There is talk of a review and new legislation. Google has been accused of not deranking so-called "piracy" websites as it promised to do. Google had said that it would not return "piracy" websites in its search results as an attempt to see off...
We also compiled and submitted thoughtful and informative communications to the Senate and the House of Representatives concerning the proposed SOPA/PIPA legislation, and we mobilized others to do the same.
Sharpen your sensibilities by staying aware of changes within your industry – seasonal shifts, new legislation, innovations in technology – and respond to them. Writers often post about the importance of industry analysis, prospecting influencers...
Are you ready for IE10 and do not track legislation? Unfortunately, the sad truth is that Do Not Track legislation is coming whether we like it or not. In recent days, Google has also unveiled new Chrome features for Do Not Track.
It’s a proposed piece of legislation that seems absurd on its face and only becomes more self-defeating and strange as you look further into it. German publishers have been lobbying government for at least a few years to bring into law a licensing...
The IA plans to launch sometime this September and will focus on getting Internet-related legislation passed by the U.S.government. The group will be the first lobbying association to combine the forces of Internet companies for the sole purpose of...
In a post on SocialMediaToday.com Rachel Boothroyd, General Counsel at eModeration.com, discusses the UK legislation that brands and social media professionals and marketers need to be aware of. This month marks the start of the 2012 Summer...
The MPs labelled Google's evidence as “unconvincing” and warned that if it failed to introduce the technology voluntarily, legislation should be introduced to force its hand. We recommend that if legislation is necessary to require them to do so it...
The caveat with the cookie legislation is that if social plugins don’t count as first-party interactions for the purpose of user tracking for one, they don’t count for the other, either. While acknowledging that “the company's main financial goal...
It seems RIAA President Cary Sherman is still steamed that Google was able to derail the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) by encouraging more than 7 million people to sign petitions opposing the legislation.
The problem we seem to see over and over with privacy and other Internet-related concerns (which we also witnessed throughout the SOPA protest) is that it takes the scrutiny and evaluation of proposed legislation or policy by the public themselves...
Though this type of backlash is a politician’s worst nightmare in an election year, vested parties are none too pleased the bills didn’t pass and will continue to pressure lawmakers to enact anti-piracy legislation.
So why is new anti-piracy legislation necessary? Could anti-piracy legislation be a new instrument for black hat SEO’s to commit sabotage? With that said, the very complexity of piracy and the structure and ecosystem of the Internet is a problem in...
Google says fighting piracy is important, but “the most effective way to shut down pirate websites is through targeted legislation that cuts off their funding. This is an important issue and we think the recent White House statement points in a...
Others still may not seem an issue to you at all right now, like cookie and tracking laws, though the potential fallout of such legislation could affect how we do our jobs. Mike Essex hopes to spur SEOs into action with recommendations for...
As we discussed last year, government officials may seize electronic data including email accounts under this legislation with no probable cause a crime has been committed, no search warrant, and without notifying the user.
Yet, following the FTC announcement, congressional privacy hawks almost immediately swooped in, calling for passage of privacy legislation and continued federal scrutiny of Facebook's privacy practices.
If this new legislation is passed it would mean that every time Facebook doesn't comply it would face substantial fines as well as serious legal action. Social network giant Facebook is facing more legal action from the European Commission for...
Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) made it only halfway through his opening statement before asserting that 'one of the companies represented here today has sought to obstruct the Committee's consideration of bipartisan legislation.
Because the government is governed by such legislation as the Privacy Act of 1974, it would not be able to secure and authenticate individual identities without significant changes to our existing laws, so an Identity Provider would be a private...
