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Virtual Tug-Of-War: The Importance of Clarifying Ownership of Branded Social Media Accounts

JD Supra Law

Social media has revolutionized the ways in which brands target and market to consumers and the value of successful social media pages has become increasingly recognized, resulting in disputes over the ownership of these “assets.”. By: ArentFox Schiff

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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. Case Citation : In re Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation , No. As a result, Zuckerberg’s personal liability might still be in play. 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.

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

Michael Geist

8555-441-1219) raises new concerns about efforts to censor social media. The written question asked the government for “requests made by the government to social media companies to take down, edit, ban or change in any other way social media content, posts or accounts since January 1, 2020.”

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Social media ‘influencers’ are often lacking trademark protection

Erik K Pelton

On social media these days, much of the content and the news that I see relates to influencers. The post Social media ‘influencers’ are often lacking trademark protection appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. The following is a transcript of my video Influencers Need Trademark Protection Too.

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Z-Library Confusion as ‘Official’ Social Media Announces Crackdown in China

TorrentFreak

Dramatic Announcement On ‘Official’ Social Media Channels To strengthen its presence in China, back in January Z-Library registered official accounts on WeChat and Bilibili, two Chinese social media platforms with massive reach. Our mainland China social accounts will be logged out within seven days.

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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.