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2 weeks ago | 
jdsupra.com | Lawrence Gallick |Anthony Ramirez |Aaron Rubin
President Donald Trump has signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, a new federal law aimed at curbing the spread of non-consensual AI-generated pornography. The law makes it a criminal offense to create or share explicit deepfake images without the subject’s consent, with heightened penalties when minors are involved. Under the statute, violators face fines, prison time, or both.
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2 weeks ago | 
jdsupra.com | Lawrence Gallick |Anthony Ramirez |Aaron Rubin
CONGRESS MOVES TO BLOCK ALL STATE AI LAWSIn a late-night addition to a sweeping budget proposal, the House Energy and Commerce Committee inserted a provision in a large reconciliation package that would block state and local governments from regulating artificial intelligence for the next decade.
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1 month ago | 
jdsupra.com | Lawrence Gallick |Anthony Ramirez |Aaron Rubin
OHIO SOCIAL MEDIA LAW STRUCK DOWNOn April 16, 2025, a federal judge in Ohio ended the state’s ambitious plan to severely limit social media access for minors. The court permanently blocked Ohio’s Attorney General from enforcing the Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act, effectively shelving the law.
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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Evan Minsberg |Malika Moore |Aaron Rubin
Part II – User-Generated Content and In-Game Payment ModelsAs in-game economies evolve, the complexity surrounding virtual goods and services, content creation, and payment structures deepens.
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2 months ago | 
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Mar 10, 2025 | 
lexology.com | Lawrence Gallick |Anthony Ramirez |Aaron Rubin
Looks like WhatsApp just leveled up—whether it wanted to or not. Meta’s messaging giant has officially been crowned a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which basically means, “Congrats, you’re now under extra scrutiny!” What does it take for an online platform or search engine to become a VLOP? Just a casual 45 million users—a threshold the European Commission says WhatsApp crossed last year.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
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Meta Successfully Asserts Section 230 ImmunityA three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a case that sought to hold Facebook parent company Meta liable for the 2015 mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC. The plaintiffs alleged that Facebook’s algorithm promoted white supremacist content and suggested extremist groups to drive engagement, which radicalized the killer.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Lawrence Gallick |Anthony Ramirez |Aaron Rubin
TIKTOK’S WILD RIDEIn a rare unanimous decision, on January 17, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law that bans TikTok in the United States on national security grounds so long as it has its current ownership structure. TikTok chose to make the app go dark in the United States before the law’s deadline, which spurred a panic among users (with many protesting on the belief that their First Amendment rights were being violated), though the app was back online within fourteen hours.
