Bird & Bird LLP | Singapore | 13 Sep 2023
Designated social media services (“SMSs”) will have to comply with the Code. The current list of SMSs published by the IMDA includes…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 11 Sep 2023
In July, Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) agreed to a $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement in connection…
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, China, European Union, etc. | 18 Aug 2023
Instagram wins a US copyright lawsuit related to embedded images, China increases fees for PCT applications, and an Indian court orders Google to remove ads that violate trademarks – plus other key updates.
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC | USA | 7 Aug 2023
A panel of the Ninth Circuit has affirmed that the “server test” remains the law of the land - at least in that circuit, and at least for now. Hunley…
Loeb & Loeb LLP | USA | 24 Jul 2023
In a ruling contradicting previous 9th Circuit decisions, the 9th Circuit Federal Appeals Court recently held that Instagram did not violate the…
McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 20 Jul 2023
In a 2-1 decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the “server rule” which holds that websites embedding a copyrighted work do not…
Lexology PRO | European Union | 11 Jul 2023
Amazon has become the first Big Tech company to fight its position under the new Digital Services Act in the EU’s General Court.
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC | Global | 7 Jul 2023
Meta's new social media app, Threads, has launched! While over 70 million users have already signed up, and brands have joined the party, only time…
Gadens | Australia | 21 Jun 2023
In late 2022, ASIC filed an application with the Federal Court, claiming that the Defendant, Mr Scholz, was conducting a financial services business…
Cordato Partners | Australia | 2 May 2023
The latest ACCC report on digital platform services examined competition between social media services in Australia and how consumers and businesses…