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New York Attorney General James Freezes $300,000 in Cryptocurrency Linked to Alleged Scammers Targeting New Yorkers

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On June 18, 2025, the New York State Attorney General announced that her office stopped an allegedly fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scam that targeted hundreds of Russian-speaking New Yorkers in Brooklyn and across the...more

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ESMA calls on platform providers to combat unauthorised financial promotions

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued written letters to several major social media and platform companies—including X, Meta, TikTok, Alphabet, Telegram, Snap, Amazon, Apple, Google and Reddit—urging...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Decision Dismissing Investor Class Action Against Social Media Company Because The Company’s Statements Were...

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On March 23, 2022, Judge Kenneth K. Lee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s dismissal of claims brought under...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.11.2019 | Top Story: Twitter Screed Prompts Investigation of Apple Card Gender Discrimination

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Here’s about as 2019 as we can get in the financial world (with a healthy dose of 1950s-era gender discrimination for good measure): a series of tweets from tech entrepreneur David Heinemeier Hansson alleging gender...more

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When Does a Tweet Fall Afoul of Regulation FD

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On August 7, 2018, Tesla CEO Elon Musk used his personal Twitter account (@elonmusk) to propose a buyout of the company for $420 a share, stating that funding was secured....more

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SEC Busts Overseas Social Media Fraud

A settled SEC enforcement action describes an alleged interesting social media fraud. Two defendants that reside in India were alleged to have been behind the fraud. According to the SEC the scheme was an online...more

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