WENDY DAVIS
Wendy Davis is a Senior Writer at MediaPost. You can reach Wendy at wdavis@mediapost.com
- Cox Media Group Falsely Claimed To Target Ads Based On Conversations, FTC Charges in
MediaDailyNews on
05/21/2026
Cox Media Group will pay $880,000 to settle charges that it misled small businesses by falsely claiming to offer "active listening" technology that could enable ad targeting based on overheard
conversations, the FTC said Thursday.
- Social Platforms Settle Kentucky School District's 'Addiction' Suit in
MediaDailyNews on
05/21/2026
Meta, Google, Snap and TikTok have resolved a Kentucky school district's claims that the platforms injured students' mental health by designing their services to addict minors and then serving them
with potentially harmful material, such as "challenges" that allegedly encourage dangerous activity.
- TikTok Presses North Carolina Court To Dismiss 'Addiction' Charges in
MediaDailyNews on
05/20/2026
TikTok is asking North Carolina's highest court to dismiss charges that the company violates consumer protection laws by allegedly designing the app to hook young users.
- Judge Sides With Anonymous Messaging App In Cyberbullying Suit in
MediaDailyNews on
05/20/2026
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by families of cyberbullying victims against Yolo, a former Snapchat extension that enabled users to anonymously message each other.
- Colorado 'Warning Label' Constitutional, States Argue in
MediaDailyNews on
05/19/2026
A Utah-led coalition argues that Colorado's warning-label law merely requires social platforms to "provide fact-based notices about their products."
- State AGs Cracking Down On Customized Pricing in
MediaDailyNews on
05/19/2026
Sixteen attorneys general are calling on the FTC to regulate "personalized pricing" in the food delivery space.
- Time Limits For Social Media Unconstitutional, NetChoice Argues in
MediaDailyNews on
05/18/2026
"States may certainly take steps to protect minors who use 'social media,' but requiring minors to obtain parental consent before accessing those websites is not a narrowly tailored means of advancing
a legitimate governmental interest," NetChoice argues in papers filed Friday with the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Texas Asks Court To Allow Enforcement Of Law Restricting App Downloads in
MediaDailyNews on
05/18/2026
Texas is urging the 5th Circuit to lift a block on a law requiring app stores to verify users' ages and block minors from downloading apps or making in-app purchases, without parental consent.
- OpenAI Sued For Allegedly Disclosing Queries To Meta, Google in
MediaDailyNews on
05/15/2026
Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has been hit with a privacy lawsuit for allegedly disclosing information about users' interactions with its chatbot to Meta and Google, via tracking code on
ChatGPT.com.
- NetChoice Seeks To Strike Down Nebraska Parental Consent in
MediaDailyNews on
05/15/2026
"The state cannot begin to show that its age verification, parental consent, and parental surveillance provisions are necessary to advance any legitimate interest it may assert," NetChoice writes in a
lawsuit filed Thursday.
- 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.