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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

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

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

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

[Public Service Webinar] How to Back up Twitter Step by Step - November 28th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

With the turbulence at Twitter, Mary Mack decided to back up our outgoing tweets, followers and lists that she uses to curate news. In order to archive she found there were many steps and a few tools needed to do so and is...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

How to Back up Twitter Step by Step

With the turbulance at Twitter, I decided to back up my outgoing tweets, followers and my lists I use to curate news. This exercise can be used for archiving, disaster recovery, or for preservation purposes. The archive that...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #342 – If You Use Twitter, Be Aware and Stay Tuned

This week, in addition to the news-catching, ongoing dispute between Twitter and Elon Musk, Twitter’s former head of cybersecurity, Peiter Zatko, claimed in a whistleblower filing with several federal agencies that Twitter...more

Good2bSocial

Clubhouse vs. Twitter Spaces for Law Firms

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In this age of innovation, new social apps can go viral quickly. When they do, it’s common to see some of the large technology companies come out with their own version. This is usually a good sign, as it means the social...more

Spirit Legal

Twitter suspension based on ‘Election integrity policy’ ruled unlawful by German court

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In a ruling on 7 June 2019 (ref. 11 O 3362/19), the Landgericht Nürnberg-Fürth decided that the social network Twitter is prohibited from temporarily suspending the account of a Twitter user on twitter.com due to the...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

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

K2 Integrity

Has Twitter Declared You Dead?

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It’s a Saturday afternoon, and your cell phone rings: it’s your company’s CEO. Curious why the CEO would choose to call you on a quiet Saturday, you answer, only to hear a relieved voice on the end: “Oh Jack, you don’t know...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

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Twibel Warfare: To Retweet or Not to Retweet Is Still the Question

Earlier this month, we discussed the ways in which companies should navigate negative critiques and reputation management in the Age of Social Media. One option includes the pursuit of litigation, often demonstrated through...more

Blattel Communications

Twitter’s Change Is Too Much, For Me

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Twitter is setting us all free! We can finally tweet a full 280 characters! Life is great! Yeah, not so much. Twitter’s move to expand its character limit is a change that may make the service worse. (This is not to...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

The Doxing Dilemma: A Popular Tactic of Social Activists and Cyber Bullies Alike Remains Mostly Legal

After counter-protests ended in tragedy, a small group of social media users took to Twitter to expose the identities of the white supremacists and neo-Nazis rallying in Charlottesville, Va. Since last Sunday, the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Twitter Updates its Privacy Policy

Twitter recently announced updates to its Privacy Policy. The updates are effective on June 18, 2017. By using the social media platform on or after that date, Twitter users will be deemed to have agreed to these updates....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Google Maps gets social; Twitter puts trolls in time out; today’s teens take to chat rooms

New York City’s Conflicts of Interest Board has issued guidelines prohibiting elected officials from using official social media accounts for political purposes or having their staff draft content for their personal social...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Think Twice Before Tweeting up a Storm

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One of the more memorable lines from 1989’s Steel Magnolias is “if you can’t say anything nice about anybody, come sit by me.” That sentiment— referred to as “schadenfreude” in German — is amplified on social media, and this...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Regulators and Industry Thought Leaders Discuss Issues in Social Media Advertising - Highlights from "The FTC, Native Advertising...

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Holland & Knight and the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) on Sept. 21, 2016, held an informative, half-day seminar featuring presentations and a panel discussion of trends and forefront regulatory compliance issues...more

FordHarrison

#Fired: Post a Tweet, Lose Your Job

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Many people enjoy spouting off what they view as 140-character tidbits of wisdom on the social media platform Twitter. But recently several individuals have found themselves in trouble with their employers (read: former...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

TCPA Connect - August 2016

FCC Issues Report and Order on Budget Act Exemptions - On August 11, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Report and Order implementing Section 301 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which amended the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Social Media and Practice: Questions Attorneys Should Ask Now

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Social media users number in the billions. Facebook counts over 1.4 billion users, LinkedIn has 347 million members, Instagram has 300 million, Twitter has nearly 290 million, and YouTube reports more than a billion users....more

Baker Donelson

Social Media Compliance Policies: Your Company Needs One

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Use of social media is ubiquitous in today's society. This is astounding when you think back to 2004 and realize that social media did not exist then. Fast forward ten years and by September 2014, 58% of all American adults...more

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