This week, I liked a summary on ArsTechnica on the arguments made in the DC Court of Appeals in the TikTok case. Professor Goldman had a nice look at the Grant v. Trump case where Trump was found to have infringed the song Electric Avenue. Finally, Professor Guadamuz had more to say on the Internet…
Category: Social Media
Links for Week of September 13, 2024
This week, I liked Pari Esfendari’s blog post at Circle ID re: the current status of the multi-stakeholder approach to Internet governance. Professor Goldman posted about the Netchoice v, Reyes case in Utah, which enjoined the Minor Protection in Social Media Act. There also was some good ongoing discussion of the Internet Archive’s appeal I…
Links for Week of August 16, 2024
This week, there was an interesting ruling denying a motion to dismiss in the ongoing class action lawsuit against some of the larger AI Image Generation sites, Stability AI, Midjourney, Runway AI, and DeviantArt. The FTC also introduced a new final rule banning fake reviews. Finally, a reminder to be careful of the fine print…
Links for Week of July 12, 2024
This week, a tool that artists are using to protect against mimicry of their online artwork by AI was cracked. Professor Guadamuz has a nice article on Internet history. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it… Finally, Professor Goldman explained what happed to Gonzalez v. Google after the Supreme Court’s ruling last term….
Links for Week of July 5, 2024
This week, the Supreme Court ruled in Moody v. Netchoice re: social media moderation. I really liked LLRX’s article on navigating online risks of minors. Finally, Ars Technica had a nice article on a recent hearing in the copyright case against the Internet Archive’s digital lending practices. Moody v. Netchoice Navigating Online Risks for Minors…
Links for Week of June 14, 2024
This week, I liked a primer on Child Online Safety Legislation as a great resource on that area. I liked Ben Thompson’s analysis of Apple’s AI announcements during their WWDC keynote this week. And, finally, on a somewhat lighter note, I liked Eugene Volokh’s take on an online libel case involving statements made in TikTok…
Links for Week of May 10, 2024
This week, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that damages in copyright cases can, in the right circumstances, go back further than three years. The claim needs to be timely made, and then the damages can go back further than the normal 3-year statute of limitations. As expected, TikTok’s owner sued the government over the “foreign…
Links for Week of April 26, 2024
This week, the US signed into law a ban on ByteDance owning TikTok as part of an appropriations bill; the company has 270 days to sell off TikTok or lose access to the US market. Edward Zitron published an interesting article, looking through emails produced during the antitrust case, explaining what went wrong behind the…
Links for Week of April 12, 2024
This week, a surprise announcement of a bipartisan federal data privacy bill was quite interesting. Many prior efforts have gone by the wayside. The movie industry is again asking for new legislation to block websites dealing in pirated movies. Finally, I liked Professor Guadamuz’s essay on the end of online mobs. American Privacy Rights Act…
Links for Week of March 22, 2024
This week, there is some interesting commentary on the Supreme Court’s rulings in two cases involving when it is OK for government officials to block comments on their social media pages. The standard is not well defined, though. I also liked Bruce Schneier’s essay written with Nathan Sanders on AI and the Evolution of Social…