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2023 Quick Links: Social Media

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

District of Columbia , 2023 WL 5964764 (D.C. ” BBC : Facebook’s growth not linked to psychological harm, study finds * Science : How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign? City of Delray Beach, 2023 WL 6037456 (S.D. Manteca, 2023 WL 3833367 (Cal.

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Court Dismisses School Districts’ Lawsuits Over Social Media “Addiction”–In re Social Media Cases

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

There are two critically important cases over “social media addiction” pending in California state court and as an MDL in the federal Northern District of California. Despite the importance of those Fall 2023 rulings, I never blogged either. [Warning: this is a 5,600 word blog post].

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Reusing Social Media Photos for Ads? Be Careful!–Khachatryan v. 1 Hotel

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

It then went further and used the photo to promote the robe: In 2023, Sunny Khachatryan obtained a copyright registration for “Brave’s” photo. June 14, 2024) The post Reusing Social Media Photos for Ads? The opinion doesn’t explain the relationship between “Brave” and Sunny. Be Careful!–Khachatryan

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Navigating Data Privacy & Security In India’s Digitalised Entertainment Sector

IP and Legal Filings

The transition from simply turning on the television to logging into accounts such as social media and OTT platforms, has resulted the entertainment industry to witness an astonishing evolution. To address these alarming concerns, India has introduced Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, a long-awaited legislation.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). 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.

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Privacy Tip #389 – FTC Outlines Top Scams in 2023

LexBlog IP

That amount is $10 billion, which is a whopping $1 billion more than in 2023. ” According to the report , here are other takeaways for 2023: Imposter scams. Social media scams. Scams starting on social media accounted for the highest total losses at $1.4

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Data Scraping, Privacy Law, and the Latest Challenge to the Generative AI Business Model

JD Supra Law

In a putative class action filed on June 28, 2023, in the Northern District of California, and in other similar cases, plaintiffs allege that OpenAI, Microsoft, and their respective affiliates violated the privacy rights of millions of internet users through the large-scale scraping of their personal data from social media, blog posts, and other websites, (..)

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