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A picture can be worth a thousand links

Photo of Daniel Daniele (CA)By Daniel Daniele (CA) on Posted in Copyright, Employment and labor, Privacy, Social media policies
From giant billboards on the highway to tiny pictures that can go viral within seconds, the use of social media sites like Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr has revolutionized the advertising industry. Companies can now reach their target audiences more quickly and more effectively by taking advantage of instantaneous posting of pictures and blogs. The use … Continue reading

FDA and Facebook: Back to basics

Photo of Jay Greathouse (US)By Jay Greathouse (US) on Posted in Social media policies
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has issued numerous Warning and Untitled Letters[1] delving into very specific aspects of social media (such as “likes” on Facebook, tweets on Twitter and posts on Tumblr,  collectively, the “Social Media Letters”).  Recently, the FDA warned a drug manufacturer and its agent that even the “About Us” or … Continue reading

The Rise of the #Hashtag

Photo of Daniel Daniele (CA)By Daniel Daniele (CA) on Posted in Defamation, Trademark
Every day, hundreds of millions of people use social media to share their thoughts about everything that is happening around them. The most popular social media sites do not have simple ways to search for and organize content, so users turned to the hashtag to solve the problem. Hashtags are words or phrases prefixed with the … Continue reading
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