WENDY DAVIS
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- FTC's 'Dark Patterns' Charges Violate First Amendment, Amazon Says in
MediaDailyNews on
06/12/2024
Amazon plans to raise a First Amendment defense to charges that it used so-called "dark patterns" to dupe people into signing up for Prime subscriptions and thwart cancellation attempts.
- Data Broker Kochava Tentatively Settles Location Privacy Suit In Massachusetts in
MediaDailyNews on
06/12/2024
Mobile data broker Kochava has tentatively agreed to settle a class-action complaint brought by Massachusetts resident Julie Maattala, who claimed the company wrongly sold precise location data.
- Congress Urged To Revise Privacy Proposal, Completely Override State Laws in
MediaDailyNews on
06/11/2024
The proposed American Privacy Rights Act "falls short of creating a uniform national standard due to its inadequate federal preemption of the ever-growing patchwork of state privacy laws," TechNet, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other groups say in a letter sent this week to leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
- DAA Revamps Behavioral Targeting Opt-Out Mechanism in
MediaDailyNews on
06/12/2024
The self-regulatory privacy organization Digital Advertising Alliance is unveiling a downloadable browser extension that will enable people to opt out of receiving behaviorally targeted ads.
- Mississippi Social Media Law Faces First Amendment Challenge in
MediaDailyNews on
06/10/2024
The new statute "requires covered websites to monitor and censor speech, much of which is protected by the First Amendment, potentially even including Romeo and Juliet and The Bell Jar," NetChoice says in a lawsuit filed Friday.
- Meta Must Face Suit Over Scam Ads in
MediaDailyNews on
06/10/2024
A federal appellate court has revived a lawsuit by two Meta Platforms users who say they lost money after responding to fraudulent ads on Facebook.
- Broadband Providers Battle FCC Over New Data Breach Rules in
PolicyBlog on
05/30/2024
Industry groups say Congress stripped the FCC of authority to issue new data-breach disclosure regulations.
- Amazon Loses Round In Facial Recognition Battle With Teen Gamer in
MediaDailyNews on
05/30/2024
A judge has recommended that an online gamer be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit accusing Amazon of violating an Illinois biometric privacy law by providing cloud services to Take-Two Interactive, which allegedly invites users to upload photos of their faces in order to create avatars.
- Anti-Vax Doctor Loses Battle With YouTube in
MediaDailyNews on
05/29/2024
A federal appeals court won't revive anti-vax doctor Joseph Mercola's lawsuit claiming that YouTube wrongly terminated his account and deprived him of access to his videos.
- FTC Can Proceed With 'Dark Patterns' Charges Against Amazon in
MediaDailyNews on
05/29/2024
Amazon must face charges that it used "manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs" to dupe customers into enrolling in Prime.
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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
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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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