- 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The FCC has withdrawn its appeal of an order requiring it to provide The New York Times with metadata about web users who commented to the agency during its 20 ...
- 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 y ...
- 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 ...
- DOJ Proposes Curbs On Publishers' Protections For Removing Users' Posts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 23, 2020
The Department of Justice Wednesday proposed legislation that could make it easier for people to sue web companies for taking down content. ...
- Twitter Sued Over 'Inadvertent' Use Of Phone Numbers For Advertising
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Twitter has been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly drawing on users' phone numbers to serve them with targeted ads. ...
- California Urges Judge To Leave Net Neutrality Law In Place
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 18, 2020
"The central importance of free and open Internet access to modern life has never been more apparent than during the current COVID-19 public health crisis," California Attorney General Xavier Becer ...
- Judge Blocks Trump Administration's WeChat Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, September 20, 2020
Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge blocked an order that would have forced app stores to stop offering the Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat. ...
- AT&T To Settle Class Action Over Throttling
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 17, 2020
AT&T has reached an "agreement in principle" to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit over allegations that it slowed the broadband connections of subscribers who purchased unlimited data. ...
- Netflix Double Hit: Series Star Charged With Child Pornography, As GOP Reps Demand DoJ Prosecution For 'Cuties'
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, September 18, 2020
The timing couldn't be worse. Jerry Harris, who rose to celebrity through being featured in Netflix's "Cheer" docuseries, was arrested in Chicago yesterday on charges of producing child pornography. Meanwhil ...
- Trump's FCC Pick Pushed For Social Media Crackdown
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
The White House has nominated telecom lawyer Nathan Simington, who reportedly assisted President Trump in his effort to crack down on social media companies, to replace Michael O'Rielly as F ...
- Amazon And Microsoft Urge Judges To Throw Out Faceprint Lawsuits
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Amazon and Microsoft are asking federal judges in Washington to dismiss lawsuits accusing the companies of violating an Illinois biometric privacy law by acquiring a database of faceprints. ...
- Internet Society Urges FCC To Reject Trump's Attempt To Regulate Social Media
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 15, 2020
The nonprofit Internet Society is warning that the Trump administration's attempt to tamper with a law protecting web companies poses risks to the security and stability of the internet. ...
- Human Rights Group Wants Illegal Posts Archived To Aid Prosecutions
Social Media Insider, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Platforms are becoming more active in removing undesirable content, which can help governments and local officials document abuse. ...
- Chamber of Commerce, Lyft, Home Depot And Others Back Facebook In Battle Over Texts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 14, 2020
"Consumers want real-time communications from businesses: e.g., text messages about when to expect drivers; alerts about new deals or promotions; or communications with shoppers who cannot find the originally order ...
- YouTube Hit With $3 Billion Suit Over Alleged Use Of Kids' Data
Around the Net In Digital, Ray Schultz - Monday, September 14, 2020
A class-action lawsuit filed in the UK accuses YouTube of breaking UK and European data laws by targeting children. In addition, it seeks $3 billion. ...
- Senate Democrats Urge Broadband Providers To Suspend Data Caps, Expand Coverage
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 11, 2020
Sen. Mark Warner and 10 others said Friday in a letter that "remote education is only as effective as available internet service," with "unprecedented numbers of students" relying on remo ...
- TikTok Ban Violates First Amendment, Digital Rights Group Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 11, 2020
"The free-speech implications of the President's action are clear, not only for the individuals who wish to speak, but for the community they have created," the Electronic Frontier Foundation argu ...
- Portland Bans Facial-Recognition Technology
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 10, 2020
Come January, private companies in Portland, Oregon will no longer be allowed to use facial-recognition technology in stores, parks, and other places of public accommodation, under an ordinance passed unanimous ...
- EarthLink Sues Charter Over Alleged 'Stealing' Of Subscribers
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, September 10, 2020
EarthLink has filed a lawsuit against Charter Communications, alleging Charter duped EarthLink subscribers by telling them their broadband provider was out of business, among other things. The case, on fi ...
- Republicans Introduce Bill To Curb Publishers' Protections For Posts By Users
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 9, 2020
The "Online Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act," unveiled by Sens. Roger Wicker, Lindsey Graham and Marsha Blackburn, would tie web companies' potential liability for users' speech to the companies' conte ...
- Trump's Potential Supreme Court Picks Include Big Tech Critics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Republican Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz are on the roster of President Donald Trump's potential Supreme Court appointees if he wins a second term. ...
- Facebook Urges Judge To Dismiss Maffick Lawsuit Over 'State-Controlled Media' Label
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Facebook says Maffick's libel lawsuit should be dismissed, arguing that the "state-controlled media" label is an opinion, protected by the First Amendment. ...
- Justice Department Backs Facebook In Fight Over Robotexts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 8, 2020
The Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to throw out a lawsuit claiming the social media company violated a federal law by sending unwanted text messages. ...
- Facebook Asks Supreme Court To Throw Out Robotext Claims
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 4, 2020
Facebook is asking the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that revived a lawsuit claiming the company violated a federal law by sending unwanted text messages. ...
- AT&T Says Tech Platforms Should Be Required To Disclose Algorithms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 3, 2020
"Leading tech platforms should now be required to make disclosures about how they collect and use data, how they rank search results, how they interconnect and interoperate with others, a ...
- DoJ Antitrust Suit Against Google Is Imminent: Report
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, September 4, 2020
Most Department of Justice lawyers working on the case opposed a September deadline pushed by DoJ officials, and some express concerns that Attorney General William Barr is pushing to fi ...
