Cyberbullying Infographic
81% of youths say bullying online is easier to get away with than bullying in person Given the dynamic phenomenon of online and electronic messaging, posting and more, it’s no surprise that with these technological advances have come some casualties. Cyber harassment and bullying has been one of the most destructive and widespread impacts on […]
New Reddit Content Policy & Crackdown
In the latest update on community news forum Reddit, moderators have taken new steps to clamp down on controversial and offensive content on the site: by introducing a new parameter of content guidelines. Traditionally Reddit has always stood for a strong, almost aggressive, standard of free speech, with former CEO Yishan Wong stat that “This […]
SEC investigates fake Twitter story
In the vast space of the Twittersphere, amidst increasing limitations on content policies and clampdowns on trolls – due to a mass of parody and unverified accounts lies a minefield of potential litigation death traps. Given the rate at which stories travel and influencers act online with the potential to reach the masses in a […]
Social Media Trending in 2015 eDiscovery
The latest report and research regarding eDiscovery comes from law firm Gibson & Dunn and gives us a clear insight into the predictions of legal and tech specialists from 2015 – echoing caselaw, Discovery requests and solidifying beliefs that social media content is becoming a main resource of retrievable information. Digital communication has evolved from […]
California Lawyers have eDiscovery duty
California leading the way for Legal Ethics that include #eDiscovery standards. Finally, California’s long-awaited opinion on the legal and ethical duties of attorneys in eDiscovery has been finalised. Though not groundbreaking, the opinion takes into account the modern standard of technology and longevity of established legal ethics, balancing them with the complex and ever-changing […]
Social Media a “Goldmine” of Damning Divorce Evidence
In the last ten years there has been a phenomenal cultural and lifestyle shift from communicating and living IRL to online – and an interesting correlation with the rise in divorce rates and the acceptance of social media evidence in the courts. Many have described the limitless resource of messages, posts, images, videos and more […]
Family Law from Facebook to the Courts
81% of lawyers using evidence from Social Networking platforms. A recent study from PEW found that 66% of divorce cases used Facebook content as a primary case of evidence – this is an alarmingly high figure for lawyers not well versed in managing social media content, but also unsurprising given the ways in which we […]
California Court allows Instagram Evidence
Authenticating Instagram evidence still obstacle in social media case The most recent update on Social Media Evidence and Social Media #fails was handed down from a California appeals court in In re K.B, in relation to a criminal firearms conviction – where Instagram images posted from “40glock” (the defendant’s) social media account were accepted as […]
Revenge Porn – Ending the Harassment
Revenge porn is a relatively recent phenomena targeting everyone from exes, celebrities, vulnerable individuals and more. A vast array of motives can lie behind this extremely detrimental form of harassment including extortion, revenge, and sheer humiliation. This Cybercrime involves the non-consensual distribution of sexually explicit media; a practice often also involving the distribution of additional […]
Tweet & Delete
As the majority of us increasingly express ourselves and live in virtual reality through our curated personas on social media, not only has the way we communicate changed to text format, but so has the negative side of human expression such as bullying and harassment. These platforms have taken physical and interpersonal harassment to new […]
