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FTC Attempts End Run to Ban Meta from “Monetizing” Minors’ Data

The FTC took unprecedented action yesterday when it moved to impose what it describes as a “blanket prohibition” preventing the company from monetizing young people’s data. The FTC contends that this prohibition is…

Section 230 Executive Order Strikes Back at Twitter, But Legal Impact Likely to be Limited

In a move spurred by Twitter’s decision to fact-check a pair of President Trump’s tweets, the president recently signed a multi-pronged “ Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship ” with the claimed intention of…

SEC KOs Mayweather and DJ Khaled for Promoting Cryptocurrency Without Disclosures

About a year ago, the SEC issued a warning to celebrities and social influencers who promoted Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) on social media, noting that such promoters are subject to federal securities laws.…

What Will Your Social Media Influencer Letter from the FTC Look Like?

We have blogged about the FTC’s barrage of letters when they were originally released in April and again last week . Back in May, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the National Law Journal, the FTC…

The Second Circuit “Likes” the NLRB’s Reasoning

In recent years, the National Labor Relations Board has tended to protect employees’ social media activity against employers. A few weeks ago, the Second Circuit upheld a decision of the National Labor Relations Board…