchdog is to take Facebook to court over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It is claiming the social network compromised the privacy of around 300,000 Australians. The maximum fine ...
- Advertisers Press Judge To Approve Facebook Inflated Video Metrics Settlement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 9, 2020
None of the video advertisers who were notified about Facebook's proposed $40 million class-action settlement over inflated video metrics have objected to the deal, class counsel says in papers filed ...
- Call To Label Body Shaming As Hate Speech
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, March 9, 2020
Body shaming should be considered a form of hate speech that should be outlawed under the new duty of care the Government is due to place social media companies under, ...
- 'Ok Boomer!' Let's Sort Out Hate Speech
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Monday, March 9, 2020
As Twitter greenlights the Gen X retort of choice, drawing up a duty of care on social media will prove tough. ...
- Will Trump Lawsuits Have Chilling Effect On Publishers?
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, March 6, 2020
A libel defense can be a significant distraction for any newspaper. It can also dissuade publishers from their mission: scrutinizing the actions of public officials. ...
- Tulsi Gabbard Loses First Amendment Lawsuit Against Google
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
A federal judge has thrown out Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard's free-speech lawsuit against Google over a brief suspension of her ad account. ...
- Judge Blocks Judicial Review Of BBC Over Brexit
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
A judge has rejected a crowdfunded bid to force a judicial review of the BBC over its Brexit output. "Press Gazette" reveals a former BBC employee behind the campaign claims ...
