The ”traveling cookies” argument against Shopify attracted bipartisan support from a group of 30 states plus Washington, D.C., and, if successful, this has the potential to reset the bar for similar lawsuits to be brought against global companies.
The game-centric social media platform has been sued by the state attorney general for alleged violation of state consumer fraud laws. Specifically, the state claimed Discord obscured risks children faced on the platform and was ambiguous about its safety settings.
While most U.S. courts have blocked age verification laws aimed at limiting minors’ access to social media, the U.S. Fifth Circuit vacated a lower court’s injunction on the Mississippi version, citing the lower court’s failure to provide a detailed factual analysis as required by a recent Supreme Court ruling. Apparently the Fifth Circuit believes there’s no urgency to protecting First Amendment rights.
Databricks is highlighting its interest in marketers through out-of-the-box integrations with partners including Adobe, Braze, Salesforce, MessageGears, and Tealium. All will be able to run campaigns using information in the Databricks data intelligence platform without data syncing or copying.