Utah Governor Spencer Cox is expected to signed SB 152, which was passed by both the House and Senate as of March 13, 2023.  With this bill, Utah would join California in passing legislation designed to protect children from online harms.  However, unlike the California Age-Appropriate Design Code, the Utah law will provide

Assaults on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (the “CDA”)—which shields online platforms from civil liability for third party content on their services—are abundant these days.  On October 15, 2020, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that his agency, at the request of President Trump, will draft rules explaining when platforms’ efforts to moderate user-posted

The widespread use of social media platforms make them ideal for companies trying to reach a large audience.  Pharmaceutical and consumer products industries frequently maintain their own social media accounts and partner with celebrities, physicians, patients, and “influencers”—i.e., individuals who have achieved online celebrity and whose posts reach a wide audience—to endorse their

On February 28th, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report that offers several recommendations on ways to improve the security of mobile devices. In a press release accompanying the report, Tom Pahl, the Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, stated that “more needs to be done to make it easier for consumers to ensure their devices are secure.” The FTC’s recommendations center around the ongoing need to patch vulnerabilities. However, the complexity of the mobile ecosystem and the many stakeholders, including mobile device manufacturers and operating system software providers, can delay security updates from reaching the mobile devices in consumer hands.
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