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2 days ago |
mediapost.com | Wendy Davis
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost this week appealed an order that blocks the state from enforcing a social media law that would have restricted teens' ability to use tech platforms. Yost hasn't yet filed substantive arguments with the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, which will preside over his appeal.
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3 days ago |
mediapost.com | Wendy Davis
Elon Musk's X Corp. has withdrawn its ad-boycott lawsuit against Amazon's Twitch, according to court papers filed Monday with U.S. District Court Judge Jane Boyle in Wichita Falls, Texas. The move was without prejudice, meaning that X Corp. could bring its complaint again in the future. The withdrawal comes around four weeks after Boyle rejected a deal that would have paused the dispute until January 2026. That deal would have required Twitch to meet certain unnamed conditions by the end of the year.
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3 days ago |
mediapost.com | Wendy Davis
Google has agreed to pay $1.375 billion to settle claims that it captured people's faceprints and voiceprints, in violation of a Texas biometric privacy law, state Attorney General Ken Paxton said late last week. The deal resolves a lawsuit brought by Paxton in 2022, when he accused Google of violating the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act, which requires companies to obtain people's consent to the collection of faceprints, voiceprints and other biometrics.
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4 days ago |
mediapost.com | Wendy Davis
Google has reached a “settlement in principle” that would resolve class-action claims that it violated children's privacy by tracking their YouTube activity in order to serve targeted ads, according to court papers filed late last week. The company and class counsel are still negotiating formal terms, and expect to disclose them in court by August 11.
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6 days ago |
mediapost.com | Wendy Davis
Texas on Friday became the second state to pass a bill that would require app distributors like Google and Apple to verify all users' ages and then block minors under 18 from downloading apps without parental permission. The App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420) now heads to Governor Greg Abbott for signature. Utah passed a similar bill in March, and Louisiana advanced a comparable measure this week.
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