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• Court Temporarily Lifts Order Banning Perplexity From Amazon in MediaDailyNews on 03/17/2026
  

  A federal appellate panel has granted Perplexity's emergency petition to lift an injunction that would have banned the artificial intelligence company's shopping agent, Comet, from Amazon.

• Search Advertiser PVC Fence's Battle With Google Sent To Arbitration in MediaDailyNews on 03/17/2026
  

  PVC Fence Wholesaler gave up its right to sue in federal court by accepting Google's terms of service, a federal judge ruled Monday.

• Musk, Rumble And Others Battle California AG Over Deep Fake Law in MediaDailyNews on 03/13/2026
  

  The statute requires online platforms "to adopt a government-imposed system for regulating certain political content," Musk's X Corp argues in papers filed with the 9th Circuit.

• Perplexity Petitions Order Banning Shopping Agent From Amazon in MediaDailyNews on 03/13/2026
  

  "Enjoining the use of Perplexity's signature product on one of the internet's most important websites would cause devastating harm to the company and consumers alike," Perplexity tells the 9th Circuit.

• Court Issues Mixed Ruling On California Kids Safety Code in MediaDailyNews on 03/12/2026
  

  A federal appellate panel preserved a block on parts of California's kids online safety code, including some provisions that would have restricted companies' ability to harness minors' data, but said other provisions can take effect.

• Journalist Sues Grammarly For Misappropriating Her Identity in MediaDailyNews on 03/12/2026
  

  Journalist Julia Angwin has sued Superhuman's Grammarly for allegedly using her identity -- along with the identities of hundreds of other writers -- in its paid "expert review" feature.

• Commentator, Lawmaker Press Challenge To Minnesota 'Deep Fake' Ban in MediaDailyNews on 03/11/2026
  

  Elon Musk's X is also challenging the law, which prohibits "realistic" deep fakes of politicians.

• FTC Revisits 'Click-To-Cancel' Rules in MediaDailyNews on 03/11/2026
  

  The FTC is once again considering whether to issue rules that could make it easier for consumers to cancel recurring subscriptions for cable television, gyms, newspapers and other products and services.

• Judge Bans Perplexity Shopping Agent From Amazon in MediaDailyNews on 03/10/2026
  

  Perplexity likely violated a 40-year-old anti-hacking law by accessing Amazon users' accounts without Amazon's authorization -- even though the company had users' permission, a federal judge ruled.

• Virginia AG Petitions To Enforce Social Media Time Limits in MediaDailyNews on 03/10/2026
  

  The law "strikes a careful balance between access to social media and overuse," the attorney general argues in papers filed Monday with the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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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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