Socially Aware

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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February 06, 2024 - Artificial Intelligence, Digital Content
Meta Announces AI Content Identification for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
By: Aaron P. Rubin
In a significant move toward enhancing transparency and trust in digital content, Meta has announced plans to introduce labeling for AI-generated images across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs, highlighted the initiative as part of Meta’s commitment to lead with transparency
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February 02, 2024 - Trademark, Digital Content, Social Media Policy, Influencer Marketing, Online Promotions
Owned: Second Circuit Holds That Traditional Principles of Property Law Apply to Social Media Accounts
By: Lawrence W. Gallick and Aaron P. Rubin
Here at Socially Aware, we have been discussing issues around ownership of social media accounts since the beginning of social media. Just last July, we reported on how a bankruptcy court in Florida forced the founder and former CEO of Bang Energy to delete
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July 28, 2023 - Contracts, Digital Content
Be Careful What You Click for: A Canadian Court Rules that a Thumbs-Up Emoji Indicates a Binding Contractual Agreement
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Julie O'Neill
In this age of social media and texting, we use a plethora of shorthand visual and typographic icons to express a range of responses or reactions to posts or texts: a heart to indicate love, a laughing face or an “LOL” to indicate humor,
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June 29, 2023 - Digital Content, Social Media Policy, Influencer Marketing, Online Promotions
Social Links: Social Media Account Ownership Once Again in the Spotlight
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Julie O'Neill
Social media continues to dominate the headlines this spring, with several high-profile events capturing the media’s, regulators’, and lawmakers’ attention. Jack Owoc, founder and former CEO of Bang Energy (“Bang,” a performance energy beverage), claimed that he retained the rights to control Bang’s social
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April 04, 2022 - Advertising, Digital Content, E-Commerce, Privacy, Social Media Policy
Social Links: Behavioral targeting under scrutiny from lawmakers
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Julie O'Neill and Anthony M. Ramirez
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill continue to take aim at social media platforms that collect and use personal information that build algorithms to target individuals across a variety of dimensions when users engage with those platforms, most prominently in the form of advertising and other
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December 21, 2021 - Digital Content, E-Commerce, Privacy, Social Media Policy, Compliance
Facebook rebrands as “Meta;” disables facial recognition capabilities
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Julie O'Neill and Anthony M. Ramirez
In late October, Facebook announced that it would change its name to Meta , signaling a shift of the social media giant’s focus toward the metaverse , a virtual space where social media, gaming, augmented reality, virtual reality, and cryptocurrencies converge and allow people
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April 30, 2019 - Digital Content, User-Generated Content, Section 230 Safe Harbor, Litigation
Appeals Court Again Upholds Section 230 Protections in Case Against Grindr
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Often hailed as the law that gave us the modern Internet , Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act generally protects online platforms from liability for content posted by third parties. Many commentators, including us here at Socially Aware , have noted that Section
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March 19, 2019 - Advertising, Digital Content, Cyberbullying, Privacy, Big Data, COPPA, Free Speech
YouTube disallows ads on anti-vax content; privacy bills aim to extend children’s protections from Internet harm, secure users’ control over data
By: Julie O'Neill
New York is now one of the 43 states where “revenge porn,” the posting of explicit photographs or videos to the Internet without the subject’s consent, is punishable by law. See how far the states have come – find out how many had criminalized
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May 02, 2018 - Digital Content, Artificial Intelligence
Socially Aware’s John Delaney Receives “Reader’s Choice” Award
We’re proud to announce that the online platform JD Supra has named Socially Aware co-founder and co-editor John Delaney as the recipient of one of its 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards. John was chosen from among the nearly 50,000 writers who publish on JD Supra
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Topic Archives: Digital Content

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

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

Meta Announces AI Content Identification for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Owned: Second Circuit Holds That Traditional Principles of Property Law Apply to Social Media Accounts

By: Lawrence W. Gallick and Aaron P. Rubin

Be Careful What You Click for: A Canadian Court Rules that a Thumbs-Up Emoji Indicates a Binding Contractual Agreement

By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Julie O'Neill

Social Links: Social Media Account Ownership Once Again in the Spotlight

By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Julie O'Neill

Social Links: Behavioral targeting under scrutiny from lawmakers

By: Aaron P. Rubin, Julie O'Neill and Anthony M. Ramirez

Facebook rebrands as “Meta;” disables facial recognition capabilities

By: Aaron P. Rubin, Julie O'Neill and Anthony M. Ramirez

Appeals Court Again Upholds Section 230 Protections in Case Against Grindr

By: Aaron P. Rubin

YouTube disallows ads on anti-vax content; privacy bills aim to extend children’s protections from Internet harm, secure users’ control over data

By: Julie O'Neill

Socially Aware’s John Delaney Receives “Reader’s Choice” Award