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[] To ensure delivery to your mailbox please add domain @lexology.com to your safe senders list [View in Browser]( [Lexology]( [My Account]( | [About]( | [Search Archive (1,279,439 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [California Court of Appeal Holds Online-Only Business Websites Are Not “Public Accommodations”]( California Proskauer Rose LLP On August 1, 2022, the California Court of Appeal joined longstanding Ninth Circuit precedent in determining that online-only businesses are not… [Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - August 9, 2022]( Ankura Consulting Group, LLC On August 5, 2022, Twitter confirmed it has suffered a data breach after receiving a report of a vulnerability through its HackerOne bug bounty… [New York Court of Appeals Adopts Commonsense Approach to Authenticating Screenshots of Text Messages]( New York Day Pitney LLP Text messaging, social media posting and messaging on other services such as Slack are increasingly becoming part of how people communicate with one… [Instagram Is Using AI to Check Your Age]( Klemchuk LLP Instagram was back in the news after it stated that it was testing a variety of different methods to check its users’ ages. Stating that they not… [Meta Shifts Trademark Reality]( Greenspoon Marder LLP Sometimes you do all the right things, and it isn’t enough. 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The goal of the 1,000,000 bots… [Children’s Advertising Review Unit Finds Outright Games in Violation of COPPA and CARU’s Advertising and Privacy Guidelines]( Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP On July 6, 2022, the Better Business Bureau National Programs’ Children’s Advertising Review Unit (“CARU”) announced that it had found Outright Games… [California Court of Appeals Holds Ecommerce Only Website Not Subject to ADA]( California Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP The California Court of Appeals has held that websites operated by online only businesses are not “places of public accommodation” subject to Title… [N.C. 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Now it’s time to execute on the plan, and that involves buying the… [Amazon Sues Thousands of Sellers of Fake Reviews (Again)]( Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC In a complaint with several Paragraphs devoted to describing its own efforts to protect the integrity of the product review ecosystem, Amazon has… [Google Delays Third-Party Cookie Phaseout Until 2024]( Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP On July 27, 2022, Google announced that it is delaying its plans to phase out third-party cookies in the Chrome web browser. Google’s Vice President… [Digital Governance Quarterly Roundup - August 2022]( Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers In our recent article, Inadequate cybersecurity contravenes AFSL obligations, we look at the landmark decision of Australian Securities and… [FTC settles with opendoor over allegedly misrepresenting potential home sale profits]( Cozen O'Connor The FTC reached a settlement with online home-buying platform Opendoor Labs Inc. to resolve allegations of deceptive sales and marketing practices in… [Trilegal Quarterly Roundup: Apr-Jun 2022]( Trilegal We bring you in-depth analysis on a broad range of legal issues, conversations with industry experts on issues impacting businesses, and updates on… [Global] Internet & Social Media #top [Mexico: How the Metaverse is shaping Intellectual Property Rights]( ECIJA The Metaverse is a simulated digital reality, that can be accessed through technological devices, such as computers and virtual reality glasses, where… [Data Protection update - July 2022]( Stephenson Harwood LLP On 18 July 2022, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (the "Bill") was introduced to Parliament. 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