By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 6-3-22 The discussion draft of a bipartisan data privacy bill has been circulated that would allow web users to “turn off” targeted advertising and take other steps to secure data privacy and protection. The draft bill, which was unveiled June 3, is billed as the first such effort that [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 5-31-22 The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, a Texas law that computer companies strongly oppose. Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito dissented, saying they would have voted to allow the law to be enforced while the underlying challenge to the law is being adjudicated in a [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 5-27-22 Communications providers who must rip and replace untrusted technology from their networks, per Congress’s directive, have applied for about $5.6 billion from the Federal Communications Commission to compensate them. That’s a lot more than the regulator had estimated and multiples of what Congress allocated for the purpose. That [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 5-25-22 Twitter has agreed to pay a $150 million civil penalty to settle allegations it violated the law and a 2011 Federal Trade Commission administrative order by “misrepresenting” how it was using Twitter users’ nonpublic data, which included targeting ads to those users. The FTC and Justice Dept. filed [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 5-23-22 A federal appeals court has agreed to block enforcement of the major provisions of a Florida law targeting social media content moderation. NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association had sought the preliminary injunction while their legal challenge of the law works its way through the courts. [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 5-20-22 Internet advertisers and others have filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the Supreme Court in support of NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, which are challenging a Texas social media law they say will irreparably damage online platforms as advertising vehicles. The brief paints a stark picture. [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 5-19-22 A new bipartisan Senate bill would impose restrictions on the biggest players in the digital advertising market that mirror those on electronic trading in the financial sector. Those restrictions would prevent the largest providers of ad-supported digital platforms from also selling third-party ads, meaning major divestitures for Big [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 5-18-22 NCTA–The Internet & Television Association has told the FCC that cable operators do not discriminate in the provision of broadband service because they provide equal access, which NCTA said means “comparable deployment.” “FCC and census data demonstrate that cable operators provide equal access to broadband by deploying high-speed [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 5-11-22 A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court has lifted a preliminary injunction against a Texas law tech companies say unconstitutionally prevents online platforms from exercising editorial discretion based on viewpoint. That is according to the Computer & Communications Industry Association, which said a split panel of the [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 5-11-22 The Senate appears to be getting serious about making edge providers including streamers and search engines pay into the Universal Service Fund. The USF subsidizes advanced telecommunications – essentially broadband – to low-income and hard-to-reach areas of the country. Currently, the fund is paid into by telecom providers, [...]