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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Google & UPS sued over track-your-package on Google Search: "The simple act of entering a package tracking number into the Widget and clicking the Track Button causes a consumer’s browser to send extensive data besides the tracking number to the selected carrier and the Third Parties."
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
An important bit of immigration law which is relevant here; there is already a waiver process — Section 212(k) of the INA — by which immigrants who obtain status through fraud that they didn't know about can avoid consequences like losing a green card. So this is *even weaker* than it already seems.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Florida AG's request for an injunction against Meta includes a request to prohibit it from serving any third-party ads to teens.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ICE’s new tactic, witnessed repeatedly at the federal building in MN: when a detained immigrant makes a successful habeas petition, release the immigrant for a few steps outside the building… then tackle and re-arrest them, and claim the habeas petition has been honored and nullified
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Meta sues operator of PR agency who allegedly acquired and sold Instagram accounts -- with help from Meta contractors.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Argues award should be structured as $216 billion, but then "remitted" to $35-40 billion.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New Mexico AG asks judge to fine @Meta $35-40 billion for violating consumer protection law. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Google defeats antitrust suit by consumers who alleged default agreements w/ Apple & others prevented potential rivals from offering search engines that would have been "more privacy protective and ad-free." prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
3rd Circuit upholds ruling that artificial intelligence company Ross Intelligence infringed copyright by training its legal research service on material it didn't own. Ruling itself is sealed for now. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Marketplace platforms like Facebook and Google are many fraudsters "platforms of choice," FTC Consumer Protection deputy director Katherine White says at NAD Conference. Potential new rules would require platforms to disable "optimization" tools to prohibit suspected "impersonation" scammers.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Meta, which recently agreed to settle states' addiction claims, drops cert petition in Massachusetts and Nevada cases.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
FCC says it's reviewing 8 ABC b-cast licenses pursuant to probe of DEI. 1st A. groups say reason is pretextual & "exceeds the limits" of FCC's jurisdiction. Quotes from 1978 DC Circuit ruling: "The FCC is not the EEOC & and a license renewal proceeding is not a Title VII suit.”
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New development in Reddit scraping suit against Perplexity: Perplexity wants to retain Proskauer -- but Reddit is a former Proskauer client and objects, so Perplexity is asking judge to authorize Proskauer to appear as counsel. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Texas Supreme Court rejects @Yelp petition to review a ruling that requires the company to face claims by state AG over warning labels on "crisis pregnancy centers." prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
9th Circuit rejects Amazon request to reconsider ruling that lifted ban on Perplexity's shopping agent. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Florida sues Netflix for allegedly "addicting children and families to its platform, mining those users for data." myfloridalegal.com/sites/defaul... Suit similar to one brought in Texas earlier this year -- texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/defaul...
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 09/09/2026
"We were even able to capture microphone audio while the TV was unplugged from the network. Burke said the audio was reportedly stored locally via plaintext, which could potentially allow the data to be sent to LG [if] the TV connects online again."
arstechnica.com
LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices
“It doesn’t cost a lot to store text forever.”...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Judge won't set aside $425 million privacy verdict against Google. "Google took a shot at trial, and it lost." prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
mediapost.com
Google To Judge: Scrap $425M Privacy Verdict
Google is again seeking to reverse a jury verdict requiring the company to pay $425 million for allegedly violating mobile users' privacy.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
4th Circuit panel votes 2-1 to preserve block on Virginia law that would have required social platforms to verify users' ages and prohibit minors under 16 from accessing social media for more than one hour a day without parental consent. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
USDJ Loren L. AliKhan will hold a hearing the week of Oct 5 on ABC's request to block the FCC review broadcast licenses in 8 markets. If FCC issues a "hearing designation order" directed at the licenses before then, judge will hold a TRO hearing the next business day
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
9th Circuit won't reconsider decision rejecting Myanmar refugees' bid to revive claims that @Meta fueled the Rohingya genocide by spreading hate speech on Facebook. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Correction: It's not clear whether Meta is asking SCOTUS to review MA ruling. As of 1:30 p.m., the only publicly available petition was of the Nevada ruling.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Meta petitions SCOTUS to intervene in Nevada (and Massachusetts) 'addiction' suits. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/26...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
DOJ files amicus urging 5th Circuit to revive Musk's ad boycott claims against advertisers. www.mediapost.com/publications...
