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MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight On Retro
Retro, a friends-only photo-sharing app built by former Instagram teammates Nathan Sharp and Ryan Olson, is challenging today's algorithm-driven social media landscape with a private, ad-free alternative. The app functions as a weekly photo journal designed to reconnect users with close friends and family, eschewing public feeds, follower counts, and AI-generated content in favor of intimate, subscription-based social spaces.
United States Media & IT
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Mintz
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California Signs Nation-Leading AI Chatbot And Social Media Laws: What Businesses Need To Know
California has enacted the nation's strongest legislation regulating AI chatbots and social media for minors, imposing mandatory safety audits, crisis protocols, and prohibitions on addictive features. Companies operating companion chatbots, social media platforms, or online services used by children face significant compliance obligations and civil penalties up to $1 million per child for negligent harm.
United States Technology
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Crowell & Moring LLP
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California Expands Liability For Undisclosed Paid Political Influencers
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1130 into law, eliminating the penalty exemption for paid influencers who violate political advertising disclosure requirements. The new law, effective January 1, 2027, establishes joint and several liability between paid content creators and campaign committees for violations, fundamentally changing enforcement mechanisms for online political advertising compliance.
United States Media & IT
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Nossaman LLP
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Court Says X Must Disclose Its Content Moderation Policies
A federal court in New York ruled that requiring social media platforms to disclose their content moderation policies constitutes regulation of commercial speech under the First Amendment. The decision addresses whether transparency requirements about platform policies violate free speech protections, with implications for how platforms must communicate their content moderation practices to users and regulators.
United States Media & IT
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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
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Court Says X Must Disclose Its Content Moderation Policies
A federal court in New York ruled that requiring social media platforms to disclose their content moderation policies constitutes regulation of commercial speech under the First Amendment. The decision addresses whether transparency requirements about platform policies violate free speech protections, with significant implications for how social media companies must communicate their content standards to users and regulators.
United States Media & IT
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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
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Another Favorable Pixel Tracking Decision!
A California federal court recently dismissed pixel tracking claims against a healthcare company for lack of Article III standing, finding that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a concrete injury because the collected information was not sensitive or private. The decision adds to growing judicial skepticism toward pixel tracking lawsuits and provides important guidance for businesses using third-party tracking technologies on their websites.
United States Privacy
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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP
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New York’s Final Rules For Kids Set A New Benchmark For Age Assurance
New York's finalized rules for the Kids Online Safety Act establish comprehensive age assurance requirements that could reshape how digital platforms verify and protect young users. These regulations introduce specific technical standards and compliance obligations that extend beyond previous state-level attempts at child protection online. The framework may serve as a template for other jurisdictions considering similar protective measures for minors in digital spaces.
United States Privacy
ZwillGen PLLC
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Children’s Privacy Mid-Year Update: Key Legislative Developments And Emerging Trends For Businesses
State legislatures are driving a complex patchwork of children's privacy and online safety regulations across the United States, with 21 states enacting social media laws and 26 states implementing age-verification requirements for harmful content. As litigation becomes a critical gatekeeper determining which enacted laws actually take effect, businesses face a rapidly shifting compliance landscape that extends far beyond traditional COPPA frameworks into prescriptive restrictions on platform design, algori
United States Privacy
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Mayer Brown
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New York Becomes First State To Restrict Addictive Social Media Features For Minors
New York has enacted the nation's first law restricting algorithmically-driven social media features for minors, requiring platforms to disable personalized feeds by default for users under 18 and prohibit nighttime notifications without parental consent. The Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act establishes comprehensive age verification requirements and enforcement mechanisms that could reshape how social media companies operate nationwide.
United States Media & IT
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Crowell & Moring LLP
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Commonwealth v. Meta: When Platform Design Becomes The Plaintiff’s Best Theory
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has unanimously ruled that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act does not shield Meta from state claims targeting Instagram's design features and deceptive marketing practices. This decision represents a significant shift in how courts interpret the scope of immunity for social media platforms, distinguishing between content-based claims and design-based liability. The ruling allows the Commonwealth's consumer protection lawsuit to proceed, potentially forcin
United States Media & IT
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Gesmer Updegrove LLP
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2026 Legislative Session: CUTPA Developments Advisory
Connecticut's 2026 legislative session transformed the state's Unfair Trade Practices Act into a primary vehicle for technology regulation, creating fifteen new per se violations while systematically excluding private enforcement rights for AI and tech-related provisions. This shift represents a fundamental change in how Connecticut regulates technology companies, concentrating enforcement power exclusively with the Attorney General for areas ranging from AI companion safety to surveillance pricing.
United States Commercial
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Wiggin & Dana
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