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December 6, 2016
Help for Victims of Revenge, Leaking, and Other Online Assaults
“Revenge porn” isn’t a pleasant subject. But it is pervasive on the Internet, and wreaks havoc, fear and shame for victims. (So is harassment, blackmail and extortion, all related crimes.) If you face such a…Read more
November 5, 2016
LinkedIn Profiles Recommended for College Admission Planning
Some social media experts are advising high school seniors to take control of their online personas with elaborate LinkedIn profiles. The point is to bring them to the attention of college admissions officers, reports The…Read more
November 1, 2016
Learning from Dyn’s Crisis Response
Last week, Dynamic Network Services Inc., a web-technology provider, suffered a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that resulted in some of the top sites on the internet being disrupted, including Twitter, Netflix, PayPal and Spotify.…Read more
October 1, 2016
How Google’s Content Removal Request Process Works
Many people don’t know how to ask Google to remove content from the Internet. The first step is to learn what your options are. You can do that by visiting Google’s Legal Help section. An excerpt:…Read more
September 29, 2016
Social Media Marketing Tips for Artists
Daniel Grant, a business writer for re:sculpt — The International Sculpture Center’s blog — interviewed Shannon Wilkinson, our CEO, about the importance of social media in art marketing. As the art industry expands, social media…Read more
September 29, 2016
Anti-Defamation League Joins Tech Firms to Fight Online Harassment
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has hired its first director of technology and society, Brittan Heller, to collaborate with tech companies to combat online harassment. It’s an important step for helping companies stop online abuse. In…Read more
September 23, 2016
On Message: Angelina Jolie’s Divorce PR Campaign
An outpouring of reactions to the news of Brangelina’s divorce has flooded the digital space. But it was Allie Jones’ cool assessment of Angelina Jolie’s well-planned public relations offensive — published in New York Magazine —…Read more
September 20, 2016
Federal Court: Avvo has Right to Publish Lawyer Listings
Are you are an attorney? Have you wondered why online legal directory Avvo has published a listing about your practice and then made you pay to have it removed? That is, when you didn’t request the…Read more