All the headlines from our Digital Marketing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 20 2022 // A first-of-its-kind proposal in the California Legislature aimed at holding social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products would no longer let parents sue popular...
Jun 30 2022 // A pro-China propaganda campaign used fake social media accounts to try to stir up opposition, including protests, against mining firms that challenge China’s business interests, U.S.-based cyber-security firm...
Jun 14 2022 // The owners of Rapid City, South Dakota hotel are facing a lawsuit over a social media post by one of them that promised to ban Native Americans from the property.The lawsuit comes from a shareholder who happens to be a...
Jun 6 2022 // An employee who survived a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket sought a court order Friday to question the 18-year-old gunman’s parents under oath in anticipation of filing a lawsuit against them.The...
Jun 6 2022 // California could hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation under...
May 25 2022 // California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation...
May 24 2022 // Most of a Florida law that sought to stop social media companies from restricting users’ political speech violates the companies’ free speech rights and cannot be enforced, a federal appeals court ruled on...
May 4 2022 // In the 11 years since a devastating tornado outbreak struck Tuscaloosa, Alabama, social media has evolved into a lifesaving tool during periods of severe weather, said Richard Scott, the chief meteorologist for...
Mar 30 2022 // Zurich Insurance said it has removed the letter “Z” from its social media branding as a result of Russia’s use of the letter during its war in Ukraine.“The Zurich brand has been around for 150...
Jan 21 2022 // Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc. are to blame for the suicide of an 11-year-old girl who was addicted to Instagram and Snapchat, the girl’s mother alleged in a lawsuit.The woman claims her daughter Selena Rodriguez...
Dec 3 2021 // Ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen implored lawmakers Wednesday to avert the usual congressional stalemates as they weigh proposals to curb abuses on social media platforms by limiting the...
Oct 6 2021 // Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told Congress on Tuesday that one option for making social media less harmful would be to create a dedicated regulatory agency to oversee companies like Facebook, and could have former...
Aug 9 2021 // Sharing videos from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on social media is not allowed, even for athletes, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday as it looked to protect broadcasters’ rights.Jamaican...
Jul 8 2021 // Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Twitter Inc,. Facebook Inc., and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, as well as their chief executives, alleging they unlawfully silence conservative...
Jul 1 2021 // A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a recently-enacted Florida law that was meant to authorize the state to penalize social media companies when they ban political candidates, with the judge saying the law likely violated...
Jun 18 2021 // Scale Underwriting, a Founder Shield company that provides tailored insurance products for high-growth companies, has launched Scale Social, a media liability insurance policy for social media influencers and their...
Jun 15 2021 // The Associated Press’ recent firing of a young reporter for what she said on Twitter has somewhat unexpectedly turned company and industry attention to the flip side of social media engagement — the online abuse...
Jun 7 2021 // “I remember when the worst thing you had to worry about at work was a misdirected reply-to-all on an email.”Joann Lytle, a partner with the law firm McCarter & English in Philadelphia, knows things have...
May 28 2021 // Two tech trade groups filed a lawsuit against Florida on Thursday over a new law that would fine social media companies that ban political candidates, which they said violated free speech rights.The lawsuit, which said the...
May 25 2021 // “I remember when the worst thing you had to worry about at work was a misdirected reply-to-all on an email.”Joann Lytle, a partner with the law firm McCarter & English in Philadelphia, knows things have...