Socially Aware

April 11, 2017 - First Amendment, Cyberbullying, Privacy, Free Speech
Social Links: Twitter sues U.S. government to protect account holder’s ID; Minn. court orders Google to disclose users who searched crime victim’s name; Facebook targets revenge porn
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Twitter is suing the Department of Homeland Security in an attempt to void a summons demanding records that would identify the creator of an anti-Trump Twitter account. Facebook has joined the fight against the nonconsensual dissemination of sexually explicit photos online—content known as “revenge
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March 07, 2017 - First Amendment, Cyberbullying, Marketing, Right To Be Forgotten, Ethics, Free Speech
Social Links: YouTube reaches major milestone; Google tries to ferret out hate speech; justices consider constitutionality of barring social media access
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Google unveiled a new tool designed to combat toxic speech online by assessing the language commenters use, as opposed to the ideas they express. Is a state law banning sex offenders from social media unconstitutional? Based on their comments during oral arguments in Packingham
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January 04, 2017 - Blockchain, Patent, Marketing, Privacy, Free Speech, Compliance
2017: Predictions From Socially Aware’s Editors and Contributors
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The beginning of a new year is a time for resolutions and predictions. We won’t bother Socially Aware readers with our resolutions for 2017, but we thought that we would share some predictions for the new year from our editors and contributors. As our
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December 02, 2016 - Disappearing Content, Online Reviews, Free Speech, Mobile
Social Links: Yellow journalism rakes in cash; NYC law protects gig economy pay; Twitter suspends “alt-right” accounts
By: Aaron P. Rubin
“Yellow journalism” websites are using social media to capitalize on popular ideology. And they’re making a bundle. New York City recently passed the country’s first law protecting the wages of “gig economy” workers. The Wall Street Journal published an illuminating infographic illustrating who’s making
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November 22, 2016 - First Amendment, E-Commerce, Cyberbullying, UK, Free Speech, Litigation, Wearable Computers
Social Links: IMDb sues over right to post actors’ ages; Facebook tests jobs feature; Pinterest adopts “tried it” button
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has filed suit to overturn a law that requires the popular entertainment website to remove the ages or birth dates of people in the entertainment industry upon request. Vine might not be history after all. Twitter users posted more than
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October 05, 2016 - Cyberbullying, Privacy, Free Speech, Wearable Computers
Social Links: Facebook at Work; Google’s Allo messaging app; Snapchat’s Spectacles
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Facebook at Work , the on-the-job version of the web’s most popular social media platform, will launch in London on October 10th. Add iHeartRadio to the list of Internet radio platforms that will be offering an on demand music streaming service. California law will
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September 09, 2016 - Advertising, Cyberbullying, Marketing, Privacy, Free Speech
Social Links: Snapchat ad revenue grows; the UK’s revenge porn problem; laws that enable control of digital assets after death
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Snapchat is on track to rake in an enormous amount of ad revenue by 2017. Also, there’s mounting evidence that the company is working toward developing a Google Glass-like product. We have written previously about the scourge of revenge porn; it turns out the
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September 02, 2016 - Advertising, First Amendment, Marketing, Free Speech, Mobile
Social Links: Instagram’s & Pinterest’s new features; the per-post premium paid to top influencers; a successful social media investor shares his strategy
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Instagram now allows users to zoom in on photos in their feeds and at least 11 brands are already capitalizing on the new feature. Pinterest acquired Instapaper , a tool that allows you to cache webpages for reading at a later time. A social-media
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August 26, 2016 - Advertising, Endorsement Guides, FTC, Marketing, Privacy, Labor Law, Employment Law, Free Speech, Mobile, Litigation
Social Links: Google penalizes sites with pop-up ads; proposed Federal legislation to criminalize revenge porn; ad industry group questions Kardashians’ social media posts
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Google is cracking down on mobile pop-up ads by knocking down the search-result position of websites that use them. The National Labor Relations Board decided a social media policy that Chipotle had in place for its employees violates federal labor law. A group of
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August 12, 2016 - Advertising, Endorsement Guides, Data Security, Cyberbullying, Marketing, Free Speech, Mobile, Compliance, Litigation, Online Endorsements
Social Links: Facebook’s anti-ad-blocking software; LinkedIn’s “scraper” lawsuit; FTC’s upcoming crackdown on social influencers
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Facebook introduced technology that disables ad blockers used by people who visit the platform via desktop computers, but Adblock Plus has already foiled the platform’s efforts , at least for now. A look at Twitter’s 10-year failure to stop harassment. Are mobile apps killing
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Topic Archives: Free Speech

Social Links: Twitter sues U.S. government to protect account holder’s ID; Minn. court orders Google to disclose users who searched crime victim’s name; Facebook targets revenge porn

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: YouTube reaches major milestone; Google tries to ferret out hate speech; justices consider constitutionality of barring social media access

By: Aaron P. Rubin

2017: Predictions From Socially Aware’s Editors and Contributors

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: Yellow journalism rakes in cash; NYC law protects gig economy pay; Twitter suspends “alt-right” accounts

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: IMDb sues over right to post actors’ ages; Facebook tests jobs feature; Pinterest adopts “tried it” button

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: Facebook at Work; Google’s Allo messaging app; Snapchat’s Spectacles

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: Snapchat ad revenue grows; the UK’s revenge porn problem; laws that enable control of digital assets after death

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: Instagram’s & Pinterest’s new features; the per-post premium paid to top influencers; a successful social media investor shares his strategy

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: Google penalizes sites with pop-up ads; proposed Federal legislation to criminalize revenge porn; ad industry group questions Kardashians’ social media posts

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: Facebook’s anti-ad-blocking software; LinkedIn’s “scraper” lawsuit; FTC’s upcoming crackdown on social influencers

By: Aaron P. Rubin