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Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Debate Over §230 Of The CDA Rages On; Twitter Defeats Defamation Suit; Booking.Com Held Valid Trademark

In a purported attempt to safeguard free speech, President Trump has issued an order “Preventing Online Censorship,” that would eliminate the protections afforded by one of our favorite topics here at Socially Aware, Section...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Axed exec sues people behind anonymous Instagram account; bill protects elderly from social media exploitation;...

An advertising executive who lost his job after being named on an anonymous Instagram account is suing the now-defunct account for defamation. The suit names as defendants not only the account—Diet Madison Avenue, which was...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Lessons from eMerge: The Communication Decency Act, A Tool Against Cyberbullying

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The 3rd annual eMerge conference hosted a list of speakers as diverse as Miami. Among them, Colin Powell, Tony Hawk, Pitbull, and Monica Lewinsky. Just last year, Ms. Lewinsky broke her public silence when she gave a...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Status Updates: Appeals court upholds anti-cyberbullying law; better marketing through neural networks; restaurant owner turns the...

Cruel intentions. Laws seeking to regulate speech on the Internet must be narrowly drafted to avoid running afoul of the First Amendment, and limiting such a law’s applicability to intentional attempts to cause damage usually...more

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#Insurance Coverage for Emerging Social Media Risks

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There are 1.3 billion people on Facebook, half a billion “tweets” every day, and countless other ways to communicate that did not even exist five years ago. In response to this social media revolution, smart companies are...more

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