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New York Law Journal

Thirty-Three States Challenge Meta's Failure To Protect Children's Information

Children aged 13 and under can log in to social media by lying about their age or pretending to be an adult; yet, social media contains vast quantities of content that is inappropriate for very young users. In his Privacy Matters column, Peter Brown discusses how and why 33 states acted together to file a massive litigation against Meta to protect the children in their respective states.
9 minute read

Law.com

Massachusetts Court to Consider: Are Public Social Media Posts 'Inherently Unknowable' in Terms of Defamation Discovery Rules?

"The correct application of the discovery rule will be dispositive of all of the state law claims in this case," U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton wrote. "If the discovery rule tolls the statute of limitations, the state claims survive; if not, those claims are time-barred. Furthermore, the discovery rule as interpreted by the SJC will substantially inform this Court as to whether laches bar the two federal law claims."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Hate Speech Is on the Rise in Social Media. Could Antisemitic Posts by Attorneys Become Disciplinary Board Fodder?

"That's the challenging part with a lot of this. A lot of times it doesn't have to be said. They don't use the words that are obvious," ethics attorney Daniel Siegel said.
5 minute read

The Recorder

9th Circ. Vacates Settlement in Tinder Age Discrimination Class Action Due to 'Inadequate' Class Representative

Reversing a lower court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has vacated the settlement in a discrimination class action against the social media dating app Tinder, determining that the class's representative had a strong interest in settling her claim because she had "no chance of going to trial" and failed to conduct "extensive discovery" related to the case.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Covington and DWT Push Back Against States' Legal Challenges to TikTok

A judge in Indiana last week knocked out the state attorney general's lawsuits alleging child safety and privacy concerns on the platform. A day later a federal judge in Montana held the state's TikTok ban likely violates the First Amendment.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

House Speaker Renner Puts Focus on Energy, Social Media

House Speaker Paul Renner said social media is having a "devastating effect on kids," and lawmakers should be able to impose online regulations "in a meaningful way."
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Protecting Children of Divorce Against Weaponized Social Media, Part 3: How Automatic Orders Against the Use of Harmful Social Media Offer Protection for Children

In this three-part series, Gus Dimopoulos uses recent decisions such as Kassenoff v. Kassenoff and Walsh v. Russell to discuss the detrimental effects of social media on children in divorce cases and the importance the above rulings have on protecting children of divorcing parents. This final part looks at what's being done to stop harmful content at its source, and how the New York court administration should make the benefits of recent holdings available to all divorce litigants and their children through standing, automatic orders precluding disparaging posts about the parties and their children.
12 minute read

Law.com

Effective Law Firm Marketing More Essential—and Trickier—Than Ever: The Morning Minute

The news and analysis you need to start your day.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

US Supreme Court Urged to Reject Florida Social-Media Law

The law, in part, would prevent large platforms from banning political candidates from their sites and require companies to publish—and apply consistently—standards about issues such as banning users or blocking their content.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Objectors in $725M Facebook Settlement Combat 'Absurd' $8,500 Appeal Bonds

Objector lawyers who have challenged numerous Big Tech privacy settlements are fighting back against paying $8,500 bonds before appealing approval of a $725 million class action deal with Facebook's Meta Platforms Inc.
5 minute read

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