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Child Social Media Influencers in Illinois to Receive Compensation Under New Law

Aug 14 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois is the first state in the U.S. to ensure child social media influencers are compensated for their work, according to Sen. David Koehler, of Peoria, who sponsored a bill that was signed into law...

Social Media Influencer Facing Riot Charges After Mayhem Breaks Loose in NYC

Aug 7 2023 // Social media influencer Kai Cenat is facing charges of inciting a riot and promoting an unlawful gathering in New York City, after the online streamer drew thousands of his followers, many of them teenagers, with promises...

France’s AFP Sues Musk’s X Social Media, Citing Refusal to Discuss Payment for News

Aug 3 2023 // Agence France-Presse (AFP) said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit in Paris against Elon Musk’s X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, accusing it of failing to discuss potential payment for the...

UK Watchdog Proposes Toughening Safeguards Against Illegal Marketing on Social Media

Jul 18 2023 // Britain’s financial watchdog on Monday proposed toughening up safeguards against the illegal marketing of financial products on social media by applying a stringent “consumer duty” that is being rolled...

Tech Group Sues Arkansas Over Law Requiring Parental Permission for Minors Creating Social Media Accounts

Jul 3 2023 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas on challenging a new state law that requires parental permission for minors to create social media accounts.NetChoice, a group whose members include...

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Buffalo Massacre Targets Social Media

Jun 5 2023 // By Andrew SimpsonA wrongful death suit has been filed on behalf of victims’ relatives, survivors and others affected by the 2022 racially-motivated shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo where 10 people were...

Supreme Court Turns Away Social Media Sex Trafficking Case

May 31 2023 // The US Supreme Court turned away an appeal from victims of child pornography who claimed Reddit Inc. knowingly facilitates and benefits from images of child sexual abuse.The justices without comment left in place a ruling...

Supreme Court Leaves Intact Social Media Liability Shield in Win for Google, Twitter

May 18 2023 // The US Supreme Court left in place a broad liability shield for social media companies for content posted by users, insulating Twitter Inc., Facebook Inc. and Google LLC from claims that they provided assistance to Islamic...

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Buffalo Massacre Targets Social Media

May 17 2023 // A wrongful death suit has been filed on behalf of victims’ relatives, survivors and others affected by the 2022 racially-motivated shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo where 10 people were killed, all of them...

Snap Says It’s Wrongly Dragged Into Social Media Addiction Suits

Apr 19 2023 // nap Inc. says it can’t be sued for allegedly addicting young users and contributing to a mental-health crisis because its “ephemeral” messaging service is “fundamentally different” from other...

FTC Asks Social Media, Video Streaming Firms Info on Misleading Ads

Mar 20 2023 // The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday issued orders to eight social media and video streaming firms including Meta Platforms Inc., Twitter, TikTok and YouTube seeking information on how the platforms screen...

Zuckerberg Was Warned on Social Media Addiction, Filing Says

Mar 14 2023 // Employees at Meta Platforms Inc. and ByteDance Inc. were aware of the harmful effects of their platforms on young children and teenagers but disregarded the information or in some cases sought to undermine it, according to...

Insurers Leery of Hyundais and Kias Famous on Social Media for Being Easy to Steal

Feb 1 2023 // Social media influencers and an insurance industry think tank are giving Hyundai and Kia vehicles the worst kind of publicity: Many of the cars the company sold are easy to steal.In the past week, newspapers and television...

School Lawsuits Over Social Media Harm Face Tough Legal Road

Jan 13 2023 // Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media companies are now facing lawsuits brought by public entities that seek to hold them accountable for a huge societal problem...

Washington Schools Suing over Social Media Harm

Jan 9 2023 // The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among...

Insuring Cannabis Summit: Experts Answer Social Media’s Toughest Questions

Nov 9 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv“What are the hardest lines of insurance to write for cannabis businesses?” That question took Stephanie Bozzuto, co-founder of Cannabis Connect Insurance, down a long mental...

Digital Marketing and the Rise of the Independent Agent

Oct 17 2022 // Independent agents are taking over the scene — 62% of property and casualty premiums in the U.S. were written by independent agents in 2021 — so competition is fiercer than ever. Independent agents who want to...

Social Media Company Liability Draws US Supreme Court Scrutiny

Oct 3 2022 // The US Supreme Court will decide whether social media companies can be sued over targeted content recommendations, agreeing to hear an appeal from a family that says Alphabet Inc.’s Google bears some of the...

Federal Court Rules in Favor of Texas Law on Social Media Regulation

Sep 20 2022 // A federal appeals court Friday ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter in a victory for Republicans who accuse the platforms of censoring conservative speech.But the...

Settlement Requires Arkansas Senator to Unblock Critics on Social Media

Aug 19 2022 // An Arkansas state senator will be required to unblock critics from his social media accounts under a settlement a national atheists’ group said it reached with the state on Wednesday.American Atheists announced the...