- Federal Prosecutors Charge 60 People In Magazine Fraud Scheme Targeting Seniors
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, October 29, 2020
The government says the telemarketing scam defrauded 183,000 people across the U.S. for more than $335 million over a 20-year-period. ...
- Citing First Amendment, Facebook Says It Has Right To Fact-Check Posts About Vaccines
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Facebook is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit by the Children's Health Defense, which accused the company of violating free speech principles by telling users that some ...
- Google Search Boycott: Brands, Agencies Buzz About Possibilities
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Advertisers have yet to boycott Google Search services, as they have with YouTube, but that has not stopped agencies and platforms from considering the idea, as an OpenX survey conducted ...
- QAnon Members Sue YouTube Over Takedowns
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 27, 2020
"YouTube's massive de-platforming, which occurred just three weeks before the 2020 Presidential election, worked to the severe detriment of both conservative content creators and American voters who seek out their ...
- Facebook CEO Will Ask Lawmakers To Revise Section 230
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 27, 2020
"I believe Congress should update the law to make sure it's working as intended," Zuckerberg will tell lawmakers on the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday. ...
- Facebook Battles BrandTotal Over Data Scraping
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 22, 2020
Ad services company BrandTotal "put the security and integrity of Facebook and its users at risk," Facebook is telling a federal judge. ...
- FCC Counsel Defends Plan To Tinker With Web Publishers' Legal Protections
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 22, 2020
When Ajit Pai took over as FCC chairman, he promised to "fire up the weed whacker" and dismantle the previous administration's regulations. But his deregulatory approach doesn't apply to content ...
- Toobin Scandal Is Occasion For Publishers To Review Harassment Policies
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, October 23, 2020
Do Toobin's actions mean Conde Nast faces significant legal liability for creating a hostile work environment? ...
- Facebook Sues Fake Engagement Purveyors
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Facebook this week sued the companies Boostgram and Instant-Fans for allegedly selling fake followers and likes on Instagram. ...
- New Bill Takes Aim At 'Harmful' Online Content
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Two House Democrats propose stripping large tech companies of their immunity from lawsuits over users' "harmful" or "radicalizing" speech, if the companies use algorithms to recommend the content ...
- BrandTotal Seeks Court Order Forcing Facebook To Lift Block
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 19, 2020
"Facebook's complaint brazenly labels the UpVoice browser extension 'malicious' with no explanation," BrandTotal writes in a request for a restraining order against Facebook. ...
- Justice Department Sues Google For Search Anticompetitive Business Practices
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, October 20, 2020
The DOJ is expected to file the "most aggressive U.S. legal challenge to a company's dominance in the tech sector in more than two decades." ...
- Google Seeks Dismissal Of Lawsuit Over Alleged Tracking Of Logged-Out Chrome Users
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 9, 2020
A lawsuit accusing Google of wrongly collecting data from Chrome users is based on a "willful misinterpretation of two isolated sentences" in the privacy policy, the company says. ...
- Judge Refuses To Dismiss Arizona Suit Against Google Over Location Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 8, 2020
Arizona's top law enforcement official can proceed with a lawsuit accusing Google of misleading the public about location privacy, a state judge has ruled. ...
- Supreme Court Weighs Future Software Case For Google And Oracle
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 7, 2020
The Supreme Court justices understand their decision in a copyright dispute between Google and Oracle could have far-reaching consequences for Silicon Valley, but after an hour and a half of ...
- Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple Have Monopoly Power, Democrats Recommend Changes
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, October 6, 2020
The House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust released its findings and recommendations Tuesday on how to readjust and reform laws for the digital age, after a 16-month investigation into competitive practices ...
- Facebook Defeats Lawsuit Over Discriminatory Financial Services Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 5, 2020
Siding with Facebook, a federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit alleging that the company violated civil rights laws by allowing financial services companies to target ads to people based ...
- Judge Authorizes Appeal In PEN America's First Amendment Fight With Trump
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 2, 2020
A federal judge authorized an appeal of her decision to allow PEN America to proceed with claims that President Trump violated the First Amendment by retaliating against journalists based on ...
- Trump Administration Fights To Proceed With WeChat Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, October 4, 2020
Citing security concerns, the Trump administration is asking a federal appellate court to lift an injunction that prohibits the government from enforcing a ban on WeChat downloads. ...
- White House Loses Bid For New Hearing Over Reporter's Press Pass
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 1, 2020
A federal appellate court has rejected a request by the Trump administration to reconsider an order requiring it to restore the journalist Brian Karem's press credentials. ...
- Ad Industry Blasts New California Privacy Proposal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 1, 2020
"The initiative would "fail to provide meaningful new protections for Californians" and "impose considerable new costs on a business community," the ANA, IAB, 4As and other ad groups stated Thurs ...
- Amazon Prevails In Lawsuit Over Teen's Overdose On Caffeine Powder
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 1, 2020
Ohio's highest court unanimously ruled Amazon was not responsible for the death of a teen who ingested a fatal overdose of caffeine powder sold on the company's marketplace as a ...
- AT&T Must Face Lawsuit Over DirecTV Robocalls
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 30, 2020
AT&T's DirecTV must face a class-action complaint alleging the company violated a consumer protection law by making robocalls to a consumer's cell phone, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday. ...
- California Residents Face Opt-Out Hurdles
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 1, 2020
The California Consumer Privacy Act's opt-out approach "is inherently flawed," Consumer Reports writes in a new report about the law. ...
- Amazon Resolves Battle In Pennsylvania Over Shoddy Marketplace Merchandise
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Amazon has settled a high-stakes battle over its liability for defective merchandise that left a woman blind in one eye. ...
- Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs Could Be Called To Testify
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, September 30, 2020
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote Thursday on whether or not to authorize a series of subpoenas, calling on Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs to attend a hearing. ...
- Google Defeats New Mexico AG's Lawsuit Over Student's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 29, 2020
A federal judge has thrown out a privacy lawsuit brought by the New Mexico Attorney General over children's educational apps. ...
- FCC Drops Appeal, Will Provide Data About Net Neutrality Commenters To New York Times
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 29, 2020
The FCC has withdrawn its appeal of an order requiring it to provide The New York Times with metadata about web users who commented to the agency during its 2017 ...
- Judge Temporarily Halts U.S. Ban Of TikTok Downloads
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, September 28, 2020
The court order temporarily stopping the Trump Administration from blocking the sale of the TikTok app in U.S. app stores is sealed, so the reasoning behind it is not yet ...
- Judge: 'Reasonable' Viewers Approach 'Tucker Carlson' With 'Appropriate Amount Of Skepticism'
Marketing Politics Weekly, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, September 25, 2020
A federal judge has ruled in Fox News' favor in the defamation suit brought against it by Karen McDougal. The ruling is in line with protecting political free speech -- ...
