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US Supreme Court gives Big Tech a coveted victory; continued protection for Section 230

Tech companies won’t be held liable for user posts and any subsequent disinformation – thanks to two Supreme Court cases won by Google and Twitter. The companies and tech platforms withstood a challenge to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Established in the early days of the Internet, Section 230 protects companies against liability for postings of users. So, despite growing concerns now about disinformation, discrimination, and violent content on social platforms and sites, these justices opted to side with corporations.

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Amazon Palm Scanner Adds Age Verification

May 23, 2023

Amazon’s palm-scanning technology offers highly reliable verification, although the price includes some hefty privacy concerns.  They’ve just added age verification, so members can buy age-restricted items like alcohol without showing other ID.  Retailers only see a message like “21+”, which is a good approach – so long as you trust Amazon not to do anything else with the information it’s collecting.

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EU hands Meta $1.3B non-compliance fine and desist order

May 23, 2023

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined Meta $1.3 billion and ordered it to stop transfer of Facebook data collected on European users to the US. It is one of the most consequential rulings since the General Data Protection (GDPR) law was enacted and is the result of an EU court’s ruling GDPR protection was violated. If upheld, it could affect data related to photos, friend connections and direct messages stored by Facebook. Not surprisingly, Meta plans to appeal. It has a 5-month grace period, so states it won’t currently need to... Read More >

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Mutinex Offers Free Media Mix Model Validation Framework

September 23, 2025

Media mix models (MMM), originally developed in the 1960’s, have undergone a resurgence as new technologies make them easier to execute and click-based attribution becomes less credible. But evaluating MMM brings its own challenges. Australia-based Mutinex offers a vendor-neutral Open Source MMM Validation Framework which is now available for free to North American marketers and agencies.

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