Role Reversal: Ninth Circuit Rejects Consumer’s Attempt to Enforce Updated Arbitration Provision in Website Terms of Use
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Social Links: Internet law under Biden; new tech-laws around the world; the UK’s Endorsement Guides
Experts anticipate that the incoming Biden administration will be tough on tech. What does that mean for the future of §230 of the Communications Decency Act? The antitrust suit against Google? This NPR piece makes some predictions.
Human rights activists are outraged over a proposed law in France that would makes it illegal to publish images of police officers with intent to cause them harm. Supporters of the law, which was passed partly in response…
Social Links: Avoid becoming a social-media-scam victim; does stream-ripping site violate copyright law?
Reports of social media scams that have caused users to lose money had tripled by the end of 2020’s second quarter, resulting in the loss of $117 million during the first two quarters of this year alone. Romance scams and supposed economic relief offers are a large part of the problem, but e-commerce scams are the biggest culprits, with goods advertised on social media never reaching the consumer. The FTC is offering tips to help…
S.D.N.Y. Dismisses Defamation Case Arising Out of “Battle by Tweet”
Avoiding Claims Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in Connection with Software and Firmware Updates
Turkey’s new social media law; social media ad spend; Harvard Law School’s social media policy
In an attempt to shut down free speech online, Turkey enacted a law that requires social media platforms with more than a million daily users in Turkey to open an office there or assign a representative who is legally accountable to Turkish authorities. Among other things, the law also requires companies to respond within two days to complaints about posts that “violate personal and privacy rights.” Learn what social media companies risk if they don’t…
In the Public Eye: USPTO Issues Report on AI
MoFo Associate Takes Law Mentorship to TikTok
EU Copyright Directive – Quo Vadis: First Steps Towards its German Implementation
