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News of the Week; February 17, 2021
DIGITAL Beyond Defamation: Ontario Court Recognizes New Tort of Internet Harassment Expanding the Courts’ arsenal to combat online abuse – The new tort of harassment in Internet communications Conservative News Outlet Ordered To Pay More Than $250,000 In Legal Fees To Rachel Maddow, MSNBC Trump’s False Posts Were Treated with Kid Gloves by Facebook Facebook goes […]
News of the Week; February 10, 2021
DIGITAL The Tort of Internet Harassment: A new tort with an extraordinary remedy Ontario Superior Court recognizes new cause of action addressing internet harassment Ontario Superior Court recognizes new tort for online harassment Court Refuses to Order Removal of Social Media Posts Alleging Employer was Racist Parler’s ownership offer to Trump and possible Russian ties […]
News of Week; February 3, 2021
DIGITAL 70% of top “civic” Facebook groups are toxic or violent, report finds Lawmakers take aim at insidious digital “dark patterns” Influencers told not to use ‘misleading’ beauty filters Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stepping down Jeff Bezos to leave Amazon CEO post after 27 years, become executive chair No, WallStreetBets isn’t robbing Wall Street to […]
News of the Week; January 27, 2021
DIGITAL YouTube Suspends Donald Trump Indefinitely, Demonetizes Rudy Giuliani Parler’s attempt to get back on Amazon Web Services rejected by judge Judge Easily Rejects Parler’s Demands To Have Amazon Reinstate Parler Court Rejects Parler’s Demand That Amazon Host Its Services (Eric Goldman) This site posted every face from Parler’s Capitol Hill insurrection videos Facebook calls […]