WENDY DAVIS

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• Tech Group Seeks To Block Minnesota Social Media Warning Mandate in MediaDailyNews on 04/29/2026
  

  A Minnesota law requiring social platforms to display cigarette-style warning labels violates the First Amendment, NetChoice alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

• Parents Fight To Reinstate 'Choking Challenge' Suit Against Google, TikTok in MediaDailyNews on 04/29/2026
  

  A group of parents are urging a federal appellate court to revive a lawsuit alleging that Google and TikTok wrongly failed to remove potentially dangerous content, including videos that depict people strangling themselves until they pass out.

• Court Won't Revive Lawsuit Against Meta Over Rohingya Genocide in MediaDailyNews on 04/28/2026
  

  Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects Meta from allegations that it helped fuel the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar.

• DoubleVerify Can Proceed With Suit Against Adalytics, Judge Rules in MediaDailyNews on 04/28/2026
  

  DoubleVerify can proceed with defamation and false advertising claims against analytics company Adalytics over its March 2025 report regarding invalid traffic, a federal judge in Maryland ruled.

• SCOTUS Urged To Revive Paramount Privacy Suit in MediaDailyNews on 04/27/2026
  

  "Video streaming services have become ubiquitous, vastly expanding the amount and types of personal data that can be collected about video viewers," the Electronic Privacy Information Center writes in a friend-of-the-court brief.

• Musk Appeals Dismissal Of Ad Boycott Suit Against WFA, Others in MediaDailyNews on 04/27/2026
  

  Elon Musk's X Corp. will ask the 5th Circuit to revive claims that the WFA and advertisers violated antitrust law.

• Utah AG Won't Enforce Law Restricting App Downloads in MediaDailyNews on 04/22/2026
  

  The tech industry group CCIA, which sued to block enforcement of the law, withdrew its suit Tuesday.

• House Republicans Introduce Industry-Friendly Privacy Bill in MediaDailyNews on 04/22/2026
  

  Lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled a privacy bill that would override laws in at least 20 states, and wouldn't require businesses to allow consumers to reject common forms of ad targeting.

• FTC Wants To Withdraw Appeal Against Media Matters in MediaDailyNews on 04/21/2026
  

  The FTC says its recent antitrust settlements with Dentsu, Publicis and WPP "resolved the issues" that led to its demand for information from Media Matters.

• Meta Faces 'Scam Ads' Suit in MediaDailyNews on 04/21/2026
  

  "Meta has knowingly taken steps and adopted policies that pad its bottom line at the expense of its users' safety and well-being," the Consumer Federation of America alleges in a complaint filed Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

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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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