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Legal Analysis Of Copyright Issues In YouTube And Other Social Media Content

IP and Legal Filings

The nature and notion of copyright, as well as a brief overview of social networking sites, have remained the main focus of this research study. The article then turns its attention to how social media culture is violating owners’ copyrights. Due to excessive mobile use, social media has become a popular platform.

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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 230: Aengus Bridgman on the 2025 Federal Election, Social Media Platforms, and Misinformation

Michael Geist

The enormous influence of online sites such as Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and a handful of others raises real issues about how information spreads, its reliability, and risks of misinformation and disinformation. The podcast can be downloaded here , accessed on YouTube , and is embedded below.

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Press publishers’ right: social media enter the stage

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Social media (aka Facebook) were not a part of the conversation. This raises the question: does the press publishers’ right apply to social media? Information society service providers. While social media were not explicitly singled out, they seem to comfortably fall within the ISSP definition.

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Government Departments Pressure Social Media Sites to Censor News Links, Mean Tweets

Michael Geist

The risks associated with the government’s online harms (or online safety) plans is not limited to Canadian Heritage’s credibility gap, which as I’ve recounted has included omitting key information in its public reports on consultations and shocking efforts to exclude contrary voices altogether.

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Canada Plans to Regulate Search and Social Media Use of Artificial Intelligence for Content Moderation and Discoverability

Michael Geist

The Canadian government plans to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in search results and when used to prioritize the display of content on search engines and social media services. AI is widely used by both search and social media for a range of purpose that do not involve ChatGPT-style generative AI.

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Zuckerberg Avoids Personal Liability for Social Media “Addiction”–In re Social Media Addiction

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I never blogged the dual state and federal rulings in the Social Media Addiction cases from last Fall. Had the omitted information been disclosed, the injuries that Plaintiff suffered would have been avoidable and avoided. Some states don’t recognize negligent misrepresentation by omission. 4:22-md-03047-YGR (N.D.

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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. Today’s post focuses on the social media defendants’ efforts to dismiss the parallel lawsuits by the school districts.