Social Links: Yelp’s Communications Decency Act claim; Twitter loosens its character limit; building a Snapchat audience

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The California Supreme Court agreed to hear Yelp’s case arguing that requiring the company to remove a one-star review of a law firm “creates a gaping hole” in the immunity that shields internet service providers from suits related to user-generated content.

Images, videos and quoted tweets no longer count toward Twitter’s 140-charter limit.

Google is undertaking cutting-edge efforts to battle online trolls.

Only 28 websites are registered under North Korea’s top level .kp domain.

Chinese law enforcement agencies investigating criminal cases can now secretly request access to personal information posted on social media services.

Back here in the United States, Twitter’s bi-annual transparency report shows that between January and June the platform received 2,520 information requests from U.S. law enforcement agencies.

The Department of Transportation issued a 15-point list of safety expectations for driverless cars.

Relationship Science, a repository of information about influential people and their connections, is opening its database to everyone, a change that could put the company in competition with LinkedIn.

Content marketers need to publish how many articles a week to make a difference?! Sigh.

Building an audience on Snapchat seems pretty arduous, too.

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The five most popular bots on Botlist last week.

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