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Australia takes the international lead in social media regulation

By Cassandra Gizzo (US), Lindsay Weinstein (US), Kirk Boladeras (AU) and Siobhan Rooney (AU) on February 28, 2022 Posted in General

In December 2021, our post “Increased likelihood of US social media regulation” discussed Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen and her call to hold social media platforms accountable for the potentially dangerous content that appears on their sites. In February 2022, Haugen once again flagged Facebook’s algorithms as potentially harmful, but this time Haugen was speaking outside … Continue reading

Embedded Content: Copyright Infringement or Permissible Use Under the Server Rule?

By Cassandra Gizzo (US) on September 14, 2021 Posted in Copyright

The Southern District of New York recently considered whether the unlicensed embedding of a video originally posted to a social media platform constituted copyright infringement. The case, Nicklen v. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., et al., No. 20-10300 (S.D.N.Y. July 30, 2021), concerned the re-posting of a copyrighted video of a starving polar bear, taken by … Continue reading

“Creator Codes” aim to create a kinder social media

By Cassandra Gizzo (US) on June 7, 2021 Posted in General

As influencer marketing skyrockets in importance, social media companies have taken steps to make their platforms more attractive to this new wave of advertising. One way of making platforms attractive to both users and creators is to keep the platforms free of negativity. Negativity on social media has been a major reason for users to … Continue reading

Social media apps, CDA § 230, and products liability

By Susan Ross (US) and Cassandra Gizzo (US) on May 10, 2021 Posted in General

On May 4, 2021, the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s judgment for Snap, Inc., owner of the mobile application Snapchat, in a case brought by the parents of two teenage boys tragically killed in a car accident. The parents claimed that Snap, Inc. caused the death of their sons through its negligent design of … Continue reading