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New Industry Available on Legal Radar: Follow Internet & Social Media

Your free Legal Radar news feed now includes news and litigation updates on leading e-commerce, social networking, online publishing, messaging and dating sites.
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The Recorder

9th Circuit Sides With IMDb Finding California Law Barring Disclosure of User Ages Unconstitutional

The federal appellate court upheld a lower court finding the law forcing the publisher of the Internet Movie Database to honor the request anyone who used its paid professional networking site to remove all age information from its public-facing IMDb.com site violated the First Amendment.
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The Recorder

Facebook Files Suits in Europe, California Seeking to Bar Unauthorized Access Via Software

"This is one of the first times a social media company is using coordinated, multi-jurisdictional litigation to enforce its Terms and protect its users," wrote Jessica Romero, Facebook's director of platform enforcement and litigation, in a company blog post announcing the actions.
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The Recorder

African-American YouTubers Sue Claiming Discrimination, Take Aim at Section 230 Protections

The lawsuit filed on behalf of four African American women claims YouTube has improperly restricted and demonetized their videos based on race, and based on tags such as "Racial Profiling," "Police Shootings," "Police Brutality" and "Black Lives Matter."
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New York Law Journal

Facing a Flood of BIPA Lawsuits: Lessons Can be Learned From Statute

Although BIPA is an Illinois statute, it is widely depended on as a predicate for class actions concerning assertions of privacy rights filed in New York and elsewhere, Shari Claire Lewis discusses in her column.
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New York Law Journal

Zoombombing, Sexting and Revenge Porn, Oh My!

A highlight of some risks employers may face from their employees using Zoom, sexting on a company-issued device or using the device to share intimate photos.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Facebook, Reddit Dodge Fox Reporter's Suit Over Misuse of Surreptitiously Taken Photo

Wading into an issue of first impression for the circuit in which it sits, a federal court in Pennsylvania has determined that the federal Communications Decency Act bars a Philadelphia news anchor from suing Facebook and Reddit for allowing her photograph to be used on a dating website and in erectile dysfunction advertisements without her consent.
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New York Law Journal

Living With the Illusion of Privacy

In her column on Artificial Intelligence, Katherine Forrest discusses our updated expectations of privacy in this era of Zoom, WebEx, computer cameras, and the Domestic Awareness System (DAS), which gives the NYC Police Department the capability to follow, watch and listen to millions of New Yorkers.
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Legaltech News

COVID-19 Pushes Commerce Online, Making ADA Website Compliance More Important Than Ever

Even before the pandemic, over 10,000 ADA lawsuits were filed in the federal courts alone. That inventory of litigation will only increase as businesses throughout the United States race to build out new online ordering, communication tools, mobile apps, and other digital service offerings.
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Corporate Counsel

New General Counsel for Globalization Partners Discusses Pandemic, Nationalism

"There's still a need to have global commerce—and I think that's what we'll be able to facilitate," said Todd Goffman, general counsel for Globalization Partners.
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