Apple has announced that its iOS 15 update will actively scan text messages and images on iPhones for sexually explicit materials involving minors in an effort to combat the spread of child pornography. The spread of child exploitation materials on the Internet is...
Have you ever been the subject of a damaging news article? Before the internet, when a news article was published, it was circulated and then discarded, available for viewing only in library archives. In the age of the internet, news is now published online in...
No. There is no such thing as safe sexting. If you send an intimate photo or video to another person, or simply store it on your mobile device, you are at risk of having your content published to the internet without your consent. Even though the stakes for sexting...
Content that is defamatory, damaging, private, infringing, or otherwise unlawful can be removed from social media. There are a variety of tactics, both legal and non-legal, that are effective in securing the removal of harmful content. In the age of cancel culture,...
Content that is defamatory, damaging, private, infringing, or otherwise unlawful can be removed from social media. There are a variety of tactics, both legal and non-legal, that are effective in securing the removal of harmful content. In the age of cancel culture,...
Finding negative online content about yourself is extremely distressing. This effect can be amplified if you don’t know the identity of the person targeting you. The internet has made it easy for people to voice their grievances anonymously through the use of...
Before filing an internet defamation lawsuit, a plaintiff should consider the Anti-SLAPP statutes and retraction laws of the state or states where the defamation occurred. Because each state has different laws, these considerations are important to analyze when...
A Holistic Approach to Addressing Online Attacks In this series on reputation management, we have previously discussed online defamation, revenge porn, and how to handle online attacks by an anonymous person. In this article, we will discuss the various tactics that...
Finding negative online content about yourself is extremely distressing. This effect can be amplified if you don’t know the identity of the person targeting you. The internet has made it easy for anonymous internet users to voice their grievances through the use of...
“Revenge Porn” is a 21st century term of art that encompasses the non-consensual sharing of private, intimate images or videos. This area of the law is new, so definitions can vary from state to state. For these purposes, “private” means photos taken without any...