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Zuckerberg Avoids Personal Liability for Social Media “Addiction”–In re Social Media Addiction

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I never blogged the dual state and federal rulings in the Social Media Addiction cases from last Fall. Case Citation : In re Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation , No. As a result, Zuckerberg’s personal liability might still be in play. 4:22-md-03047-YGR (N.D.

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Court Dismisses School Districts’ Lawsuits Over Social Media “Addiction”–In re Social Media Cases

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

There are two critically important cases over “social media addiction” pending in California state court and as an MDL in the federal Northern District of California. Today’s post focuses on the social media defendants’ efforts to dismiss the parallel lawsuits by the school districts.

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Z-Library Confusion as ‘Official’ Social Media Announces Crackdown in China

TorrentFreak

Dramatic Announcement On ‘Official’ Social Media Channels To strengthen its presence in China, back in January Z-Library registered official accounts on WeChat and Bilibili, two Chinese social media platforms with massive reach. Every interaction and discussion is deeply engraved in our memories.

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Do You Own Your Social Media Account? Minding Your Intellectual Property Rights

JD Supra Law

Want to learn more about drafting, negotiating, and understanding intellectual property and technology contracts and have 10 minutes to spare? This month, we are discussing ownership and proprietary rights to social media accounts. By: Venable LLP

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Site Blocking and Age Verification for Twitter, Instagram, Snap and Twitch?: Age Verification Lobby Confirms it Wants Bill S-210 to Cover All Social Media Sites

Michael Geist

In response to the public criticism of the bill, Senator Julie Miville-Duchêne has suggested that concerns about it extending to general purpose social media sites is overstated since the intent is to target adult content sites. The post Site Blocking and Age Verification for Twitter, Instagram, Snap and Twitch?:

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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 201: Robert Diab on the Billion Dollar Lawsuits Launched By Ontario School Boards Against Social Media Giants

Michael Geist

Concerns about the impact of social media on youth have been brewing for a long time, but in recent months a new battleground has emerged: the courts, who are home to lawsuits launched by school boards seeking billions in compensation and demands that the social media giants change their products to better protect kids.

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The Right of Publicity in the Age of Technology, Social Media, and Heightened Cultural Exchange

JD Supra Law

Imagine you are a rising social media star. You create a video using a catchy phrase that immediately takes off. The phrase gains national, even global, attention and everyone begins using it. Now, let us say a company uses your image and your phrase without your consent to increase its relatability with the public.