- Meta Agrees To $725 Million Settlement Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 23, 2022
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $725 million to settle class-action clai ...
- Judge Refuses To Prohibit Meta From Collecting Patient Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 22, 2022
Allegations that Meta collected sensitive health data are "troubling," but an injuncti ...
- TikTok Confirms It Spied On American Journalists
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 22, 2022
ByteDance employees used data collected through TikTok to track locations of t ...
- Gannett Loses A Round In Case Over Alleged Sharing Of Data With Facebook
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, December 22, 2022
The case is almost identical to one filed in 2014 by anoth ...
- Woman's Expulsion From Radio City Renews Call For Facial Recognition Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Madison Square Garden Entertainment's use of facial-recognition technology is spurring new controver ...
- Meta Prevails In Robotexting Battle Over Birthday Messages
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Siding with Meta Platforms, a federal appellate court on Wednesday refused ...
- Trump's Tax Returns: The 'Brand' Looks To Take A Stronger Hit Via TV News
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 22, 2022
The Trump brand will get some newfound transparency in the coming da ...
- Court Won't Revive Vaccine Skeptic's Claims Against Twitter, White House
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Vaccine skeptic Colleen Huber, who was suspended from Twitter last year, can ...
- Epic Fined $520 Million Over 'Dark Patterns,' Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 19, 2022
Fortnite developer Epic Games will pay a total of $520 million f ...
- Right-Wing Activist Battles Twitter, Facebook, Procter & Gamble
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 19, 2022
Conservative activist Laura Loomer is pressing to proceed with claims against Twitte ...
- Tesla Or Twitter? Musk Ponders His Priorities
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Tanya Gazdik - Monday, December 19, 2022
Tesla loyalists are "exposed to the reality of who Musk is ...
- Revised Web Safety Bill Still Tramples Free Speech, Opponents Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 16, 2022
The Kids Online Safety Act "still contains this glaring and unconstitutional fl ...
- Former Weber Shandwick CFO Sentenced To Prison For Embezzlement
MAD, Steve McClellan - Friday, December 16, 2022
The sentence followed Okunak's guilty plea earlier this year to charges relat ...
- Judge Dismisses Complaint Against Facebook Over Rohingya Genocide
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 15, 2022
Siding with Meta Platforms, a federal judge has dismissed a class-action complai ...
- Tech Industry Sues California Over Kids' Online Safety Code
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 15, 2022
"Rather than protect minors, AB 2273 will harm them, along with t ...
- Data Used To Support State Farm Discrimination Lawsuit
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, December 14, 2022
State Farm is under fire for allegedly discriminating against Black customers. A lawsu ...
- Senators Make Year-End Push To Ban Behavioral Targeting To Teens
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 14, 2022
"Children and teens are uniquely vulnerable populations in today's digital ecosystem, y ...
- Supreme Court Upholds Flavored-Tobacco Ban
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, December 13, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold California's ban on flavored tobacc ...
- Federal Lawmakers Seek TikTok Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Citing privacy and security concerns, federal lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bi ...
- Google Gets Mixed Ruling In Privacy Battle Over Incognito Mode
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Chrome users who are suing Google for allegedly collecting data about peop ...
- State AGs Back Mandatory Blocking Of Suspicious Robotexts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 12, 2022
"Bad actors have most likely shifted tactics to take advantage of consumer ...
- SCOTUS Seeks Biden Admin Input On Lawsuit Against Google Over Song Lyrics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 12, 2022
The Supreme Court wants to hear from the Solicitor General about wheth ...
- After $1B-Plus Settlement, Vape Brand Juul Labs Still Mired In Litigation
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Steve Ellwanger - Monday, December 12, 2022
Juul reiterated its November announcement that it had secured new financing " ...
- FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Agrees To Testify Before Congress
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Friday, December 9, 2022
Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX, said today he will testify befo ...
- Study: Legal Cannabis A 'Formidable Competitor' To Alcohol
CPG Insider, Steve Ellwanger - Friday, December 9, 2022
"We think that reflects notable changes in consumer behavior coupled with chang ...
- FTC Sues To Prevent Microsoft From Purchasing Activision
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 8, 2022
The FTC on Thursday sued Microsoft over its proposed $69 billion purcha ...
- When Is A Media Buy A Greenwashing Liability? When It's A Fossil Fuel Brand Sponsoring Climate Coverage
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, December 9, 2022
"It's strings-attached sponsorship," Ben Franta, an expert on greenwashing litigation, explained duri ...
- TikTok Faces New Lawsuits In Indiana, Bans In Other States
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 8, 2022
"While TikTok vacuums up reams of this highly sensitive and personal informati ...
- Uber To Pay Millions To Chicago Restaurants
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Uber will pay millions of dollars to Chicago restaurants as part ...
- 'Smash And Grab' Plagues Retail Locations Nationwide
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Major retailers nationwide are facing a rash of so-called “smash and grab&rdqu ...