Latest Digital Marketing Headlines
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FTC Asks Social Media, Video Streaming Firms Info on Misleading Ads
Mar 20 2023 // The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday issued orders to eight social media and video streaming firms including Meta Platforms Inc., Twitter, TikTok and YouTube seeking information on how the platforms screen...
Zuckerberg Was Warned on Social Media Addiction, Filing Says
Mar 14 2023 // Employees at Meta Platforms Inc. and ByteDance Inc. were aware of the harmful effects of their platforms on young children and teenagers but disregarded the information or in some cases sought to undermine it, according to...
Insurers Leery of Hyundais and Kias Famous on Social Media for Being Easy to Steal
Feb 1 2023 // Social media influencers and an insurance industry think tank are giving Hyundai and Kia vehicles the worst kind of publicity: Many of the cars the company sold are easy to steal. In the past week, newspapers and...
School Lawsuits Over Social Media Harm Face Tough Legal Road
Jan 13 2023 // Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media companies are now facing lawsuits brought by public entities that seek to hold them accountable for a huge societal problem...
Washington Schools Suing over Social Media Harm
Jan 9 2023 // The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among...
Insuring Cannabis Summit: Experts Answer Social Media’s Toughest Questions
Nov 9 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv “What are the hardest lines of insurance to write for cannabis businesses?” That question took Stephanie Bozzuto, co-founder of Cannabis Connect Insurance, down a long mental...
Digital Marketing and the Rise of the Independent Agent
Oct 17 2022 // Independent agents are taking over the scene — 62% of property and casualty premiums in the U.S. were written by independent agents in 2021 — so competition is fiercer than ever. Independent agents who want to...
Social Media Company Liability Draws US Supreme Court Scrutiny
Oct 3 2022 // The US Supreme Court will decide whether social media companies can be sued over targeted content recommendations, agreeing to hear an appeal from a family that says Alphabet Inc.’s Google bears some of the...
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Texas Law on Social Media Regulation
Sep 20 2022 // A federal appeals court Friday ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter in a victory for Republicans who accuse the platforms of censoring conservative speech. But the...
Settlement Requires Arkansas Senator to Unblock Critics on Social Media
Aug 19 2022 // An Arkansas state senator will be required to unblock critics from his social media accounts under a settlement a national atheists’ group said it reached with the state on Wednesday. American Atheists announced the...
California Social Media Addiction Bill Drops Parent Lawsuits
Jul 20 2022 // A first-of-its-kind proposal in the California Legislature aimed at holding social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products would no longer let parents sue popular...
China Digital Campaign Used Social Media to Target Mining Firms: Report
Jun 30 2022 // A pro-China propaganda campaign used fake social media accounts to try to stir up opposition, including protests, against mining firms that challenge China’s business interests, U.S.-based cyber-security firm...
South Dakota Hotel Owners Sued by Relative Over Social Media Post
Jun 14 2022 // The owners of Rapid City, South Dakota hotel are facing a lawsuit over a social media post by one of them that promised to ban Native Americans from the property. The lawsuit comes from a shareholder who happens to be a...
Buffalo Shooting Survivors Weigh Suing Parents, Social Media, Gunmaker
Jun 6 2022 // An employee who survived a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket sought a court order Friday to question the 18-year-old gunman’s parents under oath in anticipation of filing a lawsuit against them. The...
Bill Would Let California Parents Sue for Social Media Addiction
Jun 6 2022 // California could hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation under...
Bill Would Enable California Parents to Sue for Social Media Addiction
May 25 2022 // California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation...
Court Blocks Bulk of Florida’s New Social Media Law as Free Speech Violation
May 24 2022 // Most of a Florida law that sought to stop social media companies from restricting users’ political speech violates the companies’ free speech rights and cannot be enforced, a federal appeals court ruled on...
Social Media Valuable Tool for Forecasters, Residents in Path of Tornadoes
May 4 2022 // In the 11 years since a devastating tornado outbreak struck Tuscaloosa, Alabama, social media has evolved into a lifesaving tool during periods of severe weather, said Richard Scott, the chief meteorologist for...
Zurich Removes ‘Z’ From Social Media Branding as Russia Uses Symbol in Ukraine War
Mar 30 2022 // Zurich Insurance said it has removed the letter “Z” from its social media branding as a result of Russia’s use of the letter during its war in Ukraine. “The Zurich brand has been around for 150...
Mother Sues Meta, Snap Over Social Media ‘Addicted’ Daughter’s Suicide
Jan 21 2022 // Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc. are to blame for the suicide of an 11-year-old girl who was addicted to Instagram and Snapchat, the girl’s mother alleged in a lawsuit. The woman claims her daughter Selena Rodriguez...
