Michael Geist

OCTOBER 25, 2021

NDP MP Charlie Angus has been a consistent – and persistent – voice on digital policies since his election to the House of Commons in 2004. Last week, Angus called a press conference to unveil his six point plan for digital policy, which emphasized accountability, privacy reform, and algorithmic transparency.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

The term “link taxes” refer to the government compulsion of large Internet services, such as social media or search engines, to pay news media for indexing and publishing their headlines and links. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. #StopTheSADScheme. Does anyone care?

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 14, 2022

In 2004, 19-year-old college sophomore Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford University to create a company that would change the world. Employees were discouraged from communicating with each other about their work and were advised not to share the company’s name on social media platforms like LinkedIn. Theranos, Inc.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

It varies from creating an alternate persona on a social media account to voicing an animated character in a movie. The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character. 2d 119 (2d Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 12, 2022

e-personation case (an edge case from a different era), and the decade-old social media e-discovery cases (mainstream CivPro by now). Taylor about true threats on social media. The Florida and Texas social media censorship laws and the associated court challenges. Social Media. eBay (2d Cir.).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2021

I’ve now framed it as a note about California’s consumer privacy laws. I did not add coverage of the Florida social media censorship law or NetChoice v. Part 312, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act’s Regulations. An Introduction to California’s Consumer Privacy Laws (CCPA & CPRA).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Supreme Court essentially struck down COPA in 2004 in Ashcroft v. In Arkansas, a law requiring parental consent before minors sign up for social media accounts didn’t survive intermediate scrutiny. 31, 2023) Arkansas’ law says minors need parental consent before creating social media accounts.

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