A district court preliminarily enjoined a Mississippi social media age-verification law for the second time Wednesday, ruling it's too broad to survive a First Amendment challenge. The U.S. District Court for Southern Mississippi previously enjoined the same law, HB-1126, in July 2024 (see 2407010062).
The Tennessee attorney general on Monday pushed back against NetChoice's recent claim that a district court decision blocking enforcement of a Florida social media law requiring age verification (see 2506030057) should serve as a reason to do the same thing against similar measures in Tennessee (see 2506040049).
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford sued YouTube and its corporate parents, Google and Alphabet, on Monday over allegations that the companies knowingly created an addictive and harmful platform that targets the youth.
The reasoning behind court decisions to grant or deny class certification in recent privacy cases serves to show what parts of a website are most open to lawsuits and warn businesses to ensure their privacy policies and practices are up to par, according to two Fisher Phillips blogs.
Parents pushed back against an EdTech company's assertion Friday that it can collect student data without parental consent, calling it “hostile to children’s rights.”
Plaintiffs in 13 class-action lawsuits against New York University proposed on Monday to consolidate their claims into a single complaint that the university violated their privacy rights. NYU is accused of exposing personally identifiable information (PII) during a cybersecurity incident as a result of its inadequate protective measures.
The Nebraska attorney general filed a lawsuit against online marketplace Temu on Thursday, alleging privacy and consumer protection violations. The state seeks to stop Temu from collecting, maintaining and using consumers' personally identifiable information (PII).
The Consumer Privacy Ombudsman (CPO)'s report on the 23andMe bankruptcy case recommends requiring separate, affirmative consent from consumers for the sale of genetic data before a sale of the company occurs. Neil Richards, appointed CPO on May 6, also recommended posthumous data safeguards and guaranteed duty of loyalty, among other suggestions, in the 211-page document filed Wednesday at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Eastern Missouri.
A district judge on Monday denied class certification in a privacy case that centers on whether Google violated users' privacy rights by allegedly appropriating personal information the company previously said it wouldn't touch.
FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya on Monday announced his resignation but said he will remain a plaintiff in a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s recent firings of himself and Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter (see 2505230044).