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Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

How the U.S. Supreme Court Shapes Social Media Access in Pennsylvania

Public officials and employees who frequently use personal social media accounts to discuss public issues should proceed with caution as the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court held in Penncrest School v. Cagle that such posts...more

Napoli Shkolnik

Can America Regulate Social Media?

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When the CEOs of the biggest social media companies were brought before Congress in January to answer for the devastating effects of social media on young people, Mark Zuckerberg turned heads by turning his own and...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

How to Report an Impersonation Account

Help – someone is impersonating me! Social media is a funny thing – it allows people to present their lives in a very articulated way through pictures, videos, and other personal information. While content is usually posted...more

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Social Media For Law Firms: Strategies for Success

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Social media is an integral part of today’s digital landscape, and it comes with some unique advantages. For one thing, you don’t have to spend a lot to see serious benefits. The more comfortable you are with social media,...more

Blattel Communications

Let’s Get to Thread-ing? Eh, Maybe Not

Remember all the excitement when Threads was launched? Meta, the platform’s parent company, announced that more than 30M people joined in less than 24 hours after it opened to the public. The app, which for now requires and...more

Goodwin

A Vital Decision on Social Media Ownership

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Social media continues to grow at an extraordinary pace. Companies regularly introduce new social media platforms to the marketplace and seek new ways to utilize such platforms to advance their businesses. At the same time,...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

How to Manage Facebook Reviews

Did you know that Facebook is the largest social networking site? Business News Daily reports that Facebook has more than 2.91 billion active users, making it a vital platform for small business sales, social media marketing,...more

Troutman Pepper

First Post-Facebook Appeal Makes Its Way to Supreme Court

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More than two years after the Supreme Court released its ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, confirming the meaning of automatic telephone dialing systems (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a plaintiff has...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Facebook Is Removing Some Sensitive Information from Public Profiles

Starting December 1, Facebook reportedly will remove several biographic details from user profiles, including “Religious views,” “Political views,” “Interested in” (indicating the user’s sexual orientation), and “Address.”...more

Saiber LLC

A Possible ‘High Noon’ for Social Media Platforms Looms at the Supreme Court

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The August 13, 2021 Trending Law Blog post discussed how, in NetChoice, LLC v. Attorney General, State of Florida, the United States District court for the Northern District of Florida enjoined Florida from enforcing a law...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Meta Hit with Lawsuits Over Allegations of Promoting Hate Speech

Meta has been hit with two related lawsuits totaling over $150 billion in its first major legal challenge since rebranding. The suits (one filed in California Superior Court and the other in the UK) come from a class...more

Dentons

Facebook Said-Addressing Ongoing COVID-19 Issues

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We all know that neither Google nor Facebook has a legal degree, but that doesn’t stop your employees from acting as if they do.  More than one employee pushes back on a policy saying, “I read on Facebook___” or “I Googled___...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Public Officials' New Social Media Open Meeting Law

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California's AB 992 Analyzed in PublicCEO by BB&K's HongDao Nguyen and Albert Maldonado - Clicking the “like” button has become second nature. Whether it’s a thumbs up, hug or sad face on Facebook, or a heart reaction...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Shaking Up The Internet: An Update

We wrote recently about proposed changes to laws governing content on the internet. Washington has now proposed even more changes that could affect policing of the internet and social media. In brief, Section 230(c) of the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Social Media Regulation: Advertising, Marketing and the FTC

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Holland & Knight hosted Michael Ostheimer, a senior attorney for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for a webinar presentation on Oct. 17, 2019. Mr. Ostheimer has been with the FTC for nearly three decades, currently serving...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Trolls and Consequences: A Racially Motivated Doxing and Social Media Assault Is Ruled a Compensable Offense

We’ve previously written about doxing and how it can be used by both vigilante social activists and malicious cyber bullies. Recently, in a first-of-its-kind ruling, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia...more

Cozen O'Connor

#No Filter: Terminating an Employee for Social Media Posts – Part 2

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Prior to the advent of social media and especially the #MeToo movement, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. ...more

International Lawyers Network

Technology has Changed How We Build Relationships. Lawyers, are you Ready?

We know and are comfortable with the idea that the legal industry is a business of relationships. Lawyers do good work, their clients talk about it (hopefully) and that brings them other clients. That’s the basic principle...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Virtual Currency Gets Real Social Media Ads

Reversing course, Facebook has relaxed the advertising standards for the promotion of blockchain, cryptocurrency and other financial products on the social media site....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Breaking Up Facebook?

There seems to be a growing concern that Facebook is too big and should be broken up. Among those calling for the breakup are Elizabeth Warren, Chris Hughes and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The FTC has asked Congress to pass a...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Facebook Settles Discrimination Complaints And Agrees To Change Certain Advertising Platform

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In a post from September 2018, I reported that Facebook’s targeting advertising practices have subjected the social media site to scrutiny, including multiple civil lawsuits and administrative complaints. In short, the...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Politicians in Cyberspace: Fourth Circuit Holds That First Amendment Bars Officials From Blocking Users On Social Media

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The Fourth Circuit has held that a Virginia politician who temporarily barred a constituent from her Facebook page violated the First Amendment. The ruling is the first appellate guidance analyzing the knotty issue of whether...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Facebook Acknowledges Breach of Sensitive Date for Nearly 30 Million Users

As we previously noted, Facebook originally announced a breach late last month, where hackers took advantage of a code vulnerability in the website’s “View As” feature, to access user’s data. ...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2018

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On October 1, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its “Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness and Response Playbook” to address continued threats to medical devices that could affect...more

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Navigating Username Jacking

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Have you ever had the experience of attempting to register a social media account in the name of your business only to find that your preferred name is taken? Often, it’s just the case of another business with the same name...more

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