WENDY DAVIS

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• Google Presses Judge To Lift Data Sharing Mandate in MediaDailyNews on 02/09/2026
  

  "The public interest favors a stay because non-parties have an interest in what happens to their search queries," Google argues.

• Lawmaker Questions DOJ Over ICEBlock Censorship in MediaDailyNews on 02/09/2026
  

  "The First Amendment guarantees the people the right to record, report, discuss, and criticize the actions of our government -- including the deployment of federal agents in their communities," Rep. Jamie Raskin tells Attorney General Pam Bondi.

• NewsGuard Sues FTC, Claims Omnicom/IPG Condition Unconstitutional in MediaDailyNews on 02/06/2026
  

  The FTC "is brazenly using its power not for any issue concerning trade or commerce, but rather to censor speech," NewsGuard alleges in a complaint filed Friday in federal court. NewsGuard launched in 2020 to help people spot fake news online.

• Advocacy Group Blasts Google Bid To Lift Data-Sharing Order in MediaDailyNews on 02/06/2026
  

  Public Knowledge is urging a judge to reject Google's request to lift orders requiring it to share some data about users' searches with "qualified" competitors and to provide syndicated search results and ads to those competitors.

• Tech Industry Sues Over Utah Law Restricting App Downloads in MediaDailyNews on 02/05/2026
  

  The Texas App Store Accountability Act "imposes a broad censorship regime on mobile apps," the Computer & Communications Industry Association says in a lawsuit filed Thursday.

• Virginia Senate Passes Bill Banning Sales Of Location Data in MediaDailyNews on 02/05/2026
  

  The ad industry opposes the bill, arguing it "would deprive Virginia consumers of access to critical services and benefits that depend on location data." Advocacy groups back the proposed law, writing to lawmakers that it "will provide straightforward, powerful, and critically important protections for the privacy, autonomy, and physical safety of Virginians while still giving advertisers plenty of leeway to reach customers."

• Judge Won't Scrap $425M Privacy Verdict Against Google in MediaDailyNews on 02/03/2026
  

  A federal judge has rejected Google's request to vacate a jury verdict requiring the company to pay $425 million for allegedly violating collecting mobile users' analytics information after they attempted to block data collection.

• Meta Petitions SCOTUS To Intervene In Vermont 'Addiction' Suit in MediaDailyNews on 02/03/2026
  

  "The complaint alleges that Meta violated Vermont law by 'designing' Instagram to be addictive, but there is no allegation that Meta 'designed' Instagram in Vermont or with features in any way unique to or targeted at Vermont," Meta argues.

• IAB Unveils Draft Bill Aimed At AI Scraping in MediaDailyNews on 02/02/2026
  

  "If we keep the status quo where AI bots can leverage publisher content at will, the internet will become a shadow of itself," IAB CEO David Cohen said Monday at the group's annual meeting.

• DOJ Fights Google's 'Premature' Request To Stay Antitrust Order in MediaDailyNews on 02/02/2026
  

  Antitrust enforcers oppose Google's request to stay an order requiring it to share some data about users' searches with "qualified" competitors and provide syndicated search results and ads to those competitors.

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• Bill That Would Outlaw Behavioral Advertising Advances To House Floor by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 07/20/2022)
  

  Here's the most recent version of the bill: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20220720/115041/BILLS-117-8152-P000034-Amdt-1.pdf

• Court Sides With Devin Nunes -- Again -- In Battle Over Journalist's Tweet by Wendy Davis (Red, White & Blog on 11/23/2021)
  

  Thanks for catching that. It's been fixed

• Bill Seeks To Strip Websites Of Protections For False COVID-19 Information Posted By Users by Wendy Davis (PolicyBlog on 07/22/2021)
  

  The piece mentions that Biden later softened his remarks about Facebook

• FCC Chairman Pai To Exit In January by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 11/30/2020)
  

  Are you confident the Senate will approve Biden's FCC pick?

• House Republicans Want Tech CEOs To Testify About 'Censorship' Policies by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 10/20/2020)
  

  Here's what Biden campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates told The New York Times: “We have reviewed Joe Biden’s official schedules from the time and no meeting, as alleged by the New York Post, ever took place.”

• New York Lawmaker Proposes Data Tax by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 01/22/2020)
  

  As currently written, the proposed bill would impose a tax of 5% "on gross income upon every corporation which derives income from the data individuals of this state share with such corporations." 

• Facebook Prevails In Battle With Russian 'News' Agency by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 01/15/2020)
  

  Thank you for catching that! The dismissal order was "with prejudice." The sentence has been corrected.

• Sen. Markey Unveils Bill To Restore Net Neutrality by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 03/06/2019)
  

  The article should have said the proposal drew the support of 52 Senators last year. Thanks for catching!

• ANA Cheers Supreme Court Order In Fight Over Cell Phone Radiation Warnings by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 06/28/2018)
  

  @Cynthia Franklin -- The Supreme Court granted CTIA's petition, vacated the earlier ruling, and sent the case back to the appellate court for reconsideration. While today's order doesn't explicitly invalidate the Berkeley ordinance, the decision to remand for a new hearing leaves CTIA in a better position than before, because the group can now argue its case again -- and this time, can draw on this week's ruling involving the crisis pregnancy centers. The headline has been revised to reflect the ANA's reaction to the order.

• FCC Passes Broad Privacy Rules, Limits Behavioral Advertising By Broadband Providers by Wendy Davis (Daily Online Examiner on 10/27/2016)
  

  The rules are very broad, and go beyond a prohibition on selling data. While the FCC hasn't yet published the full regulations, a fact sheet released today specifies that opt-in consent is required before ISPs can "use" or "share" data about consumers' "sensitive" data -- which the FCC says includes Web browsing and app usage history.

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