- Texas Urges Court To Turn Away Twitter In Battle Over Content Moderation Probe
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 17, 2021
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says his investigation of Twitter's policies doesn't raise free speech concerns. ...
- Federal Election Commission Rejects Complaints Against Twitter And Facebook
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Saturday, September 18, 2021
Content moderation efforts by Twitter and Facebook -- including Facebook's fact-checking of posts about Vice President Kamala Harris -- did not violate federal election law. ...
- Judge Orders Locast To Permanently Shut Down
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 16, 2021
A federal judge on Wednesday prohibited Locast from resuming its service, which transmitted television programs over the internet. ...
- Texas-Led State Coalition Seeks To Revive Florida Curbs On Social Media Platforms
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 16, 2021
Attorneys general from Texas and nine other states are supporting Florida in its attempt to revive a state law that aims to restrict social media companies' ability to moderate conte ...
- Senators Call Foul After Google Blocks Ads For 'Abortion Reversal' Pill And 'Pro-Life' Ads
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 16, 2021
Several U.S. senators today demanded to know why Google decided to pull "abortion reversal" pill ads while continuing to allow ads for mifepristone, known as the "abortion pill." ...
- Lawmakers Urge Facebook To Halt Plans To Launch New Platforms For Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 15, 2021
A trio of Democratic lawmakers are urging Facebook to immediately cease efforts to launch a version of Instagram for children, given a new report about company research into the service ...
- LinkedIn Says Analytics Company In Scraping Fight Quietly Shuttered In 2018
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 14, 2021
LinkedIn has told a federal judge that analytics company hiQ Labs, which has been fighting a high-profile battle against LinkedIn since 2017 over its scraping policies, actually went out ...
- Ad Industry Defends 'Inaccurately Maligned' Targeting
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 13, 2021
Recent campaigns urging people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 show the benefits of demographic targeting, the ad industry argues. ...
- Facebook XCheck Reveals Celebs, Politicians Get Special Treatment, 'Immunity' From Content Enforcement
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, September 13, 2021
A Facebook program known as XCheck gives millions of celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users special treatment. ...
- House Democrats Propose $1 Billion For FTC To Create New Privacy Division
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 10, 2021
House Democrats are floating a proposal to allocate $1 billion to the Federal Trade Commission, to enable the agency to beef up its privacy enforcement. ...
- Florida Asks Appellate Court To Reistate Restrictions On Social Media Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 9, 2021
"The Florida Legislature permissibly determined that the 'old rules' applicable to common carriers should be applied to the 'new circumstances' of social media," state officials argue in papers filed wi ...
- Texas Governor Signs Law Banning Social Platforms From 'Censoring' Posts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 9, 2021
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday signed a law that prohibits Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other large platforms from suppressing posts based on the views expressed. ...
- Animal Rights Activists Sue Government For Suppressing Comments On Social Media
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 9, 2021
The National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services are using automated filters on Facebook and Instagram to hide comments that might express criticism of anim ...
- Investor Village Seeks To Revive Class-Action Against Facebook Over Ad Targeting
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 8, 2021
A federal district court judge held Investor Village "to an impossible standard" in ruling it could not proceed on behalf of a class of advertisers, the company argues. ...
- FTC Unseals Allegations Against Facebook, Including Monthly User Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The FTC on Wednesday unsealed a host of previously secret material involving Facebook, ranging from information about the company's monthly users to details about prior acquisitions. ...
- FCC Revisists Broadband Competition In Apartment Buildings
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 7, 2021
"With more than one-third of the U.S. population living in condos and apartment buildings, it's time to take a fresh look at how exclusive agreements between carriers and building owne ...
- Tech Leads Call For Change, Say Pentagon Not Prepared To Defend U.S. In Advanced Technology, AI
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 7, 2021
The U.S. is not prepared to defend or compete in the area of AI. That's the message today from a group of tech leaders led by former Google Chairman Er ...
- Apple Delays iPhone Scanning Plan
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 3, 2021
Faced with a backlash by civil rights groups and privacy advocates, Apple has decided to delay a controversial plan to scan users' devices for child sex-abuse images. ...
- Texas Passes Bill Prohibiting Social Media Companies From 'Censoring' Posts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 3, 2021
Lawmakers in Texas have passed a bill that would prohibit Facebook, Twitter, Google and other large social media companies from blocking, demoting or demonetizing posts based on political viewpoint. ...
- Computer Repair Shop Owner Who Lost Defamation Case Must Pay Twitter's Legal Bills
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 2, 2021
The computer repair shop owner who unsuccessfully claimed he was defamed by Twitter is on the hook for the company's legal fees, a federal judge ruled. ...
- WhatsApp Fined $266M By Ireland Data Privacy Regulator Over Data Shared With Facebook
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 2, 2021
WhatsApp was fined a record $266 million following an inquiry into its transparency around sharing personal data with other Facebook companies. The ruling said WhatsApp did not meet its "transparen ...
- Rep. Boebert Urges Judge To Throw Out Lawsuit Over Twitter Block
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 26, 2021
Rep. Lauren Boebert, a far-right Republican, is urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing her of violating the First Amendment by blocking a critic on Twitter. ...
- Apple Settles Antitrust Battle, Will Pay $100 Million And Revise App Store Policies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 26, 2021
Apple has settled an antitrust lawsuit claiming it abused its market power by charging an "overly expensive" 30% commission, and promised to revise its App Store policies by allowing develope ...
- Illusion Of Living In A Virtual World
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 27, 2021
Apple, Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft top execs were among the business leaders who met with the Biden administration on Wednesday to pledge billions on cybersecurity, and discuss how t ...
- Trump Seeks Court Order Forcing YouTube To Restore Channel
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Trump's lawyers argue that his permanent suspension from YouTube is causing him "irreparable injury," because it deprives him of the ability to raise funds and endorse political candidates. ...
- Facebook Prevails In Battle Over Housing Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Facebook has defeated claims that its prior ad-targeting options violated anti-discrimination laws by allowing advertisers to prevent housing ads from being shown to users based on factors such as rac ...
- Outfront Media, Biden Administration, Others Urge Court To Reinstate Curbs On Digital Signs
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 23, 2021
"Outfront has a strong interest in preserving the historical and content-neutral manner in which the permitting of distinct types of advertising structures has long been regulated," Outfront Media writes ...
- Google Made 4,500 Improvements In 2020
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Google may be on a mission to make the world's information open and accessible, but it also has been pushing for transparency. Here's why Google wants you to know h ...
- What's On The Mind Of LiveRamp President Warren Jenson?
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 23, 2021
Jenson has worked directly with legendary entrepreneur Jack Welch, and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos. His career as CFO began while working with Welch at GE. ...
- 1-800 Contacts Sues Warby Parker Over Search Advertising
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, August 20, 2021
"Instead of independently developing its own brand awareness related to the online sales of contacts, Warby Parker has devised a plan to confuse and mislead consumers who seek to ...
