Facebook to Change Rules on Attacking Public Figures: Reuters October 14, 2021 By Elizabeth Culliford Facebook Inc. will now count activists and journalists as “involuntary” public figures and so increase protections against harassment and bullying...
Australia’s Top Law Officer Wants Defamation Rules Redrafted for Internet Age October 7, 2021 Australia’s top law officer has written to her state counterparts urging them to redraft the country’s defamation law after a...
Whistleblower Tells Congress Facebook Puts Profits Over Safety, Urges Regulation October 5, 2021 By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen will urge the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to regulate the social media giant,...
Australia’s High Court Rules Publishers Liable for Facebook Comments September 9, 2021 By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE — Australia’s biggest news publishers including Rupert Murdoch’s the Australian are responsible for comments that readers post on their...
Tokyo Olympics Warns Sharing Videos on Social Media Is Not Allowed August 9, 2021 By Karolos Grohmann Sharing videos from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on social media is not allowed, even for athletes, the International Olympic...
Judge Blocks Florida Law That Penalizes Social Media Firms July 1, 2021 By Kanishka Singh A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a recently-enacted Florida law that was meant to authorize the state to penalize social...
Internet Groups’ Lawsuit Claims Florida Social Media Law Is Unconstitutional May 28, 2021 By Elizabeth Culliford Two tech trade groups filed a lawsuit against Florida on Thursday over a new law that would fine social media...
How to Manage Social Media Liability in the Workplace: RIMS May 25, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson “I remember when the worst thing you had to worry about at work was a misdirected reply-to-all on an email.”...
Supreme Court Nixes Facebook Bid to Curtail $15B Class Action Over User Tracking March 22, 2021 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away Facebook Inc.’s bid to pare back a $15 billion class action lawsuit...
Senators Offer Bill to Limit Liability Shield for Social Media Firms February 8, 2021 By Nandita Bose Three Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill that would limit Section 230, a law that shields online companies from liability...