Category: Internet Legal Issues
May 29, 2020
President Trump Attacks the CDA: Section 230
We rarely write about politics. But President Trump’s attack on the legal loophole that allows online hate speech – Communications Decency Act, Section 230 — caught our attention. In short, he wants to do away…
May 13, 2020
Bring the Right to Be Forgotten to America
In Europe, privacy is considered a human right. Online harassment is considered a human rights abuse. In the U.S., there are few laws protecting us against having our personal data published online, or even collected…
May 8, 2020
Title IX: Legal Insight into Reputation-Damaging College Issues
Few college experiences are as shattering as being the victim of a sexual assault — or being accused of it when the circumstances do not support the accusations. New federal regulations were announced this month,…
February 17, 2020
The Reputation Capital Every Start-Up Needs
Some start-ups succeed – spectacularly. But most fail. With that in mind, we turned to an expert for insight into the importance of reputation for start-ups. Jed Weiner, Esq., Head of Corporate at the Washington,…
October 13, 2019
Online Harassment Leads to Jail Sentence
Paul Sullivan, the “Wealth Matters” columnist for The New York Times, has published an article detailing an online harassment campaign that resulted in a rare jail sentence for the businessman who masterminded it. He paints…
June 16, 2019
“Nobody’s Victim:” Fighting Harassment in the Internet Era
‘In the age of doxxing, revenge porn, and misogynist trolls, this book is required reading. . .” Esquire, Best Books of Summer 2019 Carrie Goldberg is a victims’ rights attorney specializing in Internet-related harassment (and…
January 25, 2019
Online Reputations Are Hampered by Outdated Law
Despite frequent outcries about data breaches affecting millions of Internet users, U.S. citizens continue to have the lowest level of privacy protection in the world. Not surprisingly, the U.S. law governing online content is also…
September 21, 2018
Can the “Right to be Forgotten” on Google Come to America?
Dan Shefet is the Paris-based attorney who was the first to enforce the principles of the “Right to Be Forgotten” — pursuant to a ruling from the European Court of Justice — before an EU…