mediapost.com
DOJ Backs Musk Push To Revive Boycott Case Against Advertisers
The Department of Justice is siding with Elon Musk in his effort to reinstate antitrust claims against 10 advertisers that allegedly participated in a "group boycott" of X.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
NetChoice to ask SCOTUS to rule that Ohio's social media law violates the First Amendment. The law prohibits some web services with social functionality from allowing minors under 16 to create accounts without parental permission. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Google, Meta and TikTok renew bid to halt California law banning algorithmic recommendations. Meta engineer says banning recommendations could make services "unrecognizable." prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
9th Circuit says Meta can't bring interlocutory appeal of ruling that allowed addiction lawsuits to go forward. Says S 230 provides immunity from liability, not from suit. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
New Mexico judge says S. 230 doesn't protect Meta from claims about its design features like algorithmic recommendations, infinite scroll. Same judge rejects request to force Meta to revise those features because that order conflict with S. 230.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Judge rejects tech platforms' request to block California law restricting personalized recommendations. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Musk asks 5th Circ. to reinstate ad boycott suit against advertisers. www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
6th Circuit rejects NetChoice request to reconsider ruling that upheld Ohio's social media law. prior: mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
9th Circuit sides against Amazon, lifts injunction banning Perplexity. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I cannot remember any previous administration so willy-nilly in its indictments of innocent people just to get headlines
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Federal SDNY judge rejects Perplexity's and SerpApi's motion to dismiss key claims in Reddit's copyright lawsuit over scraping. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
ABC urges FCC to drop "extraordinary & unprecedented" license renewal procdg. "The retaliation against ABC is a signal to every media company in the country: accommodate the Administration’s view of what news coverage should look like or pay the price." www.fcc.gov/ecfs/documen...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Judge extends TRO blocking Paramount-WB merger through August 17.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Meta asks 9th Circuit for emergency stay of states' lawsuit over addiction. Absent intervention, a suit by 4 states will start August 12.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Consumer Federation of America urges judge to reject Meta's argument that S. 230 immunizes it from a consumer protection lawsuit over fake ads.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Judge dismisses @Google complaint against @serp_api but grants leave to amend. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Judge issues TRO blocking Paramount-WB merger for 14 days
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Trump administration policy of denying visas/attempting to deport people who research problematic content on social media likely violates the First Amendment, judge rules in lawsuit brought by Coalition for Independent Technology Research prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This feels like a trap.
Amicus Invitation No. 26-14-07 AMICUS INVITATION (Constitutional law), DUE AUGUST 13, 2026 JULY 14, 2026 The Board of Immigration Appeals welcomes interested members of the public to file amicus curiae briefs discussing the below issue: ISSUE PRESENTED: 1) Is the Board of Immigration Appeals bound by Supreme Court of the United States (or applicable circuit court) precedent on issues of constitutional law, even in situations where an application of that precedent would require the Board to find a statute or regulation unconstitutional?
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
.@wgawest.bsky.social and @wgaeast.bsky.social sue to block Paramount-WBD merger.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Nebraska AG to ask 8th Circuit to lift block on social media law, enjoined last month on 1st Amendment grounds. www.mediapost.com/publications...
mediapost.com
Nebraska Will Ask Appeals Court To Lift Block On Parental Consent Law
Nebraska Attorney General Michael Hilgers plans to ask the 8th Circuit to allow immediate enforcement of a law requiring social platforms to prohibit anyone under 18 from creating accounts without par...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Judge rejects authors' request for immediate appeal of ruling that Meta entitled to "fair use" defense to claims that it violated copyright by using pirated books to train AI. prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
mediapost.com
Authors Seek To Appeal Pro-Meta Ruling Over AI Training
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Junot Diaz, Laura Lippman and other authors are asking a federal judge to authorize an appeal of his pro-Meta ruling in a dispute over the tech company's alleged use of pirated books...
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
.@ccianet.bsky.social to 11th Circ: Fla social media law should be struck down for same reason SCOTUS invalidated campaign finance restrictions: "Florida has not shown that less restrictive alternatives ... are insufficient to serve its interests."
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 06/07/2026
Shadow docket used to block all sorts of things, but not a clearly unconstitutional law.
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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
SCOTUS denies CCIA and Student group request to block Texas App Store Accountability Act www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court... www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
supremecourt.gov
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