Socially Aware

October 30, 2024 - Defamation, E-Commerce, FTC, IP, Online Reviews, Privacy, Section 230 Safe Harbor
Socially Aware: Fake Reviews, Real Rulings, and an Epic Fail
By: Lawrence W. Gallick, Anthony M. Ramirez and Aaron P. Rubin
FAKE REVIEW RULES TAKE EFFECT The Federal Trade Commission’s new rules banning phony online reviews are now in effect. These rules aim to curb false consumer testimonials, the buying of fake reviews from brokers, review suppression, falsifying social media influence, and misrepresentation of company
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August 23, 2024 - Copyright, Defamation, E-Commerce, Fraud, FTC, Online Reviews, Privacy, Social Media Policy, Trademark, Web Scraping
Social Links: Recent Developments in the Law and Business of Social Media
By: Lawrence W. Gallick, Anthony M. Ramirez and Aaron P. Rubin
The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a new rule aimed at curtailing false, misleading, and otherwise fraudulent reviews on online retail sites. Fake reviews are a significant problem for the big e-commerce platforms, given that a robust customer review system is crucial to modern
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May 23, 2024 - Defamation, IP, Right of Publicity, Section 230 Safe Harbor, Social Media Policy
Part 4 – Section 230: 27 Years Old and Still in the Spotlight
By: Lawrence W. Gallick, Anthony M. Ramirez and Aaron P. Rubin
Section 230: 27 Years Old and Still in the Spotlight In our fourth installment of our six-part series examining Section 230—the segment of the 1996 Communications Decency Act (CDA) that immunizes online service providers from liability stemming from content created by third parties—we’ll examine
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March 06, 2024 - Section 230 Safe Harbor, Digital Content, Social Media Policy, Defamation
Part 3 – Section 230: 27 Years Old and Still in the Spotlight
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Lawrence W. Gallick
In the prior two installments of our six-part series examining Section 230, the section of the 1996 Communications Decency Act (CDA) that immunizes online service providers from liability stemming from the publication and filtering of content created by a third party, we looked at
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October 28, 2020 - Defamation, Litigation
S.D.N.Y. Dismisses Defamation Case Arising Out of “Battle by Tweet”
By: Aaron P. Rubin
In Ganske v. Mensch , a defamation suit stemming from a “battle by Tweet,” a federal district court in New York held that the allegedly defamatory statements in the defendant’s Tweet were nonactionable statements of opinion and dismissed the case. The case illustrates that
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August 24, 2020 - User-Generated Content, Defamation, Section 230 Safe Harbor, Litigation
EDNY Refuses to Dismiss on § 230 Grounds in “Shitty Media Men” Defamation Case
By: Aaron P. Rubin
In Elliott v. Donegan , a federal district court in New York held that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act does not warrant the dismissal of a defamation claim where the plaintiff’s complaint did not “foreclose[] the possibility that Defendant created or developed
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August 04, 2020 - Privacy, Defamation, Section 230 Safe Harbor
FTC questions protections afforded tech platforms; LinkedIn was platform of choice for sellers of COVID-19 PPE; Appeals court passes on “retweet” propriety question
By: Julie O'Neill
Expressing concern about the spread of disinformation related to COVID-19, Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra said Congress may need “to reassess the special privileges afforded to tech platforms, especially given their vast power to curate and present content in ways that may manipulate users.”
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July 07, 2020 - Trademark, Cyberbullying, Marketing, Defamation, Section 230 Safe Harbor, Free Speech, Litigation
Debate over §230 of the CDA rages on; Twitter defeats defamation suit; Booking.com held valid trademark
By: Anthony M. Ramirez
In a purported attempt to safeguard free speech, President Trump has issued an order “Preventing Online Censorship,” that would eliminate the protections afforded by one of our favorite topics here at Socially Aware , Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which generally protects
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January 13, 2020 - Advertising, Influencer Marketing, Defamation, Section 230 Safe Harbor, COPPA
Social Links: YouTube bans some targeted ads; big changes afoot on Twitter; Facebook plans to remove ‘deep fakes’
By: Aaron P. Rubin
In a move that might be part of a settlement that YouTube has entered into with the Federal Trade Commission , the video-sharing site said it will ban “targeted” advertisements on videos likely to be watched by children. Because targeted ads rely on information
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November 12, 2019 - Defamation, Section 230 Safe Harbor, Litigation
The Joys and Dangers of Tweeting: A CDA Immunity Update
By: J. Alexander Lawrence
A recent decision from a federal court in New York highlights the limits social media users enjoy under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). The case involves Joy Reid, the popular host of MSNBC’s AM Joy who has more than two million
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Topic Archives: Defamation

Socially Aware: Fake Reviews, Real Rulings, and an Epic Fail

By: Lawrence W. Gallick, Anthony M. Ramirez and Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: Recent Developments in the Law and Business of Social Media

By: Lawrence W. Gallick, Anthony M. Ramirez and Aaron P. Rubin

Part 4 – Section 230: 27 Years Old and Still in the Spotlight

By: Lawrence W. Gallick, Anthony M. Ramirez and Aaron P. Rubin

Part 3 – Section 230: 27 Years Old and Still in the Spotlight

By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Lawrence W. Gallick

S.D.N.Y. Dismisses Defamation Case Arising Out of “Battle by Tweet”

By: Aaron P. Rubin

EDNY Refuses to Dismiss on § 230 Grounds in “Shitty Media Men” Defamation Case

By: Aaron P. Rubin

FTC questions protections afforded tech platforms; LinkedIn was platform of choice for sellers of COVID-19 PPE; Appeals court passes on “retweet” propriety question

By: Julie O'Neill

Debate over §230 of the CDA rages on; Twitter defeats defamation suit; Booking.com held valid trademark

By: Anthony M. Ramirez

Social Links: YouTube bans some targeted ads; big changes afoot on Twitter; Facebook plans to remove ‘deep fakes’

By: Aaron P. Rubin

The Joys and Dangers of Tweeting: A CDA Immunity Update

By: J. Alexander Lawrence