- Clearview Draws Support In Privacy Battle Over Faceprints
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 26, 2021
"In the United States, privacy laws cannot ban the collection, analysis, or subsequent disclosure of information that is already in public view without conflicting with the First Amendment," Eugene Volok ...
- 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. ...
- Sex Sells, But Older Sex Wins Lions
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, June 21, 2021
"I've never seen an older generation photographed like that," said Cannes Lions jury President Liz Taylor. ...
- Judge Throws Out Ice Cube's Claims Against Robinhood
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 16, 2021
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by rapper and entrepreneur Ice Cube against financial services company Robinhood over its use of his image and a variation of his catchphrase "che ...
- First Amendment Trumps Biometric Privacy Law, Amazon Says
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 3, 2021
Amazon intends to defend itself against claims that it violated an Illinois biometric privacy statute by arguing that the law is unconstitutional. ...
- Twitter Tests Full-Screen Ads In Fleets
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Twitter touts Fleets as a way for brands to be creative and reach readers in the moment. They might want to "go behind the scenes, have a creator take ov ...
- Advocates Petition Facebook To Axe Plan To Create Instagram For Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
More than 180,000 people have signed petitions urging Facebook to abandon plans to launch a children's version of Instagram, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and other watchdogs that organiz ...
- 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 ...
- Everalbum Finalizes FTC Settlement, Will Delete Facial-Recognition Algorithms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 7, 2021
The settlement resolves allegations that Everalbum misled users about its use of controversial facial-recognition technology. ...
- Snapchat Must Face Lawsuit Over Fatal High-Speed Car Crash
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 4, 2021
A court rejected Snapchat's argument that Section 230 protects it from liability over a fatal accident involving a passenger using a 'speed filter.' ...
- Disabled Regularly Access Visual/Non-Visual Media, Utilize Assistive Tools To Compensate
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Friday, April 23, 2021
Persons with visual, hearing, speech and/or cognitive disabilities are active consumers of media, but they also have special needs, frequently utilize assistive tools to compensate, and often have a difficu ...
- Google Photos Receives An Update
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Google Photos has released its first update since December. But the new version includes only “bug fixes and performance improvements.” Google Assistant has also received an
update. ...
- Facebook Urged To Cancel Plans For Children's Version Of Instagram
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 15, 2021
"Facebook's long track record of exploiting young people and putting them at risk makes the company particularly unsuitable as the custodian of a photo sharing and social messaging site f ...
- Instagram For Kids Raises 'Serious Concerns,' Lawmakers Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 5, 2021
"Children are a uniquely vulnerable population online, and images of kids are highly sensitive data," Sens. Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal and Reps. Kathy Castor and Lori Trahan said Mond ...
- Email Senders Now Can Drag And Drop 2 Million Free Photos
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, March 25, 2021
Campaign Monitor is partnering with Unsplash to provide images for email marketing campaigns. ...
- Amazon And Microsoft Must Face Claims Over Biometric Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 18, 2021
Illinois residents may proceed with a lawsuit alleging that Amazon and Microsoft violated a state biometric privacy law by amassing a database of faceprints, a federal judge has ruled. ...
- Hollywood.com Bans Use Of Paparazzi Photos Without Celebrity Permission
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 8, 2021
Site invokes #MeToo movement and concerns about paparazzi aggressiveness and "harassment" of celebrities. ...
- News Anchor Seeks To Revive Claims Over Photo Against Facebook, Other Web Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Philadelphia news anchor Karen Hepp has asked a federal appellate court to revive claims that Facebook and other companies violated her right to control the commercial use of her ima ...
- Google Battles Illinois Residents Over 'Faceprint' Database
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 27, 2020
Google is pressing a federal judge to dismiss claims that the company violated an Illinois privacy law by acquiring a faceprint database from IBM, which itself reportedly obtained 100 milli ...
- California Proposition 22 On Ballot Will Determine The Future Of Freelance Ad Workers
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, October 23, 2020
The livelihood of those working at Uber, Lyft, Instacart, DoorDash, as well as independent contractors in search advertising and marketing, music and photography, and freelance writers seems unstable. And it ...
- 'Selfie' Doc Is Unsettling Journey Along America's Fault Lines
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, October 22, 2020
Those who tune in hoping to see an analysis of American selfie culture will instead get a documentary about the state of the United States. ...
- Mystery Man John Wilson Comes Out Of Nowhere, Saves TV
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, October 21, 2020
A new show premiering Friday on HBO sweeps onto TV like a gust of fresh air. ...
- Stock Video Platform Storyblocks Pledges More Images Of Diverse Population
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Right now, Storyblocks says, only 5% of its content contains BIPOC images. ...
- 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. ...
- Vermont Can Proceed With Lawsuit Against Clearview Over Facial Recognition
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 14, 2020
A new court ruling allows Vermont's attorney general to proceed with claims that Clearview engaged in an "unfair" practice by allegedly using facial-recognition technology on photos of Vermont
residents. ...
- Google Displays Image Licensing Details In Search Results
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 31, 2020
Several new features aim to help creators follow image licensing guidelines for business or personal use such as those used on Facebook or in an ad. ...
- Microsoft, Shutterstock Deal Gives Brands Images For Ads
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Microsoft advertisers in the United States and the United Kingdom now have free access to more than 320 million Shutterstock images in the workflow for Microsoft Audience Ads. ...
- Instacart Accuses Uber's Cornership Of 'Stealing' Photos And Listings
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 16, 2020
Grocery delivery service Instacart on Thursday took aim at Uber's Cornershop, accusing the company of unlawfully scraping listings and photos from Instacart's website. ...
- Judge Reinstates Photographer's Copyright Claim Against Mashable
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Reversing herself, a federal judge in New York reinstated a photographer's claims that Mashable infringed her copyright by embedding a photo from her public Instagram account. ...
- Google Fights Privacy Suit Over Facial-Recognition Technology
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Google plans to fight a potential class-action lawsuit over faceprints by arguing that the Illinois biometric privacy law doesn't apply to data derived from photos -- even though other judg ...
