A federal judge in New York has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot block people from following or viewing his @realDonaldTrump Twitter account. While the case will likely be appealed and could reach the U.S. Supreme Court, the decision is a resounding victory for the First Amendment right of citizens to speak to and disagree with government officials in the social media era. Read the rest of this entry »
United States: The law that made Facebook what it is today – Frank LoMonte
12 04 2018
Facebook is facing a reckoning in the court of public opinion for how the social media giant and its partners handle customer data. In the court of law, holding Facebook responsible for its actions has been quite a bit harder. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Frank LoMonte, The Conversation
Categories : Social Media, United States
Are Website Operators in the US are Finally Going to Be Forced to Remove User Generated Defamation? – Yair Cohen
26 03 2018
On 3 April 2018 the California Supreme Court will hear oral submissions in a case of Hassell v. Bird. The case is likely to have implications on the ability of business owners, including those who are located in the UK, to have fake and defamatory online reviews removed from US based websites. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Injunction, Internet, United States
“Fake” news versus “wrong” news: a nonideological approach to a smarter readership – Charles J Glasser
31 01 2018
Before we attack the problem, we must understand that the idea of “disinformation” – and that’s what we’re talking about here – is very old one. During the 1930s, New York Times reporter Walter Duranty was found to have filed completely false stories covering up the barbaric cruelties and famine committed in Josef Stalin’s Soviet Union. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Charles J Glasser, Fake News
Categories : Journalism, United States
Top 10 Defamation Cases of 2017, a selection – Suneet Sharma
26 01 2018
Inforrm reported on a large number of defamation cases from around the world in 2017. This is my selection of the most legally and factually interesting cases from England, Australia and the United States from the past year. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Australia, Libel, United States
United States: Supreme Court considers privacy rights in the digital age – Oliver Persey
14 12 2017
On Wednesday 29 November 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States (“the Court”) heard oral argument in Carpenter v. the United States. The issue in Carpenter is whether a warrantless seizure and search of records showing the location of a person’s mobile phone (Cell-Site Location Information – CSLI) over the course of 5 months is permitted by the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, United States
United States: Companies need confidentiality clauses, but not to muzzle sexual abuse victims – Elizabeth C. Tippett
23 11 2017
Harassment and abuse accusations against Harvey Weinstein and other prominent men, like Bill O’Reilly, have revealed a trail of settlement agreements in their wake, many of which contained language that prevented victims from speaking publicly. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, United States
