WENDY DAVIS
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- Attorneys General Pan Proposal To Override State Privacy Laws in
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05/09/2024
"While we welcome new federal protections, any national privacy bill cannot foreclose the states from continuing to legislatively innovate to protect our consumers," California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 14 others say in a letter to Congress.
- Utah's New Social Media Law Violates First Amendment, Tech Industry Argues in
MediaDailyNews on
05/07/2024
"Utah has enacted a law violating bedrock constitutional principles of free speech in attempting to regulate minors' access to 'social media,'" NetChoice argues.
- TikTok Sues To Block Potential Nationwide Ban in
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05/07/2024
"For the first time in history, Congress has enacted a law that subjects a single, named speech platform to a permanent, nationwide ban, and bars every American from participating in a unique online community with more than 1 billion people worldwide," TikTok and ByteDance say in a petition filed Tuesday with the Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
- Tech Group Battles Ohio Over Restrictions On Teens' Social Media Use in
MediaDailyNews on
05/06/2024
NetChoice is seeking a permanent block of a new Ohio law that prohibits large platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and YouTube from allowing minors under 16 to create accounts, unless their parents consent.
- Meta Seeks Do-Over In Battle With Advertisers Over Inflated Metrics in
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05/06/2024
Meta Platforms is urging a federal appellate court to reconsider a recent 2-1 decision allowing Facebook advertisers to proceed with a class-action fraud lawsuit over inflated metrics.
- Google Users Battle Company Over Analytics Data in
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05/03/2024
Google users suing the company over alleged privacy violations are now battling with it over a key issue in the case -- whether the company adequately disclosed its analytics practices.
- Proposed Play Store Injunction Would Harm Android Users, Google Says in
MediaDailyNews on
05/03/2024
"The proposed remedy would harm Android users because it contains no exceptions to protect user privacy and security and overall user experience," Google writes.
- Kochava And FTC Appear Open To Settling Privacy Battle in
MediaDailyNews on
05/02/2024
In a joint motion filed this week, Kochava and the FTC told U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill that extending a pre-trial deadline by five weeks "would facilitate settlement talks."
- Court Won't Revisit Instagram Victory Over Photographers in
MediaDailyNews on
05/02/2024
A federal appellate court has denied photographers' request for a new hearing in a battle over an Instagram tool that allows news sites to embed images from the platform.
- TikTok Fights Montana Attempt To Revive Statewide Ban in
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05/01/2024
"The TikTok ban violates the First Amendment because it shuts down a popular platform for speech," the company writes in papers filed this week with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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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
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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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