- AT&T Must Face Lawsuit Over DirecTV Robocalls
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 30, 2020
AT&T's DirecTV must face a class-action complaint alleging the company violated ...
- California Residents Face Opt-Out Hurdles
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 1, 2020
The California Consumer Privacy Act's opt-out approach "is inherently flawed," Consumer Repor ...
- Amazon Resolves Battle In Pennsylvania Over Shoddy Marketplace Merchandise
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Amazon has settled a high-stakes battle over its liability for defective merchandi ...
- Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs Could Be Called To Testify
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, September 30, 2020
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote Thursday on whether or not ...
- Google Defeats New Mexico AG's Lawsuit Over Student's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 29, 2020
A federal judge has thrown out a privacy lawsuit brought by t ...
- FCC Drops Appeal, Will Provide Data About Net Neutrality Commenters To New York Times
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 29, 2020
The FCC has withdrawn its appeal of an order requiring it ...
- Judge Temporarily Halts U.S. Ban Of TikTok Downloads
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, September 28, 2020
The court order temporarily stopping the Trump Administration from blocking the sa ...
- Judge: 'Reasonable' Viewers Approach 'Tucker Carlson' With 'Appropriate Amount Of Skepticism'
Marketing Politics Weekly, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, September 25, 2020
A federal judge has ruled in Fox News' favor in the defamati ...
- DOJ Proposes Curbs On Publishers' Protections For Removing Users' Posts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 23, 2020
The Department of Justice Wednesday proposed legislation that could make it easi ...
- Twitter Sued Over 'Inadvertent' Use Of Phone Numbers For Advertising
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Twitter has been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly drawing on user ...
- California Urges Judge To Leave Net Neutrality Law In Place
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 18, 2020
"The central importance of free and open Internet access to modern li ...
- Judge Blocks Trump Administration's WeChat Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, September 20, 2020
Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge blocked an order that wou ...
- AT&T To Settle Class Action Over Throttling
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 17, 2020
AT&T has reached an "agreement in principle" to settle a long-running class-acti ...
- Netflix Double Hit: Series Star Charged With Child Pornography, As GOP Reps Demand DoJ Prosecution For 'Cuties'
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, September 18, 2020
The timing couldn't be worse. Jerry Harris, who rose to celebrity throu ...
- Trump's FCC Pick Pushed For Social Media Crackdown
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
The White House has nominated telecom lawyer Nathan Simington, who reportedly assist ...
- Amazon And Microsoft Urge Judges To Throw Out Faceprint Lawsuits
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Amazon and Microsoft are asking federal judges in Washington to dismiss lawsui ...
- Internet Society Urges FCC To Reject Trump's Attempt To Regulate Social Media
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 15, 2020
The nonprofit Internet Society is warning that the Trump administration's attempt ...
- Human Rights Group Wants Illegal Posts Archived To Aid Prosecutions
Social Media Insider, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Platforms are becoming more active in removing undesirable content, which can he ...
- Chamber of Commerce, Lyft, Home Depot And Others Back Facebook In Battle Over Texts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 14, 2020
"Consumers want real-time communications from businesses: e.g., text messages about when ...
- YouTube Hit With $3 Billion Suit Over Alleged Use Of Kids' Data
Around the Net In Digital, Ray Schultz - Monday, September 14, 2020
A class-action lawsuit filed in the UK accuses YouTube of breaking ...
- Senate Democrats Urge Broadband Providers To Suspend Data Caps, Expand Coverage
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 11, 2020
Sen. Mark Warner and 10 others said Friday in a letter th ...
- TikTok Ban Violates First Amendment, Digital Rights Group Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 11, 2020
"The free-speech implications of the President's action are clear, not only f ...
- Portland Bans Facial-Recognition Technology
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 10, 2020
Come January, private companies in Portland, Oregon will no longer be allow ...
- EarthLink Sues Charter Over Alleged 'Stealing' Of Subscribers
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, September 10, 2020
EarthLink has filed a lawsuit against Charter Communications, alleging Charter duped EarthLi ...
- Republicans Introduce Bill To Curb Publishers' Protections For Posts By Users
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 9, 2020
The "Online Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act," unveiled by Sens. Roger Wicke ...
- Trump's Potential Supreme Court Picks Include Big Tech Critics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Republican Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz are on the roster ...
- Facebook Urges Judge To Dismiss Maffick Lawsuit Over 'State-Controlled Media' Label
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Facebook says Maffick's libel lawsuit should be dismissed, arguing that the "state-controll ...
- Justice Department Backs Facebook In Fight Over Robotexts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 8, 2020
The Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to throw out ...
- Facebook Asks Supreme Court To Throw Out Robotext Claims
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 4, 2020
Facebook is asking the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruli ...
- AT&T Says Tech Platforms Should Be Required To Disclose Algorithms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 3, 2020
"Leading tech platforms should now be required to make disclosures about h ...