Welcome to our recap of stories relating to Social Media and the Law. This month recap’s stories cover many issues including: Facebook’s size and reach; tech in television shows like Westworld; social media breaches; new laws affecting online activity; revenge porn; digital currency; and more.
These are some of the articles, reports, posts, etc. that caught our attention this month. We originally send them out through our twitter account @law2sm, so follow us to get them as we find them. But many of them are such great resources we don’t want you to miss them, so we’ve decided to put them as a recap. Some have the links that will take you to their original sources, whether Mashable, Lexology, and/or others. For others you have to go to our Twitter handle @Law2sm to get. Enjoy and let us know some of the stories you’ve found interesting this time around. Just share in the comments below. Have a great week!
- Opinion | Can Facebook Be Cut Down to Size? Using social media doesn’t have to risk national security. Facebook’s power is the problem. nytimes.com
- Opinion | From Westworld to Best World for the Internet of Things We need to secure our emerging network of cars, light bulbs and coffee makers. nytimes.com
- S. News Outlets Block European Readers Over New Privacy Rules The move by several major news organizations illustrated that some companies would prefer to lose European readers than to risk being hit … nytimes.com
- Illuminated Signs Ironically Reveal the Antisocial Reality of Social Media “Facebook: The Place to Go & Make Everyone Think Your Life is GREAT” mymodernmet.com
- Artist Prints Out Lengthy “Terms of Service” Policies of Popular Apps Designer Dima Yarovinsky visualizes the lengthy (and often overwhelming) “terms of service” agreements from popular social apps—including Fac… mymodernmet.com
- Social media companies must hand over public content to criminal defendants, court says The defendants say their constitutional right to a fair trial entitles them to the social media records to prepare their case. nbcnews.com
- Germany Acts to Tame Facebook, Learning From Its Own History of Hate A country taps its past as it leads the way on one of the most pressing issues facing modern democracies: how to regulate the world’s biggest … nytimes.com
- Full Video: Mark Zuckerberg Testifies Facebook’s chief executive testified before a joint session of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees. nytimes.com
- Should fake news be illegal? Malaysia could be among the first to penalize it Should fake news be government regulated? Malaysia may be among the first to do so if a bill passes the senate as expected. digitaltrends.com
- NDP MPs call for Digital Bill of Rights in response to Facebook data The party’s ethics critic, Charlie Angus, has long advocated for net neutrality and greater privacy rights for Internet users. straight.com
- Supreme Court to hear arguments in global digital privacy case The U.S. government’s demand for data that Microsoft is storing in Ireland has stoked the ire of privacy advocates in America and Europe. politico.com
- Think Your “Private” Posts are Private? In New York, “Private” Facebook Posts are No Longer… In a recent unanimous decision, Forman v. Henkin, the New York Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, removed the heightened requirement… thetmca.com
- There’s an App for That; Now There’s .APP for That Too As many of our readers know, in 2011, ICANN, the organization that operates the internet domain name system, authorized the launch of the … thetmca.com
- Expedia’s Orbitz Says Data Breach Affects 880,000 Payment Cards Hackers may have had access to customers’ personal information since Jan. 2016. fortune.com
- Experts Call Facebook’s Latest Controversy a Social Media ‘Breach Of Trust’ Privacy advocates are calling on all social media platforms to more responsibly handle and restrict improper access to data in the wake of Facebook’s latest controversy where it acknowledged users’ threatpost.com
- Protect yourself: Ways to avoid online threats linked to your identity It’s being called an “identity crisis” and one of the most important issues of our times. wxyz.com
- Information security misconceptions Channeling my inner Billy Bragg, isn’t it fair to say that nobody knows nothing anymore? csoonline.com
- The future of computer security is machine vs machine Better security automation at the OS level and via cloud services will force hackers to respond in kind. csoonline.com
- Want to protect your security online? Lie. http://ow.ly/kurT30isAKY
- Subcommittee hearing examines need for regulatory standards for data security – Financial Regulat… The Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing this week to examine ways to improve and streamline regulations around dat… financialregnews.com
- The Age of Unregulated Social Media Is Over The discourse on whether and how to regulate social media is gaining steam in the US, UK, and Europe. justsecurity.org
