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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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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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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 | 
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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.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
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CHALLENGE TO TEXAS AGE-VERIFICATION LAW RETURNED TO LOWER COURTThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has sent a challenge to Texas’s controversial online age verification law back to district court for additional clarification, while leaving the lower court’s injunction blocking the legislation in place.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
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FAKE REVIEW RULES TAKE EFFECTThe Federal Trade Commission’s new rules banning phony online reviews are now in effect. These rules aim to curb false consumer testimonials, the buying of fake reviews from brokers, review suppression, falsifying social media influence, and misrepresentation of company ownership for review sites. As we reported last August, fake and bot-generated reviews have proliferated at an alarming rate, potentially leading to consumer cynicism, mistrust, and unfair competition.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
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Newsom Vetoes AI BillCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB-1047. The controversial bill was intended to establish safety guidelines for artificial intelligence models and would have been the first significant piece of state AI legislation in the country. Though it had many high-profile supporters, the Governor ultimately felt the bill went too far and would hamstring the state’s growing AI industry.
