08 Nov, 2023 Meta Says AI Use Must be Disclosed in Political and Social Issue Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum Meta just announced that it is updating its advertising policies to require advertisers to disclose when political, election, or social...
07 Aug, 2023 The Server Test Survives in the Ninth Circuit … At Least For Now By Brian Murphy Craig Whitney A panel of the Ninth Circuit has affirmed that the “server test” remains the law of the land - at least in that circuit, and at least for...
10 Feb, 2023 Facebook Further Limits Ad Targeting Options for Teens By Jeff Greenbaum Last month, Meta announced that it was taking further steps to limit the ways in which advertisers can target teens. Meta said that it...
15 Aug, 2022 Unauthorized Use of Photos to Illustrate Article Is "in No Way Transformative," Says CA9 By Brian Murphy Elliot McGucken is an award-winning fine-art photographer who specializes in natural landscapes. (Check out his website.) In March of...
04 Feb, 2022 District Court to Plaintiffs: If You Don't Like Perfect 10 v Amazon, "Appeal to Ninth Circuit"! By Brian Murphy Alexis Hunley and Matthew Brauer are not fans of Instagram's embedding functionality. And they (and their counsel) are nothing, if not...
12 Jan, 2022 Do Facebook and Instagram Treat "Adult Products" for Men and Women Differently? By Jeff Greenbaum The Center for Intimacy Justice recently released a report charging Facebook and Instagram with applying their advertising policies...
22 Dec, 2021 Instagram Strikes Again: Users Can Now Disable Embedding By Craig Whitney The embedding saga continues. The right to embed another's photo or video that was posted on social media has been one of the most hotly...
12 Nov, 2021 New Instagram Feature Results in a Tree Planting Promise to Over 4 Million By Jordyn Milewski This month, Instagram rolled out a new feature called the "Add Yours" sticker. The feature, available for use with Instagram Stories,...
19 Sep, 2021 Instagram Prevails with "Server Test" Defense in Photo Embedding Case By Brian Murphy Yet another photo embedding case, but this time Instagram wins based on the court's application of the "server test." The plaintiffs own...
27 Jul, 2021 Facebook Announces New Limits on Ad Targeting to Children By Jeff Greenbaum Today, Facebook announced a number of changes related to the use of Facebook and Instagram by children, including some changes affecting...
05 Jul, 2021 Embedded Photo of Meghan Markle Doesn't Qualify for Fair Use on Motion to Dismiss By Brian Murphy Plaintiff owns the copyright in a photo of Meghan Markle, also known as the Duchess of Sussex, taken at a high school dance she attended...
24 Nov, 2020 Instagram Updates Influencer-Related Functionality By Hannah Taylor Instagram just announced functionality updates that are important for advertisers, particularly those working with third party Creators...
19 Nov, 2020 Age Gating on Instagram is Now a Bit Easier By Hannah Taylor If you have a Business or Creator account on Instagram, the platform's functionality now allows you to age-gate individual social media...
24 Aug, 2020 After Lawsuit is Filed, Instagram Deletes Account Promoting Parties at Arizona State University By Jeff Greenbaum The Associated Press reported that Instagram deactivated an "asu_covid.parties" account that appeared to promote unsafe parties at...
02 Jul, 2020 Court Reconsiders and Changes Course in Instagram Embedding Case By Brian Murphy Another post about embedding photos using Instagram’s API! As we have written about here and here, in April and June of this year, two...
08 Jun, 2020 Instagram and Embedding Photos - An Update and a Bombshell (?) from Instagram By Brian Murphy Ars Tecnica is reporting - in an article with the provocative headline "Instagram just threw users of its embedding API under the bus" -...