Multi Media asked a federal court on Monday to drop a suit against the porn site, claiming the plaintiff failed to state a claim. Multi Media was one of four adult websites sued in the U.S. District Court for Kansas on May 12 for allegedly violating Kansas law by failing to implement age verification on their sites (see 2505130023).
Microsoft sought dismissal of a lawsuit alleging it improperly collects ad data in a way that mimics surveillance and can identify individual users. It argued Monday that plaintiffs in case 25-00570 -- individuals who used Microsoft to access various websites -- were attempting to "stretch common-law privacy and wiretap laws beyond their intended scope.”
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) on Monday asked for the dismissal of a lawsuit from NetChoice over the state’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (MAADC) Act, arguing that the trade association failed to state a claim and lacked jurisdiction.
A judge ordered the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to submit reports summarizing DOGE employees' access to sensitive data and how those staffers were trained, in order to prove that they didn't violate the Privacy Act.
A court dismissed a class action lawsuit against the NFL that alleged the league violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by employing the Meta-tracking pixel without user notice and consent. Issued Friday, the summary order ruled that an "ordinary person" could not determine a user's Facebook ID through the pixel's transmission.
Just one day after a coalition of nearly 20 states blessed TTAM Research Institute's agreement to acquire 23andMe and its data (see 2506180018), a court document filed Thursday shows nine more states joined in support. The group of now 27 states argued that genetic data isn't moving to a third party, since TTAM isn't strictly an outsider. TTAM's chief, Anne Wojcicki, founded 23andMe and is its former CEO.
Trade association NetChoice asked a court Friday to consider blocking a Utah age-verification law because of its similarity to a Florida measure that was preliminarily enjoined.
Following the district court preliminarily enjoining a Mississippi social media age-verification law for the second time Wednesday, Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R) appealed the decision to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The U.S. District Court for Southern Mississippi ruled that the law was too broad to survive a First Amendment challenge, though the AG's office said it would fight for the “commonsense” law (see 2506180051).
A federal court on Wednesday declined to block a Tennessee law requiring that social media companies verify the age of account holders and gain parental consent from users younger than 18 before they can open accounts.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) on Monday announced that the state will prosecute a Chinese manufacturer of patient monitors that allegedly is violating the state's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act by recording patient data and sending it to "entities controlled by the Chinese Communist Party."