UK Judge Bans Singer From Social Media Over Anti-Semitism
A folk singer who posted videos on YouTube insulting Jews and mocking the Holocaust has been banned from using social media.
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Sex Offender With Undisclosed Facebook Wins Appeal
A New York appeals court dismissed the indictment Thursday of a sex offender who did not register his Facebook account with the state.
Read moreSnapchat In, Facebook Out Among Teens, Study Finds
More teens say they use social media like YouTube, Snapchat and Instagram “almost constantly,” according to a new Pew Research Center survey released Thursday.
Read moreCalifornia Justices Open Door on Social Media in Criminal Cases
Dissecting an outdated federal communications privacy law crafted decades before the birth of social media, California’s high court Thursday opened the door for defense lawyers to pry certain types of user content from companies like Facebook and Twitter in criminal cases.
Read moreBlocking Twitter Critics Is Unconstitutional, Judge Tells Trump
President Donald Trump’s Twitter account isn’t a Constitution-free zone, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
Read moreFacebook Faces Backlash at RightsCon in Toronto
Capping off a three-day summit on human rights, Facebook received a stern warning not to package its Russian manipulation crisis as a first-world problem.
Read moreSocial Media Under Microscope in Emotive Irish Abortion Vote
In homes and pubs, on leaflets and lampposts, debate is raging in Ireland over whether to lift the country’s decades-old ban on abortion. Pro-repeal banners declare: “Her choice: vote yes.” Anti-abortion placards warn against a “license to kill.”
Read more$30B Facebook Privacy Suit Headed for Jury Trial
A $30 billion class action claiming Facebook harvested the facial data of up to 6 million Illinois residents without consent must be decided by a jury, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Read moreQatar Bites Back
The state communications office for the government of Qatar filed suit in Queens on Wednesday against the unknown internet users it says has been posting false statements about Qatar for the last year on social media. Among other things, the statements include “allegations that Qatar supports corruption and ignites strife.”
Read moreDating App Competitor Claims Tinder Stole Its Trade Secrets
Swipe dating app Bumble is suing the parent of rival app Tinder for $400 million, claiming it deviously took trade secrets under the guise of wanting to invest in the company, then turning around and suing Bumble for allegedly ripping off its app.
Read moreTrump Candidate for UN Migration Agency: Judge My Actions
U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.N. migration agency acknowledges a controversy over his social media posts about Muslims and other topics, but insists “retweets are not endorsements” and says he wants to be judged on his actions as a humanitarian.
Read moreLinkedIn Takes Data Scraping Fight to Ninth Circuit
Weighing privacy rights against access to public data, a Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday wrestled with whether a 1984 law permits LinkedIn to keep its website off limits to a company that mines its data to tell employers which workers are “flight risks.”
Read moreLondon Mayor Addresses Social Media Problems at SXSW
In the late 1990s, consumers across the globe began using a resource in the comfort of their own homes that was destined to revolutionize information consumption – the internet. Twenty years later, computer advancement and faster connections have altered virtually every aspect of daily life and have, for better or worse, begun to enter the realm of politics.
Read moreResearchers Issue a Call to Arms Against Fake News
As the United States continues to grapple with fake news disseminated during the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, a new study urges journalists, academics and tech companies to examine and combat such misinformation campaigns.
Read moreWhy Not Mute Your Twitter Critics, Judge Asks Trump
A federal judge was critical Thursday about why President Donald Trump did not avail of another Twitter feature to foreclose constitutional issues that arose when he blocked critics.
Read moreTest of Trump’s Twitter Shield Goes Before NY Court
Attorneys for President Donald Trump will face off before a federal judge Thursday in defense of his ban against certain critics from following him on Twitter.
Read moreFrench Far-Right Leader Marine Le Pen Charged Over IS Photos
French prosecutors filed preliminary charges Thursday against far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting brutal images of Islamic State violence, in a new blow to a woman long seen as the face of Europe’s anti-immigrant populism.
Read moreSocial Media Helps French Police Find WWI Soldier’s Relative
A fallen soldier’s letter from World War I that was discovered in France has touched authorities so much they launched a successful search for the soldier’s living relatives.
Read moreEmbedded-Tweet Ruling Divides Digital-Media Experts
A federal judge sparked division in the digital-media realm by finding that media outlets had violated a photographer’s copyright by embedding a tweet that contained his work in a report about New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
Read moreIndictment: Social Media Firms Got Played by Russian Agents
Friday’s election-interference indictment brought by Robert Mueller, the U.S. special counsel, underscores how thoroughly social-media companies like Facebook and Twitter were played by Russian propagandists.
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