Socially Aware

May 20, 2024 - Advertising, Data Security, Privacy, Social Media Policy
State Lawmakers Introduce Laws Governing Teen Use of Social Media
By: Lawrence W. Gallick and Lindsay B. Harris
In case you haven’t noticed, state legislatures have been hard at work drafting, passing, and trying to pass laws that govern minors’ use of social media. Several states have passed laws requiring social media companies to implement certain policies, including age verification and parental
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April 03, 2024 - Artificial Intelligence, Section 230 Safe Harbor, Social Media Policy
Social Links: April 2024
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Lawrence W. Gallick
As we reported in 2023, Utah was the first state in the nation to enact laws limiting minors’ use of social media. In early March 2024, Republican Governor Spencer Cox effectively repealed and replaced the previously enacted legislation in an effort to fend off
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March 20, 2024 - Social Media Policy, First Amendment
Supreme Court Clarifies the Boundaries of Public Official Liability on Social Media
By: J. Alexander Lawrence and Justin Kareem Rezkalla
In its recent opinion in Lindke v. Freed , the U.S. Supreme Court addressed when public officials may be held liable for violating the First Amendment for silencing critics on social media. The Court held that a public official violates the First Amendment for
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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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February 14, 2024 - Advertising, Compliance, Free Speech, Privacy, Social Media Policy
Court Prohibits Ohio’s AG From Enforcing Social Media Parental Notification Act
By: Lawrence W. Gallick and Aaron P. Rubin
A court in the Southern District of Ohio has issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Social Media Parental Notification Act, an Ohio law that would require social media platforms to obtain parental consent for users under 16. NetChoice LLC, an industry group
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February 05, 2024 - Section 230 Safe Harbor, Social Media Policy
Central District of California Upholds Grindr’s Immunity Under Section 230 Amidst Growing Concerns over Social Media Safety for Children
By: Lindsay B. Harris and Aaron P. Rubin
Recent Senate hearings on social media safety have spotlighted the urgent need to protect children online, a concern that’s increasingly challenging the legal frameworks governing online platforms. Against this backdrop, the immunity that online platforms enjoy under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
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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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November 20, 2023 - Artificial Intelligence, Social Media Policy, Supreme Court
Social Links
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Julie O'Neill
While generative AI seems to be getting all of the attention these days, the medical field is another area where AI is gaining traction. Axios reports about a partnership between Elsevier and OpenEvidence that’s helping doctors use generative AI to use medical research to
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November 14, 2023 - Social Media Policy, Section 230 Safe Harbor
PART 2(b) – Section 230: 27 Years Old and Still in the Spotlight
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Julie O'Neill
In this second installment 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 their users or other third parties, we’ll
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November 10, 2023 - Social Media Policy, Section 230 Safe Harbor
PART 2(a) – Section 230: 27 Years Old and Still in the Spotlight
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Julie O'Neill
In this second installment 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 their users or other third parties, we’ll
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Topic Archives: Social Media Policy

State Lawmakers Introduce Laws Governing Teen Use of Social Media

By: Lawrence W. Gallick and Lindsay B. Harris

Social Links: April 2024

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

Supreme Court Clarifies the Boundaries of Public Official Liability on Social Media

By: J. Alexander Lawrence and Justin Kareem Rezkalla

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

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

Court Prohibits Ohio’s AG From Enforcing Social Media Parental Notification Act

By: Lawrence W. Gallick and Aaron P. Rubin

Central District of California Upholds Grindr’s Immunity Under Section 230 Amidst Growing Concerns over Social Media Safety for Children

By: Lindsay B. Harris and 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

Social Links

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

PART 2(b) – Section 230: 27 Years Old and Still in the Spotlight

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

PART 2(a) – Section 230: 27 Years Old and Still in the Spotlight

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