- OpenAI Hit With New Lawsuits Over Privacy, Copyright
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 29, 2023
AI company OpenAI was hit with two new lawsuits this week, bo ...
- Social Platforms Battle Teens Over Mental Health Claims
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Free-speech principles as well as a 27-year-old media law prevent teens fr ...
- Kochava Fights To Keep FTC Privacy Complaint Hidden From Public
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 28, 2023
The FTC's amended complaint "includes misleading allegations, that intentionally conflate separate a ...
- Google Pulls Its News Service From Canada
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, June 29, 2023
Google will pull its news service in Canada based on legislation forci ...
- Court Won't Revive Minor's Claims Against Snap Over Sex-Grooming Messages
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Snapchat can't be sued for allegedly designing its service in a w ...
- Publishers Clearing House To Settle FTC 'Dark Patterns' Charges For $18.5M
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Publishers Clearing House tricked consumers into thinking they had to order produc ...
- SCOTUS Leaves In Place Google Victory In Battle Over Scraped Lyrics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 26, 2023
In a blow to Genius Music Group, the Supreme Court on Mond ...
- Oregon Lawmakers Pass Opt-Out Privacy Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 26, 2023
The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, if enacted, will give state residents t ...
- Meta Must Face Discrimination Claims Over Former Ad-Targeting Options
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 23, 2023
A federal appellate court has revived a lawsuit by users who cla ...
- Canada Passes Online News Act, Meta Confirms It's Pulling The Plug On News Content
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, June 23, 2023
Meta notified users that Facebook and Instagram will block news in Cana ...
- Texas Governor Signs Law Allowing Residents To Reject Targeted Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act requires companies to allow residen ...
- Amazon Used 'Dark Patterns' To Dupe Prime Subscribers, FTC Charges
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 21, 2023
"Amazon used manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs known as 'dark pattern ...
- PRESS Act to Protect Journalists And Sources Reintroduced In Congress
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The bill would prevent the government from secretly obtaining a reporter's recor ...
- Platforms Recommend Harmful Content To LGBTQ Teens, Advocacy Group Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 21, 2023
"Teens overall are experiencing a number of harms online -- but LGBTQI ...
- Gannett Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, June 20, 2023
The antitrust suit alleges that Google forces publishers to sell growing shar ...
- Google Searchers Can Get Paid For Pilfered Privacy
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 19, 2023
Google Search users who clicked on a search result link from October 2 ...
- Shoe Company Rockport Files For Chapter 11 Again
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, June 18, 2023
Rockport has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time, abo ...
- NYU Hospital Accuses Northwell Health Of 'Ripping Off' Signature Color
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, June 18, 2023
New York University Hospital Langone has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Northwe ...
- Keeping Law Firm Emails Out Of The Spam Box
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, June 19, 2023
Law firms are increasingly using email marketing. But it is a was ...
- Streaming Video Renters Ask Appeals Court To Restore Privacy Suit Against Apple
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 16, 2023
Two Apple users have asked a court to reinstate claims that t ...
- JCPA Passes Senate Judiciary Committee, But What's Next Isn't Clear
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Sunday, June 18, 2023
The bill would allow small news outlets to negotiate with tech gian ...
- Google Files Lawsuit Over Fake Review Scams
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, June 16, 2023
Google reported that alleged scammers created 350 fraudulent business profiles and mo ...
- Bipartisan Bill Would Prevent TikTok And Others From Sending Data To China
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 15, 2023
Lawmakers this week introduced a bill that aims to prevent TikTok, da ...
- The Risks Of AI: Legal/Ethical Issues And Lack Of SEO
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 16, 2023
Freelancers are much more likely than others to fear incorrect information, ...
- Twitter 'Breeds Massive Copyright Infringement,' Music Publishers Claim
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 15, 2023
"Twitter consistently and knowingly hosts and streams infringing copies of musical compositions ...
- Target Employees Recount Harassment Inspired By Pride Month Merchandise
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Several current and former Target employees shared the hateful backlash they ha ...
- Twitter Didn't Pay Rent In Boulder, Now Being Evicted
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Twitter has been evicted from its office in Boulder, Colorado. The soci ...
- Ad Industry Issues Privacy Guidance For Connected Devices
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 15, 2023
The self-regulatory group Digital Advertising Alliance has issued a best practices gui ...
- FTC Will Try To Block Microsoft's Activision Blizzard Acquisition: Report
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 12, 2023
The FTC is set to file for an injunction that would enab ...
- Senators Reintroduce Bill Requiring Platforms To Share Data With Researchers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 9, 2023
The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act would require large social platforms ...