All articles tagged with #social media law
Bluesky has blocked access in Mississippi due to the state's new age assurance law requiring comprehensive user verification, which the small startup cannot feasibly implement due to resource constraints and privacy concerns, highlighting challenges faced by smaller platforms under strict regulations.
Elon Musk's social media platform X is intervening in the bankruptcy sale of Alex Jones' Infowars, marking an unprecedented move by a social media company in a legal dispute over account ownership. X objects to the sale of Infowars' X accounts, citing its terms of service that accounts cannot be sold and are owned by X. This intervention is seen as Musk flexing his influence and potentially setting a legal precedent, as social media platforms typically avoid public court battles over account ownership.