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May 24, 2021 - Artificial Intelligence, European Union
Draft EU Regulation for Artificial Intelligence Proposes Fines of up to 6% of Total Annual Turnover (client alert)
By: Christiane Stuetzle and Patricia C. Ernst
After the presentation of a general “European Approach to Artificial Intelligence” by the EU Commission in March 2021, a detailed draft regulation aimed at safeguarding fundamental EU rights and user safety was published today (“Draft Regulation”). The Draft Regulation’s main provisions are the following:
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October 13, 2020 - Artificial Intelligence, IP
In the Public Eye: USPTO Issues Report on AI
By: Tessa J. Schwartz and Wendy J. Ray
The USPTO recently released the report “Public Views on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Policy”. The report is part of the USPTO’s effort to engage with the innovation community and experts on AI and to promote innovation of AI through appropriate intellectual property incentives.
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October 07, 2019 - First Amendment, Artificial Intelligence, FTC, Influencer Marketing, Fraud, Free Speech
A dating platform’s alleged fraud; a decline in the popularity of popularity metrics; TikTok’s unique AI
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Singapore has enacted a law granting government ministers the power to require social media platforms to completely remove or place warnings alongside posts the authorities designate as false. Unlike the compensation earned by child stars who perform on television, in films, or on other
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May 20, 2019 - Advertising, Trademark, Artificial Intelligence, Data Security, Hacking, Defamation, Fair Use, Litigation, Right of Publicity
Trademarks as hashtags; influencer sues company allegedly depicting him in an ad; new uses for AI technology
By: Aaron P. Rubin
A federal district court in California has added to the small body of case law addressing whether it’s permissible for one party to use another party’s trademark as a hashtag. The court held that, for several reasons, the 9th Circuit’s nominative fair use analysis
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June 01, 2018 - Advertising, Blockchain, First Amendment, Artificial Intelligence, European Union, GDPR
Social Links: Laws affecting politicians using Twitter & tourists taking photos; the GDPR takes effect; lost Bitcoins
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Finding that President Trump’s Twitter feed constitutes a public forum, a federal judge in New York City held that it’s a First Amendment violation when the President or one of his assistants blocks a Twitter user from viewing or responding to one of the
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May 02, 2018 - Digital Content, Artificial Intelligence
Socially Aware’s John Delaney Receives “Reader’s Choice” Award
We’re proud to announce that the online platform JD Supra has named Socially Aware co-founder and co-editor John Delaney as the recipient of one of its 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards. John was chosen from among the nearly 50,000 writers who publish on JD Supra
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January 24, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence, Event, Autonomous Vehicles
The Best of the Best of CES 2018
This post is a bit meta. It is about an event that I attended that was about an event that I didn’t attend. Let me explain. I missed the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year, but was fortunate to attend the Paley Center for
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January 12, 2018 - Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Disappearing Content, Free Speech
Social Links: Facebook ups its facial recognition game; retracing Twitter’s 2017 missteps; YouTube stars’ fan bases reach their saturation point
By: Aaron P. Rubin
In order to comply with a new German law requiring social media sites to take down hate speech, Twitter and Facebook removed anti-Islamic social media posts authored by a German far-right political party. The Obama administration’s screening of social media accounts of aspiring immigrants
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December 20, 2017 - First Amendment, Artificial Intelligence, Cyberbullying, Disappearing Content, UK, Section 230 Safe Harbor, Free Speech
Social Links: Twitter’s tougher anti-hate-speech policy; tech-industry-friendlier version of bill to narrow the §230 safe harbor; 2017’s top posts
By: Aaron P. Rubin
In an effort to deter hate groups from tweeting sanitized versions of their messages, Twitter has began considering account holders’ off platform behavior when the platform evaluates whether potentially harmful tweets should be removed and account holders should be suspended or permanently banned. In
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November 09, 2017 - Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Data Security, Influencer Marketing, Cyberbullying
Social Links: Potential cures for cyberbullying & other social media ills; cross-device tracking could imperil employers; should AI be regulated?
By: Aaron P. Rubin
After British police unsuccessfully tried to get the blogging platform WordPress.com to remove offensive and threatening posts, the deputy leader of the UK’s Labour Party vowed to urge changes that would make the country’s laws less tolerant of online abuse. As bipartisan U.S. legislation
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Topic Archives: Artificial Intelligence

Draft EU Regulation for Artificial Intelligence Proposes Fines of up to 6% of Total Annual Turnover (client alert)

By: Christiane Stuetzle and Patricia C. Ernst

In the Public Eye: USPTO Issues Report on AI

By: Tessa J. Schwartz and Wendy J. Ray

A dating platform’s alleged fraud; a decline in the popularity of popularity metrics; TikTok’s unique AI

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Trademarks as hashtags; influencer sues company allegedly depicting him in an ad; new uses for AI technology

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: Laws affecting politicians using Twitter & tourists taking photos; the GDPR takes effect; lost Bitcoins

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Socially Aware’s John Delaney Receives “Reader’s Choice” Award

The Best of the Best of CES 2018

Social Links: Facebook ups its facial recognition game; retracing Twitter’s 2017 missteps; YouTube stars’ fan bases reach their saturation point

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: Twitter’s tougher anti-hate-speech policy; tech-industry-friendlier version of bill to narrow the §230 safe harbor; 2017’s top posts

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: Potential cures for cyberbullying & other social media ills; cross-device tracking could imperil employers; should AI be regulated?

By: Aaron P. Rubin