Socially Aware

July 28, 2023 - Contracts, Digital Content
Be Careful What You Click for: A Canadian Court Rules that a Thumbs-Up Emoji Indicates a Binding Contractual Agreement
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez, Julie O'Neill and Heather M. Whitney
In this age of social media and texting, we use a plethora of shorthand visual and typographic icons to express a range of responses or reactions to posts or texts: a heart to indicate love, a laughing face or an “LOL” to indicate humor,
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June 29, 2023 - Digital Content, Social Media Policy, Influencer Marketing, Online Promotions
Social Links: Social Media Account Ownership Once Again in the Spotlight
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez, Julie O'Neill and Heather M. Whitney
Social media continues to dominate the headlines this spring, with several high-profile events capturing the media’s, regulators’, and lawmakers’ attention. Jack Owoc, founder and former CEO of Bang Energy (“Bang,” a performance energy beverage), claimed that he retained the rights to control Bang’s social
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April 04, 2022 - Advertising, Digital Content, topics/undefined, Privacy, Social Media Policy
Social Links: Behavioral targeting under scrutiny from lawmakers
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Julie O'Neill and Anthony M. Ramirez
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill continue to take aim at social media platforms that collect and use personal information that build algorithms to target individuals across a variety of dimensions when users engage with those platforms, most prominently in the form of advertising and other
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December 21, 2021 - Digital Content, topics/undefined, Privacy, Social Media Policy, Compliance
Facebook rebrands as “Meta;” disables facial recognition capabilities
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Julie O'Neill and Anthony M. Ramirez
In late October, Facebook announced that it would change its name to Meta , signaling a shift of the social media giant’s focus toward the metaverse , a virtual space where social media, gaming, augmented reality, virtual reality, and cryptocurrencies converge and allow people
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April 30, 2019 - Digital Content, topics/undefined, Section 230 Safe Harbor, Litigation
Appeals Court Again Upholds Section 230 Protections in Case Against Grindr
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Often hailed as the law that gave us the modern Internet , Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act generally protects online platforms from liability for content posted by third parties. Many commentators, including us here at Socially Aware , have noted that Section
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March 19, 2019 - Advertising, Digital Content, Cyberbullying, Privacy, Big Data, COPPA, Free Speech
YouTube disallows ads on anti-vax content; privacy bills aim to extend children’s protections from Internet harm, secure users’ control over data
By: Julie O'Neill
New York is now one of the 43 states where “revenge porn,” the posting of explicit photographs or videos to the Internet without the subject’s consent, is punishable by law. See how far the states have come – find out how many had criminalized
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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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July 31, 2016 - Advertising, Digital Content, Disappearing Content, Marketing, Mobile
Social Links: Twitter’s tough quarter; Yelp warns users about litigious dentist; Pinterest battles Snapchat
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Instagram now allows celebrities to block trolls. While Facebook reached new highs last quarter, Twitter continued to stumble. Will adding more live video content or allowing users to create Snapchat-like collage custom emojis over photos help Twitter regain its footing? Tips for fixing your
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July 12, 2016 - Advertising, Digital Content, Online Promotions, Copyright, Employment Law
Now Available: The July Issue of Our Socially Aware Newsletter
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The latest issue of our Socially Aware newsletter is now available here. In this issue of Socially Aware , our Burton Award winning guide to the law and business of social media, we take a look at courts’ efforts to evaluate emoticons and emojis
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June 10, 2016 - Advertising, Digital Content, Endorsement Guides, FTC, Disappearing Content, Fraud, Marketing, Ethics, Compliance
Social Links: Social’s potential to upend the investment industry; online ad fraud; a proposal to fix Twitter
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Social media has upended a number of industries. Is Wall Street next ? Facebook is getting into the video game live-streaming business. Steven Avery’s defense attorney is keeping her 163,000 Twitter followers abreast of her ongoing defense work on behalf of the “Making a Murderer” documentary
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Topic Archives: Digital Content

Be Careful What You Click for: A Canadian Court Rules that a Thumbs-Up Emoji Indicates a Binding Contractual Agreement

By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez, Julie O'Neill and Heather M. Whitney

Social Links: Social Media Account Ownership Once Again in the Spotlight

By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez, Julie O'Neill and Heather M. Whitney

Social Links: Behavioral targeting under scrutiny from lawmakers

By: Aaron P. Rubin, Julie O'Neill and Anthony M. Ramirez

Facebook rebrands as “Meta;” disables facial recognition capabilities

By: Aaron P. Rubin, Julie O'Neill and Anthony M. Ramirez

Appeals Court Again Upholds Section 230 Protections in Case Against Grindr

By: Aaron P. Rubin

YouTube disallows ads on anti-vax content; privacy bills aim to extend children’s protections from Internet harm, secure users’ control over data

By: Julie O'Neill

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

Social Links: Twitter’s tough quarter; Yelp warns users about litigious dentist; Pinterest battles Snapchat

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Now Available: The July Issue of Our Socially Aware Newsletter

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: Social’s potential to upend the investment industry; online ad fraud; a proposal to fix Twitter

By: Aaron P. Rubin