All the headlines from our Digital Marketing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 12 2024 // A federal judge said Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not personally liable in 25 lawsuits accusing his company of addicting children to social media.U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California...
Oct 21 2024 // Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit by Massachusetts alleging the social media company purposely deployed features on its Instagram platform to addict young users and deceived the public about the dangers it posed to the...
Oct 16 2024 // Facebook parent company Meta must face lawsuits by U.S. states accusing it of fueling mental health problems among teens by making its Facebook and Instagram platforms addictive, a federal judge in California ruled on...
Oct 4 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok on Thursday for sharing and selling minors’ personal information, violating a new state law that seeks to protect children who are active on social media, accusations...
Sep 12 2024 // Five professional models who sued long after a state’s three year statute of limitations expired may pursue their defamation claims against an adult entertainment nightclub for posting their images to the giant...
Aug 12 2024 // The British government is considering changes to the Online Safety Act designed to regulate social media companies, following a week of racist rioting driven by false information online.WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The act,...
Jun 24 2024 // New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a bill that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algorithm, a move to limit feeds critics argue are...
Jun 10 2024 // Meta Platforms Inc. and other social media companies won the dismissal of novel claims in hundreds of lawsuits brought by school districts seeking to recover costs for addressing the negative impacts of students’...
Jun 7 2024 // New York lawmakers on Tuesday said they were finalizing legislation that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts curated by a platform’s algorithm, a move to rein in feeds that...
May 29 2024 // A federal court in Vermont recently ruled that the First Amendment does not protect a construction firm and its officials using social media to retaliate against employees who exercise their rights under federal labor...
Apr 1 2024 // Four Canadian school boards have sought more than C$4 billion ($2.96 billion) in damages from social media firms such as Meta Platforms and Snap in a lawsuit, alleging that their products harmed students.The products are...
Mar 11 2024 // The first “NYPD: Most Wanted” video was meant to be intimidating.Over a pounding soundtrack, the montage cuts among stock images and body-camera footage of actual police raids. A fake gun discharges. Real...
Feb 16 2024 // New York City joined a growing chorus of states, cities and school districts suing social media companies over claims that their platforms are fueling a mental-health crisis among teens, alleging that Meta Platforms and...
Oct 16 2023 // Minors and parents suing Meta Inc.’s Facebook and other technology giants for the kids’ social media platform addictions won an important ruling advancing their collection of lawsuits in a California court.A...
Oct 13 2023 // A media entrepreneur is trying to connect young people disturbed by the impact of social media on mental health with older power players to fight for change in how tech companies do business.The newly-formed Sustainable...
Oct 12 2023 // Citing research showing increased rates of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and self-harm associated with children and young adults’ social media use, officials in New York are proposing legislation to protect...
Oct 2 2023 // Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can feel like a moving target and is often misunderstood throughout the insurance industry. Many businesses do not fully understand the importance of SEO or how it works, which leads to an...
Aug 25 2023 // Pennsylvania`s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state police can`t hide from the public its policy on how it monitors social media.Advocates for civil liberties cheered the decision. The law enforcement agency had...
Aug 18 2023 // YouTube, Reddit and a body armor manufacturer were among the businesses that helped enable the gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, according to a pair of lawsuits...
Aug 17 2023 // If you’re a plaintiff in an injury lawsuit against your insurer, you might want to ask your wife not to post videos online of you frolicking in a swimming pool.An Instagram post by a woman that showed her husband, an...