- 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. ...
- Newsletter Publishers Say eBay Staff Terrorized Them
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, July 22, 2021
David and Ina Steiner are suing the company and former executives for an alleged plot to silence them. ...
- Biden Taps Google Critic To Lead DOJ Antitrust Enforcement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
If confirmed by the Senate, Kanter will lead the federal government's antitrust lawsuit against Google, which accuses the company of illegally monopolizing the search market. ...
- IAB Analyzes World's Privacy Legislation, Finds Half Lack 'Affirmative Consent' Mandates
Digital News Daily, Joe Mandese - Thursday, July 22, 2021
Two-thirds of the world has enacted legislation to protect consumer data privacy, but at least half of the jurisdictions have not mandated some form of affirmative consent to digital advertisin ...
- Data Snails: Almost Two-Thirds Of Firms Are Not In Full Compliance With Privacy Laws
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Half of U.S. companies don't even know which regulations apply to them, Pathwire reports. ...
- China's New Privacy Law Could Result In Tough Fines For Firms
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
The data protection authority can impose penalties of up to U.S. $7.8 million. ...
- Scraping Doesn't Violate Anti-Hacking Law, Press Freedom Group And News Publishers Argue
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 19, 2021
Interpreting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to prohibit scraping could "outlaw a significant amount of journalism in the public interest," the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, N ...
- Sacha Baron Cohen Sues Marijuana Dispensary Over Billboard With 'Borat' Image
Marketing Daily, Steve Ellwanger - Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Suit alleges Cohen would never promote marijuana because he has never used it and "does not believe it is a healthy choice." ...
- Walmart Loses $125M Lawsuit After Firing Woman With Down Syndrome
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, July 18, 2021
A jury found that Walmart violated the Americans With Disabilities Act after it fired a veteran employee with Down Syndrome. The Wisconsin woman was awarded $125 million in punitive damages a ...
- eBay Says Harassment Faced By Newsletter Publishers 'Should Never Have Happened'
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 23, 2021
Company says it will do 'what is fair and appropriate' to address what David and Ina Steiner endured. ...
- Seattle Counter-Sues 'The Seattle Times' In Public Records Access Case
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 16, 2021
The Seattle Times sought texts from Mayor Jenny Durkan and other officials over last year's protests, but the messages were missing. ...
- Clearview's 'Faceprinting' Not Protected By First Amendment, Watchdogs Argue
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 9, 2021
An Illinois biometric privacy law requiring companies to obtain consent before collecting and storing peoples' faceprints doesn't violate the First Amendment, a digital rights group argues. ...
- Colorado Governor Signs Privacy Law Giving Consumers Right To Reject Ad Targeting
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 8, 2021
Colorado is joining California, Virginia and Maine in requiring companies to allow state residents to wield more control over ad personalization. ...
- Are Auto-Renewals Worth The Legal Liability For Publishers?
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, July 9, 2021
"The Washington Post" agreed to pay $6.7 million to settle allegations it had automatically renewed digital subscriptions in violation of California's Automatic Renewal Law. ...
- 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 ...
- States Sue Google Over Play Store Policies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Attorneys general from 36 states and the District of Columbia have brought a new antitrust lawsuit against Google over its app store policies. ...
- 'Eavesdropping' Lawsuit Against Bose Dropped
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 6, 2021
After four years of litigation, an Illinois resident has dropped a lawsuit accusing headphone manufacturer Bose of wrongly collecting and sharing information about the music, radio programs and podcasts stream ...
- DuckDuckGo, Vivaldi, Others Call For Ban On 'Surveillance Advertising'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 7, 2021
"Although we recognize that advertising is an important source of revenue for content creators and publishers online, this does not justify the massive commercial surveillance systems set up in attemp ...
- FTC Urged To Continue Antitrust Battle With Facebook
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 2, 2021
"It is essential that the Commission take action to deter anticompetitive conduct by digital monopolists by ensuring that they are held liable for antitrust violations to the full extent ...
- Judge Throws Out Vaccine Critics' 'Censorship' Lawsuit Against Facebook
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 1, 2021
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr's Children's Health Defense against Facebook over its policies regarding vaccine-related posts. ...
- Domino's Website Violated Americans With Disabilities Act, Judge Finds
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 30, 2021
The pizza chain Domino's violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and a California civil rights law by failing to make its website accessible to visually impaired people who u ...
- 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. ...
- Supreme Court To Intervene In Battle Over Digital Billboards
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 29, 2021
The Supreme Court will consider whether a Texas city's restrictions on digital billboards runs afoul of the First Amendment. ...
- Facebook Sues Over $36 Million Ad-Fraud Scheme, Targeted Agency Employees
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Facebook on Tuesday sued four Vietnamese residents who allegedly ran an ad-fraud scheme that took control of accounts of users who worked at ad and marketing agencies. ...
- Sen. Wyden Proposes Bill To Protect Journalists From Government Surveillance
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, June 28, 2021
The proposed law would prevent disclosure of email, telephone and other data that could reveal a journalist's source. ...
- 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. ...
- Judge Sides With Rep. Boebert Over Twitter Block
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 25, 2021
A federal judge in Colorado has refused to order Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert to unblock a former state lawmaker on Twitter. ...
- DOJ Arrests, Charges First Person With Assault On News Media On Jan. 6
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 25, 2021
Shane Allen Woods knocked a cameraman to the ground and assaulted a member of law enforcement, prosecutors allege. ...
