- FTC Loses Leverage Against Fraudsters
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 22, 2021
The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for the FTC ...
- TV Columnist's Lament: Why I Miss Donald Trump
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, April 22, 2021
As a subject for TV columns, there has never been anyone li ...
- Twitter Presses For Order Halting Texas Investigation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 20, 2021
"Twitter's exercise of its First Amendment rights will continue to be chill ...
- Email Blast Denounces Coca-Cola Response To Georgia Voting Law
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, April 20, 2021
An email blast from Rep. Seth Grossman (R-NJ) has assailed Coca-Cola’s respon ...
- Senator's Bill Would 'Bust Up' Amazon, Google, Others
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, April 19, 2021
The Bust Up Big Tech Act would ban tech companies that mark ...
- Court Sides With YouTube In 'Censorship' Battle With 'Misandry Today'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 16, 2021
Siding with Google, a federal appellate court refused to reinstate a lawsu ...
- Former Colorado Official Battles Rep. Boebert Over Twitter Block
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, April 18, 2021
Republican U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado should be ordered to immediate ...
- House Committee Approves Antitrust Report Recommending Curbs On Big Tech
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 15, 2021
The House Judiciary committee has approved a staff report alleging that Appl ...
- Wyden Bill Would Ban Exporting Americans' Personal Data To Some Countries
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, April 16, 2021
"Shady data brokers shouldn't get rich selling Americans' private data to forei ...
- Lincoln Project Targets Corporations Supporting 'Sedition Caucus'
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Thursday, April 15, 2021
First on the LP's corporate hit list: Jet Blue. The group ...
- 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 ...
- CTV Grows Dramatically In 2020 Digital Political Ad Spend
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 15, 2021
Mobile (phone) devices remain the dominant leader in political advertising spend ...
- Biden Administration Still Weighing TikTok And WeChat Bans
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 14, 2021
"New and incoming leadership at the Department of Commerce and other interest ...
- Facebook Urged To Cancel Plans For Children's Version Of Instagram
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 15, 2021
"Facebook's long track record of exploiting young people and putting them ...
- Business Groups, TechFreedom Urge Court To Nix California Net Neutrality Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
"The very concept of state regulation of data use is problematic," t ...
- Would Biden's Infrastructure-Broadband Plan Impact A DirecTV/Dish Merger?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Total U.S. pay TV subscriber homes dropped 7.3% in Q4 2020 ...
- Texas Man Plotted To Blow Up Amazon Web Services Data Center, FBI Charges
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, April 12, 2021
The man allegedly alluded to the plan on a militia group foru ...
- 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 ...
- Texas AG Violates First Amendment By Blocking Critics On Twitter, Group Says
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 8, 2021
In a lawsuit filed Thursday, an advocacy group says Texas Attorney Gener ...
- '60 Minutes,' Newspapers Fail To Prove DeSantis 'Pay To Play'
Publishing Insider, - Friday, April 9, 2021
At issue is a possible alliance between the Florida governor and Publi ...
- New YouTube Metric Shows Percentage Of Views From Content That Violates Policies
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, April 7, 2021
With advertisers and lawmakers more focused than ever on social content, t ...
- Supreme Court Won't Revive Right-Wing Activists' Lawsuit Against Tech Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 5, 2021
In a defeat for right-wing activists Laura Loomer and Freedom Watch, t ...
- 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 ...
- Oklahoma Opt-In Privacy Bill Stalls
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 2, 2021
An Oklahoma privacy bill that would require companies to obtain consumers' explic ...
- Facebook Explores Ranking Some Key Content Categories Differently
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 2, 2021
Facebook has been exploring how and whether to rank some important conte ...
- Republicans Question Tech Companies Over Parler Takedowns
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 1, 2021
"The timing of steps taken against the Parler social network by yo ...
- Court Upholds FCC's Loosening Of Media Cross-Ownership Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 1, 2021
"We conclude that the FCC's 2017 order was reasonable and reasonably explained ...
- 49% Of Americans View Brand Activism Positively, But Just A Third Think It Will Drive Real Change
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, April 2, 2021
58% said brands' changing their names/logos had impacted their own buying behavi ...
- Hat In Hand, Lincoln Project Says Upcoming Midterms 'Most Consequential' Ever
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Thursday, April 1, 2021
With Trump gone from office, the LP has its sights set ...
- Facebook Prevails In Robotexting Battle
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 1, 2021
Handing Facebook a victory, the Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously reversed ...