- GOP Floats New Curbs On Tech Companies
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 16, 2021
Republican staff in the House suggest broadening the Children's Online Privacy Protecti ...
- YouTube Urges Judge To Throw Out QAnon Lawsuit Over Video Takedowns
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 8, 2021
Members of the right-wing conspiracy group QAnon lack grounds to claim th ...
- Facebook, Zuckerberg Get Slapped With Lawsuit From Muslim Advocates
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 8, 2021
Muslim Advocates on Thursday filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Facebook C ...
- Court Ends Battle Between Trump And Blocked Critics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 5, 2021
The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Dept. of Justice's request ...
- Texas AG Says Twitter Not Entitled To Stop Probe Of Editorial Policies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Twitter isn't entitled to a court order prohibiting Texas Attorney General K ...
- DoubleVerify Integrates Brand Safety Further Into Facebook
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 30, 2021
A third-party brand safety and suitability solution is now available to bran ...
- Texas Probe Of Twitter Violates First Amendment, Groups Tell Judge
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 26, 2021
"While one may disagree with how online platforms curate lawful content, the ...
- Tech Titan CEOs Look To Algorithms, Transparency To Resolve Section 230 Challenges
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 26, 2021
The Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs were grilled for answers regarding chang ...
- Zuckerberg Proposes Congress Should Limit Web Companies' Legal Protections
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will suggest that Congress revamp Section 230 ...
- Media-Bias Chart Provides In-Depth View, Greater Control For Media Buys Based On Brand Values
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 19, 2021
Ad Fontes Media is releasing a premium version of its media-bias cha ...
- Facebook Slammed For Spanish-Language Monitoring Gap, Adds Penalties For Groups That Spread Harmful Content
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, March 18, 2021
On Wednesday, a coalition of racial justice and internet accountability organizations join ...
- SXSW: Journalists Discuss Struggle To Keep Local News Publishers Alive
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 17, 2021
During the virtual SXSW event Wednesday, a discussion with local newspaper journalis ...
- Vimeo Prevails In Discrimination Lawsuit By 'Former Homosexual' Over Account Removal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 11, 2021
Siding with Vimeo, a federal appellate court ruled Thursday that "former homosexua ...
- Most Ad Execs Supported Trump Ban, Many Boosted Social Ad Budgets Because Of It
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Friday, March 12, 2021
Nearly two-thirds of ad execs agreed with social media platforms' decisions ...
- Twitter Slowed By Russian Authorities For Banned Content
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 11, 2021
Russian authorities Wednesday said they slowed the speed of users' uploading ...
- Twitter Seeks Court Order Barring Texas From Investigating Content Policies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 8, 2021
Twitter is asking a federal judge to prohibit Texas Attorney General K ...
- The 'Real Story' Behind Facebook's Australian News Blackout, According To Facebook
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Facebook global affairs chief Nick Clegg charges there is a "fundamental misunderstandin ...
- Facebook Drops Australian News Ban, Negotiates Payments, After Law Amendments
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, February 23, 2021
The law now takes into account whether a digital platform has alrea ...
- Finding The Right Context: Is All Content Created Equal?
MediaDailyNews, Bre Rossetti - Monday, February 22, 2021
When potentially divisive events occur, do brands stay away to avoid tarnishi ...
- Could Facebook Send Big Checks To TV News Networks In The Future?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 22, 2021
Maybe the social network is seeing what's coming -- major deregulation. ...
- Maryland Ad Tax Will Backfire, Business Groups Argue In Court Challenge
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 18, 2021
Far from stemming fake news or hate speech, Maryland's new tax ...
- Social Platform Parler Returns Online
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 15, 2021
Parler stated Monday it will be "built on sustainable, independent technology a ...
- Can Voice-Based Social-Media Apps Help TV Marketers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 15, 2021
Clubhouse, a new social-media platform, is voice-driven. There may be advantages he ...
- Facebook Reports Double-Digit Drop In Hate Speech And Harmful Content, Cites Advances In AI
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, February 11, 2021
Facebook today released findings of its Community Standards Enforcement Report showing mark ...
- YouTube Augments Search -- Why It Needs MRC Content-Level Accreditation
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, February 10, 2021
More than 250 brands have reportedly stopped campaigns on YouTube and Goog ...
- Amazon's Super Bowl Ad Steams Up The Internet
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 5, 2021
Amazon's Super Bowl LV commercial, Alexa's Body, shows a woman daydreaming abo ...
- Florida Governor Takes Aim At Tech Companies
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 4, 2021
Tech companies would face fines of $100,000 per day for de-platforming politic ...
- Preserve Section 230, Watchdogs Urge Biden
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Dozens of civil rights groups and other watchdogs are urging the n ...
- Court Won't Revive Journalist's Lawsuit Against Twitter
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 25, 2021
A California appellate court has refused to revive Canadian journalist Meghan Murphy ...
- Xaxis North America President Talks About Brand Safety
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 25, 2021
More than ever, brands must take online measures to protect their ima ...