WENDY DAVIS
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- Tech Group Seeks To Block Tennessee Social Media Restrictions in
Raw on
10/04/2024
The new statute violates "bedrock principles of constitutional law and precedent from across the nation," NetChoice says in a lawsuit brought Thursday in Nashville federal court.
- Texas Sues TikTok Over Minors' Data in
MediaDailyNews on
10/03/2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued TikTok for allegedly violating a new state law by sharing teens' personal data without first obtaining verifiable parental consent.
- TikTok Must Face Privacy Claims Over In-App Browser in
MediaDailyNews on
10/03/2024
TikTok users can proceed with a lawsuit alleging the company logged the keystrokes of smartphone owners who visited outside websites through TikTok's in-app browser, a judge ruled.
- Meta Can't Shake Securities Fraud Suit Over Statements About Content, Teen Safety in
MediaDailyNews on
10/02/2024
Siding against Meta Platforms, a judge refused to dismiss a securities fraud lawsuit alleging the company made misleading statements about content policies.
- Amazon Must Face FTC Antitrust Suit in
MediaDailyNews on
10/02/2024
U.S. District Court Judge John Chun in Seattle is allowing the FTC to proceed with claims that Amazon violated antitrust law.
- Ruling That Narrowed Section 230 'Threatens Chaos,' TikTok Argues in
MediaDailyNews on
10/01/2024
TikTok on Tuesday asked a federal appellate court to reconsider a decision that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act didn't protect the company from liability for allegedly serving "blackout challenge" videos to a 10-year-old girl.
- Free Speech Watchdogs Blast Musk's Attempt To Sue Researchers in
MediaDailyNews on
10/01/2024
Elon Musk's lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate "could set a dangerous precedent by blocking newsgathering, research, and public commentary about digital tools and platforms," the ACLU and other advocates are telling a federal appellate court.
- Meta Fights Privacy Claims By Streaming Video Viewers in
MediaDailyNews on
09/30/2024
Meta is asking a federal judge to throw out claims that it violated privacy laws by allegedly tracking Facebook users who streamed videos on Paramount+, ESPN+, Hulu, and Starz.
- AT&T's $57 Million Privacy Fine Should Be Upheld, FCC Argues in
MediaDailyNews on
09/30/2024
"For years, AT&T sold the location of its wireless customers to its business partners with no way of verifying that the information was being used for a legitimate purpose or that the customers had consented to sharing it," the FCC says.
- Apple Must Face Privacy Suit Over App Data in
MediaDailyNews on
09/27/2024
Apple must face a privacy lawsuit by iPhone users who claimed the company wrongly gathered information about their interactions with apps it owns, a federal judge has ruled.
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- Bill That Would Outlaw Behavioral Advertising Advances To House Floor
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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