Social Links: Laws affecting politicians on Twitter & tourists taking photos; the GDPR takes effect; lost Bitcoins
USA - June 1 2018 Finding that President Trump’s Twitter feed constitutes a public forum, a federal judge in New York City held that it’s a First Amendment violation...
Social Links: Revenge porn victim awarded $6.4M; the discoverability of photos posted to Facebook; can users be blocked from government officials’ social media accounts?
USA - April 16 2018 Based on copyright infringement, emotional distress and other claims, a federal district court in California awarded $6.4 million to a victim of...
California Court Holds That YouTube’s Removal Notice Is Not Defamatory
USA - February 22 2018 As we have noted previously, YouTube users sometimes object when the online video giant removes their videos based on terms-of-use violations, such as...
California Court Holds That YouTube’s Removal Notice Is Not Defamatory
USA - February 22 2018 As we have noted previously, YouTube users sometimes object when the online video giant removes their videos based on terms-of-use violations, such as...
Social Links: Facebook ups its facial recognition game; retracing Twitter’s 2017 missteps; YouTube stars’ fan bases reach their saturation point
USA - January 12 2018 In order to comply with a new German law requiring social media sites to take down hate speech, Twitter and Facebook removed anti-Islamic social media...
