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Who Owns Social Media Accounts?–In re Bang Energy Drinks

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The categorization of social media accounts into “business” and “personal” accounts was a hot issue a decade ago, when states across the country passed laws to protect employees from invasive employer demands to access or control their personal social media accounts.

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2023 Quick Links: Social Media

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

CNN : Mark Zuckerberg personally rejected Meta’s proposals to improve teen mental health, court documents allege * WSJ : Facebook Wanted Out of Politics. . * Thus, Breitenbucher’s activity on social media is protected activity as actions made in furtherance of his right of free speech, related to matters of public interest.

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Why Impersonation is Difficult to Stop

Plagiarism Today

Back in 1991, Phill Zimmermann released an encryption program named Pretty Good Privacy or PGP. Online chats, social media, forums and other means of communication rose in popularity and all dealt with impersonation in various ways. On an internet rightly worried about privacy, how do we verify who is who?

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A 24/7 Police Line-up: Clearview AI, the RCMP, and Privacy Laws

IPilogue

Reports of racial bias and Canadian privacy law violations weaken the argument for implementing FRT. On June 10, 2021, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (“OPC”) issued a 29-page report on FRT and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“RCMP”) -related surveillance as it pertains to the Canadian public. What is Clearview?

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Premier League IPTV Investigations Gather Personal Data on Pirates

TorrentFreak

Piracy Investigations Take Place in ‘Real Life’ Fifteen years ago, covert piracy investigations were mostly the stuff of rumors and rarely documented in public. A high-profile police raid followed just a month later, a lengthy prison sentence four years after that.

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How Much is Your Personal Information Worth? And What Will It Be Worth in the Future?

IPilogue

Value for Users Traditionally, users have valued the ability to share their personal information while using online services, like search engines or social media platforms, citing their desire to receive personalized advertisements. What monetary value do some privacy-conscious users demand to share their personal information? $20

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The Conservative Election Platform: Freedom of Expression Commitment Tainted By Support for Payments for Links, Restrictions on Fair Dealing

Michael Geist

The Conservative Party released its election platform yesterday, providing a lengthy document that covers a myriad of policy issues. Consequently, we have opposed Justin Trudeau’s attempt to create a national speech regulator for social media. User generated content and social media sites would be exempt.