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Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Courtside Seats

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a case that sought to hold Facebook parent company Meta liable for the 2015 mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: If the Suit Fits

Character Technologies has been hit with two lawsuits, including a wrongful death suit (among other claims), in less than two months over its popular Character.ai chatbot. The first was filed in the U.S. District Court for...more

Blank Rome LLP

Texas Attorney General Reaches Largest-Ever Biometrics Settlement with Meta

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On July 30, 2024, a Texas state court issued an Order finalizing the largest-ever biometrics settlement, between the Texas Attorney General and Meta for a staggering $1.4 billion. The settlement resolves a longstanding civil...more

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Texas Attorney General Announces First CUBI Settlement

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Keypoint: The Texas Attorney General reached a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta over its alleged violations of Texas’ biometric privacy law. On July 30, 2024, the Texas Attorney General announced that it has reached a $1.4...more

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Social Media Algorithms for Law Firms: What Legal Marketers Need to Know

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The power of social media cannot be denied, but the landscape is complex and constantly changing. It’s easy to get frustrated with the various algorithms that control how much of your messaging gets to the masses. Every major...more

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Is your company approaching AI intelligently?

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While new forms of artificial intelligence and machine-learning systems, or AI, have garnered headlines in the mainstream press, many companies are evaluating its use in their businesses. Perhaps to a greater extent than with...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Supreme Court Hands Twin Victories to Online Services

Twitter v. Taamneh and Google v. Gonzalez rulings address Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act - The Supreme Court ruled in two long-awaited cases on May 18, handing twin victories to online services. These...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Artificial Intelligence Briefing: Feds Take Aim at Algorithmic Bias

Our latest briefing examines the latest signal that the Federal Trade Commission is considering rulemaking, a groundbreaking settlement between the Justice Department and Meta over allegedly discriminatory algorithms,...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

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Embedding social media posts can be considered copyright infringement…but is it?

Social Links is our ongoing series here at Socially Aware that rounds up current developments at the intersection of social media, policy, research, and the law. Embedding social media posts can be considered copyright...more

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Pick Your Poison

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How would you prefer to be manipulated? If we weight your social media feed on what we know you like to see, then you will be showered with commercial clickbait. If we weight your social media feed by what is likely to spark...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.15.2020 | Top Story: Moderates Push Skinnier Covid Relief Bill that Strips Out Sticking Points

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The latest lame-duck Covid relief package proposal would trim about 150 billion dollars (and a number of key sticking points, including funds “to bolster state and local governments, and a temporary coronavirus liability...more

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Mark Zuckerberg Announces Major News Feed Changes

If your Facebook News Feed has historically been dominated by updates from brands, businesses, and news media, get ready for a major shift. Starting right away, you will begin seeing updates mostly from friends and family....more

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Pulse Nightclub Shooting Lawsuit May Show Path Around the Communications Decency Act

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I previously posted Facebook Fake News Problem May Impact Businesses Operating Open Web Sites on why the controversy over fake news stories on Facebook may cause concern for businesses operating open websites, although such...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

"They Can't Do That To Our Pledges; Only We Can Do That To Our Pledges”: Admiral, Big Data, Privacy, and The Internet of Things

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Anyone who has ever bought insurance, resented the premium, contested a claim denial, or piled up hours and papers dealing with insurers would welcome anything that promised to lower their rates. Admiral, a British insurer...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Algorithms and the Perception of Bias

On Saturday, July 23, Facebook acknowledged its anti-spam systems had briefly and accidentally blocked links to WikiLeaks files containing internal Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails. WikiLeaks had released 19,000...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Implications of Facebook’s algorithm change; branded emoji; free travel apps

The Internet is abuzz over the Facebook algorithm change. Here are the implications for marketers and publishers and for regular users. U.S. Customs wants to start collecting the social media accounts for foreign...more

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