Emily Ashcraft

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FCC Will Now Require Phone Companies to Combat Spoofed...

Cell phone network providers will now be required to use caller ID authentication to protect consumers from caller ID spoofing.  The technique is used frequently by robocall scam campaigns...

DC Judge Rules Against Criminal Penalties for Terms of...

The District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that website terms of service are not legally binding when it comes to data researching purposes, allowing researchers to break...

Advertisers Ask California to Delay Enforcement for Data Privacy...

Various advertising companies joined together to ask for a delay in the enforcement of California’s data privacy claiming additional time is needed as they are dealing with COVID-19 changes...

SEC Suspends Trading of Zoom Technologies After Investors’ Confusion

The Securities and Exchange Commission suspended trading for “ZOOM” stock after confusion between two companies called Zoom. Zoom Video, the video conferencing platform, is traded under the ticker symbol...

Respondents Argue TCPA Limits First Amendment Rights and Should...

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) bans certain automatic phone texts or calls, specifically for cell phones. The American Association of Political Consultants argues in a brief filed on...

Court Grants SEC Injunction Against Telegram’s Cryptocurrency

The Securities and Exchange Commission received an injunction against Telegram, a messaging app company, in a securities fraud case concerning Telegram’s cryptocurrency, halting the sale of Gram tokens and...