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Another Take on the TAKE IT DOWN Act

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The TAKE IT DOWN Act (the Act), enacted on May 19, 2025, is a powerful (and controversial) new tool designed to stop people from sharing “nonconsensual intimate imagery,” or NCII, online. The Act does two main things: it...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Waves of Lawsuits Hit Businesses Over Website Tracking Pixels

Websites are ubiquitous, and so are cookies and tracking pixels (a/k/a web beacons). A web browser uses cookies to store login details and preferences; the cookies also track and profile user behavior. When visiting a...more

Cozen O'Connor

Covered Platforms Face Strict Deadlines Under the Take It Down Act

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A new federal law criminalizes nonconsensual intimate imagery and gives covered websites, mobile applications, and other online platforms merely 48 hours to comply with requests to take down such materials. On May 19, 2025,...more

Mayer Brown

Children’s Online Privacy: Recent Actions by the States and the FTC

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AT A GLANCE - As the digital world becomes an integral part of children's lives, state legislatures are placing greater emphasis on regulating how companies handle children’s personal information. This Legal Update...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Just a Minor Threat: Online Safety Legislation Takes Off

The year 2025 is certain to be a watershed for social media legislation and litigation. As it continues to shape how we connect, share, and consume information, social media remains at the forefront of public discourse due to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Senate Advances Landmark Tech Policy Priorities

Key Points - The Senate has passed landmark children’s online privacy and safety legislation via a near-unanimous vote shortly before departing for the August recess. The bill is comprised of revised versions of the Kids...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Can Privacy Be Bought? How Scrutiny of Meta’s Subscription Model Has Wider Implications – PART I

In November of 2023, Meta launched a service in the European Union that allowed users to utilize the Facebook and Instagram platforms “ad free” for a monthly fee. The subscription service was meant to address regulatory...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Tips for Alcohol Suppliers Utilizing Social Media

In light of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 2023 revisions to its Endorsement Guides, it is essential to ensure that your business is compliant. While the alcohol industry is known for product innovation, the industry is...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Parents Retaking Control? New Utah Social Media Laws

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This spring, Utah legislators gave parents new legal tools to control use of social media by children and teens, including introducing a private right of action with statutory damages.To comply, social media companies will...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

How do the CPRA, CPA, and VCDPA treat dark patterns?

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Keypoint: The CPRA and CPA introduce the concept of dark patterns into state consumer data privacy laws although this area has come under increased attention recently with FTC enforcement actions and guidance, state attorneys...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Updates To Online Privacy Acts, COPPA And VPPA

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) was enacted to place parents in control over what information is collected, used and disclosed from young children online. COPPA applies to operators of commercial...more

BakerHostetler

FTC Announces New COPPA Enforcement Action & Mobile Privacy Staff Report

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Authorship credit: Michael Young At a press conference this morning, outgoing FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz announced an $800,000 settlement of its recent enforcement action against Path, the operator of a social networking...more

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FTC Revamps COPPA Rule

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Two and a half years after initiating a review of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (the “Rule”), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on December 19, 2012 that the Rule will be amended to clarify...more

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