Jon Brodkin reports: A federal judge ruled today that Florida cannot enforce a law that requires social media platforms to block kids from using their platforms. The state law “is likely unconstitutional,” US Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District of Florida ruled while granting the tech industry’s request for a preliminary injunction. The Florida law “prohibits…
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Supreme Court Agrees to Clarify Emergency Situations Where Police Don’t Need Warrant
Jimmy Hoover reports: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a Fourth Amendment case dealing with the kinds of situations in which police can enter a home without a search warrant because they suspect an ongoing emergency poses a danger to someone. The high court said it would hear the appeal of…
Home Pregnancy Test Company Wins Dismissal of Pixel Wiretapping Suit
Divya Bhat & Matthew Verdin of Covington and Burling write: Health-related websites are increasingly targeted with wiretapping suits if they use pixels or other third-party technologies to power their websites. A few months ago, a California court dismissed on multiple grounds one such suit challenging the use of website pixels by Clearblue, a company that…
The CCPA emerges as a new legal battleground for web tracking litigation
Scott T. Loughlin, Aidan Coleman, and Jay Ettinger of Hogan Lovells write: Imagine if the tiny tracking code behind personalized ads and website recommendations were suddenly considered unlawful. That’s exactly what’s happening in the growing legal battle over cookies and tracking pixels across the country with new fronts opening. In this episode of The Data Chronicles,…