- The Follower Factory Everyone wants to be popular online. Some even pay for it. Inside social media’s black market. nytimes.com
- Meet Your Art Twin: A 400-Year-Old With an Oily Complexion Art museum selfies are getting more personal as visitors seek their doppelgängers in paintings and sculptures. A new feature in a Google a… nytimes.com
- Toxic content on the web: The answer is education, not regulation The question is how to create an informed citizenry in an age when we meet the world through a screen. thehill.com
- A Checklist for Protecting Our Elections from Foreign Meddling: It’s Bigger Than Mueller, It’s… Joshua Geltzer has solutions for Congress, the Executive Branch, and tech companies to stop foreign interference in US elections. justsecurity.org
- Facebook Is Changing. What Does That Mean for Your News Feed? The social network has implemented major changes to the types of posts, videos and photos that appear in your News Feed. Here is what you shoul… nytimes.com
- The End of the Social News Era? Journalists Brace for Facebook’s Big Change Media executives watch skeptically as Mark Zuckerberg, in a heated political environment, shifts the focus of his site back to the personal. nytimes.com
- The Difficulties With Facebook’s News Feed Overhaul Facebook faces complex questions over its prioritization of “meaningful” content in the News Feed, including whether people want that kind of content in the first pla… nytimes.com
- Facebook warned it faces legal action from ‘revenge porn’ victims Settlement with teenager over naked images of her posted online on networking site has ‘moved goalposts’, say lawyers theguardian.com
- Without Naming Trump, Twitter Says It Won’t Block World Leaders Twitter said on Friday that prohibiting a world leader from posting on the platform “would hide important information people should be able to see and debate.” nytimes.com
- FCC Votes to Repeal Net Neutrality Rules The next stop will be a courtroom as the media regulatory agency retreats from prohibiting ISPs from blocking and throttling content. hollywoodreporter.com
- How the Supreme Court could redefine privacy in the digital age http://ow.ly/7rYd30h90XH
- The Government Is Finally Processing Workplace Harassment Claims Online It’s much faster. fivethirtyeight.com
- Keep Your Kids Safe Online With These Tips You can’t lock your offspring out of the internet forever. But you can prepare them to navigate it properly. wired.com
- Another FTC Strike Against “Selfie” Certification Marks We’ve blogged about recent enforcement actions taken by the FTC against companies using deceptive “selfie” certification marks. These are seals of approval create… thetmca.com
- From Ancient Myths to Modern Day, Women and the Struggle for Power In “Women & Power: A Manifesto,” the Cambridge classicist Mary Beard describes the scale of the problem and suggests some exciting remedies. nytimes.com
- Copyright laws and artificial intelligence http://ow.ly/Wdqf30gYyCE
- “Linked in” law firm websites http://ow.ly/eO1h30gYyC4
- Law Firm’s Guide to a Low-Risk Holiday Party – Attorney at Work I know. Another cautionary tale about firm holiday parties. But this year is a little different. Welcome to the most dangerous party in the firm’s history. attorneyatwork.com
- Vegas lawyer is suspended partly for Facebook comments accusing judge of religious bias The Nevada Supreme Court has suspended a Las Vegas lawyer for six months partly because he accused a judge of religious discrimination on … abajournal.com
- E.C. Warns Celebrities Endorsing Virtual Money The agency said celebrities who promoted coin offerings could be violating multiple laws. nytimes.com
- Opinion | How Twitter Killed the First Amendment The amendment has withered in the face of troll armies, government censorship and fake news. Can anything be done? nytimes.com
- Opinion | Will Mark Zuckerberg ‘Like’ This Column? Oops! Facebook admits it created a democracy-crushing Frankenstein monster that it can’t control. nytimes.com
- Let Right-Wing Speakers Come to Berkeley? Faculty Is Divided Students looking to the faculty and administration for guidance on how to interpret the free speech issue are seeing deep divisions among their leaders. nytimes.com
- If an AI creates a work of art, who owns the copyright? Robert Hart looks at the legal issues surrounding AI ownership and copyright. weforum.org
- As Equifax Amassed Ever More Data, Safety Was a Sales Pitch The data breach highlighted just how entrenched the credit bureau is in the lives of Americans, and consumers’ lack of control over their personal informati… nytimes.com
- As Equifax Amassed Ever More Data, Safety Was a Sales Pitch The data breach highlighted just how entrenched the credit bureau is in the lives of Americans, and consumers’ lack of control over their personal informati… nytimes.com
- 28 Best Quotes About Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are continuing to transform our world. Here is a collection of AI quotes that outline many of… forbes.com
