- 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 ...
- Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Against Twitter Over Ad-Targeting Slip-Up
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 7, 2022
A federal judge dismissed a class-action complaint claiming Twitter violated its contra ...
- Biden Admin Weighs In On Tech Companies' Liability For Terror Attacks
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 7, 2022
The administration argues that web platforms' failure to remove material posted ...
- Online Safety Bill Violates First Amendment, Critics Tell Congress
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The bill, which requires companies to act in minors' best interests, wi ...
- Brands, Be Careful Before You Launch Your Next TikTok Campaign
Social Media Insider, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, December 7, 2022
When an account belongs to a verified brand, or an influencer ...
- Meta Threatens To Remove News From Platform If Journalism Bill Passes
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 5, 2022
Lawmakers in the Senate proposed attaching the controversial JCPA to the defen ...
- FTC 'Grossly Exaggerates' Revelations From Location Data, Kochava Argues
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 5, 2022
"The FTC provides no facts to support its illogical leap that ...
- Privacy Scofflaws: Few Firms Are Complying With CCPA And GDPR
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Nearly all firms lack automated systems for handling consumer data requests, Cytr ...
- Meta Sued Over Data Collection From Tax Preparation Sites
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 2, 2022
"Several of the nation's largest online tax-preparation services installed the Pixel ...
- Tinder Hit With Privacy Lawsuit Over Verification Selfies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 1, 2022
Illinois residents are suing dating app Tinder and its parent company, Mat ...
- Terrorist Victim's Family Urges SCOTUS To Reinstate Claims Against YouTube
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 1, 2022
The family of Nohemi Gonzalez is asking the Supreme Court to ru ...
- Kanye West Reportedly Manipulated Yeezy Staff With Porn, Bullying
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Former Yeezy sneakers team members claim that singer-turned-businessman Ye, formerly known as Kan ...
- TikTok Hit With Privacy Lawsuit Over Keystroke Logging
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 29, 2022
"TikTok has secretly amassed massive amounts of highly invasive information and da ...
- Court Won't Revive Advertiser's Battle With Facebook Over Phony Accounts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 28, 2022
Siding with Meta Platforms, a federal appellate court refused to revive ...
- Google, iHeartMedia Sued By FTC And States Over Fake Endorsements
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 28, 2022
The FTC and seven states sued Google and iHeartMedia over ads ...
- Meta and TikTok Sued For Allegedly Violating Texas Social Media 'Censorship' Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 25, 2022
A right-wing Texas attorney is suing Meta Platforms and TikTok for alleged ...
- Twitter Urged To Fix 'Significant Security Failures'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 25, 2022
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley is urging Twitter to "immediately" correct "significant securi ...
- Jack Daniel's V. Bad Spaniels: U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Trademark Case
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Steve Ellwanger - Sunday, November 27, 2022
When is a brand parody not legal? This case features Jack Daniel ...
- FTC Presses To Proceed With Privacy Complaint Against Kochava
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 25, 2022
Kochava "discloses to third parties data that reveals consumers who are maki ...
- IAB And Others Want Supreme Court To Strike Down Florida Social Media Bill
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Florida's social media "censorship" law is "designed to force a sea chan ...
- Dotdash Meredith Avoids Legal Threat To Revenue Stream
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, November 24, 2022
Court finds that firm did not violate consumers' rights by including th ...
- Drake And 21 Savage to Remove Fake 'Vogue' Covers
Around the Net In Publishing, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Drake and 21 Savage have agreed to a preliminary injunction in the ca ...
- Biden Administration Sides With Meta In Battle Over Pegasus Spyware
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Israeli company NSO Group, which allegedly distributed malware to WhatsApp users' phone ...
- Antitrust Class Action Charges Disney With Driving Inflated Livestreamed TV Prices
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Class action complaint by YouTube TV subscribers charges Disney with leveraging i ...
- Appeals Court Sides With YouTube In Battle Over QAnon Takedowns
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 21, 2022
A federal appellate court won't revive a lawsuit against Google by QAn ...
- Protest Over Nondairy-Milk Surcharge Temporarily Closes Detroit Starbucks
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, November 20, 2022
PETA protestors encased their feet in cement and blocked entrances at ...
- Judge Sides With Google In Battle Over 'Order Online' Button
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 18, 2022
Siding against the operator of Lime Fresh Mexican Grill, a federal jud ...
- Epoch Times Can't Shake Video Privacy Suit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 18, 2022
An "Epoch Times" subscriber can proceed with a lawsuit accusing the conservati ...