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March 13, 2017
AAID Announces Support for the Right to be Forgotten in New York
The Association for Accountability and Internet Democracy (AAID) announced today that it supports the Right to be Forgotten bill in the state of New York. The bill is being presented by Assemblyman David I. Weprin. In…Read more
March 3, 2017
Free Speech, Internet Laws and the "Right to be Forgotten"
We are all increasingly hearing about hot button issues such as fake news controversies, the “digital divide” and the range of narratives influencing public opinion on the internet. In the United States, those issues are…Read more
February 22, 2017
President Trump’s Astute Online Reputation Management Playbook
CNN broke a story yesterday showing a rare inside look at the steps public figures take to protect their reputations from defamation on the Internet. Since 1997, according to the network, President Trump’s team has…Read more
December 12, 2016
Rebooting: Online Reputation Management for Professionals
College-educated professionals between the ages of 40 and 60 have long formed a significant part of our clientele. They include attorneys, C-Suite and mid-level executives, law enforcement and medical professionals, financial services experts, MBA candidates,…Read more
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