The year was 2010. That was the last time Congress seriously contemplated privacy regulation. In November that year, the Republicans retook both the House and the Senate. When President Obama attempted to offer a “Privacy Bill of Rights” in 2015, it went nowhere. The only significant privacy legislation since then has been the repeal of…
In Twitter and the Birth of “Women Spring” in Saudi Arabia, we outlined how social media has been a tool for women to seek basic freedoms. This is not without risks, as the Saudi regime has jailed, flogged and even ordered the crucifixion for those offending it on social media. Now, women have launched a social…
The plight of women in Saudi Arabia is among the worst in the world, as the World Economic Forum’s 2015 Global Gender Gap Report ranked Saudi Arabia 134th out of 145 countries for gender parity. From Wikipedia: According to the Encyclopedia of Human Rights, two “key” conservative Islamic “concepts” that curtail women’s rights in Saudi are sex…
Terrorist Social Media Cases Test Scope of CDA § 230 Three recent cases against involving Twitter, Facebook and Google seek to hold social media platforms liable to the families of terrorist attacks by ISIS and/or Hamas since they provided material support to their cause. While this would appear to be barred under Section 230 of…
TOP STORIES OF 2011 #1 AMAZON WARS 2010 ended with the Amazon Tax in effect in three states totally approximately ten percent of the population and GDP. With the addition of Arkansas, Calfornia, Connecticut, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Vermont the tax has some applicability in states which comprise about 1/3 of the population and GDP the…
Twitter Escapes FTC Review Without Fine According to the FTC, Twitter agreed to settle “charges that it deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information.” Although it could face fines of $16,000 per violation for future violations. The FTC noted that this was the “agency’s first such case…
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