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Federal Court Blocks Florida Law Aimed at Social Media Giants

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A federal judge recently blocked a Florida law that would have penalized social media companies for removing, or refusing to publish, posts by politicians. Florida legislators approved the legislation after Facebook, Twitter...more

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Industry Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Florida Social Media Law

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On May 24, 2021, Florida’s governor signed into law legislation prohibiting social media companies from blocking political candidates seeking to use those companies’ websites to communicate with the sites’ users. Almost...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.5.2020 | Top Story: The U.S. Job Market Sees Surprising Gains

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The U.S. market is improving, with employers adding 2.5 million jobs. For some perspective, “[t]he economy shed 22.1 million jobs combined in March and April.” So, we have a ways to go before we’ve fully recovered. ...more

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FTC Rules Political Ad Marketing Firm Cambridge Analytica Deceived Facebook Users

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Synopsis: On December 6, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission issued a unanimous ruling against political data firm Cambridge Analytica for violating Section 5 of the FTC Act by misrepresenting that it would not download...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.13.2019 | Top Story: US Announces Phase One Trade Agreement With China, But No Confirmation From Chinese

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The US and China have reportedly reached an initial agreement on the “final terms of a phase one trade deal, moving both countries closer to signing a pact that” the White House originally announced in October and averting...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.31.2019 | Top Story: Fed Delivers Expected Interest Rate Cut

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As universally expected, the Fed’s Open Market Committee delivered its third interest rate cut of 2019 yesterday, though it did so while signaling that it’s likely to pause before taking action again and “is now shifting into...more

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Cambridge Analytica Shook Up the Way We View Data Privacy—and Ediscovery Collections

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After 2018, companies may never view online data collection in the same way again. Just as the world was turning its attention to the importance of protecting individuals’ data privacy, Facebook stumbled into a series of...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The Federal Reserve, as long forecast, raised its benchmark interest rate a quarter point on Wednesday. Chair Powell noted that a downturn in financial markets and weakened financial growth “may signal some softening relative...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Improper Data Sharing With Cambridge Analytica May Affect 87 Million Facebook Users

Facebook reports that the personal data of 87 million Facebook users, mostly located in the United States, “may have been improperly shared” with British data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

U.S. Citizen Sues Cambridge Analytica in U.K. Courts for Violations Under U.K. Data Protection Act

On March 16, David Carroll, a New York based American professor sued Cambridge Analytica (CA) in the U.K. courts, after the data analytics firm allegedly failed to respond to his request made pursuant to the U.K. Data...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Facebook and the English Data Firm Cambridge Analytica (CA) Face Intense Scrutiny for Possible Misuse of Facebook User Data

Facebook and the English data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica (CA) are facing intense scrutiny in response to numerous reports about the possible misuse of data of 50 million Facebook accounts. The data was originally...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Facebook-Cambridge Analytica – Brave New World for Privacy and Data Misuse

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The dramatic revelations that Facebook users’ personal data was potentially misused by political advertising firm, Cambridge Analytica, has troubling implications for consumer privacy that will become ever-more complicated...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Social Media Platforms and a Company’s Right to Free Expression

Political campaigns have increasingly turned to social media as a channel to reach voters. Social media not only has the power to reach audiences numbering in the billions, but it also has the power to change the behavior of...more

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Trending Now: Political Activities and Social Media

The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign has reached a fevered pitch, with a little over a month remaining before Election Day. After Monday’s debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the stakes are high and the American...more

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Public Employees’ Facebook “Like” Is The Internet Equivalent Of A Political Yard Sign

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The courts are taking steps to protect communications made via social media; e.g., Ehling v. Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp., No. 2:11-cv-03305 (D.N.J. Aug 20, 2013) (holding that private Facebook posts are protected...more

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What's in a "Like"? Precedent-Setting Case Poses New Risk for Employers

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The ubiquitous thumbs-up icon in Facebook has gained new prominence for private employers. In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that an employee fired for "liking" the campaign...more

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The Diet Has Spoken: Japanese Lawmakers Approve Internet-Enabled Campaigning

In February 2013, we reported on legislative momentum in the Japanese Diet to bring Japan’s sixty-year-old election laws into the brave new world of Web 2.0. On April 19, 2013, that reform effort came to fruition, when a bill...more

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