Internet & Social Media Law Blog
Online platforms battle the trolls (and ad blockers); Pokemon GO! creator Niantic promises to watch things a bit more closely; blockchain is not as “unhackable” as many think; and more …
- With addition of FIDO2 support for Android, the death of the traditional password creeps closer (which is probably for the best, since you’ve forgotten that one for that thing already). (Lily Hay Newman, Wired)
- Rotten Tomatoes takes measures to preempt the trolls by removing the Want to See score. (Saqib Shah, Engadget) (See RT statement here.)
- Too much algorithm and not enough human leads to YouTube to mistakenly ban Pokémon Go channels. (Allegra Frank, Polygon)
- Spotify targets ad blockers in its new Terms of Service. (Dami Lee, The Verge)
- Don’t mistake JP Morgan & Chase’s new JPM Coin for cryptocurrency. (Jordan Pearson, Motherboard)
- Security holes continue to appear in the “unhackable” reputation of blockchains. (Mike Orcutt, MIT Technology Review)
- Niantic settles class-action with promises of better monitoring and better Pokéstop placement. (Owen S. Good, Polygon)
- Google uses AI to better predict energy output on wind farms. (Nick Statt, The Verge)
- Instagram, and all social media, really, provides new life to old scams like “money-flipping.” (Kevin Peachey, BBC News)
- New study suggests virtual reality may help treat anxiety and phobias in autistic adults. (Robert Glatter, Forbes)
- A computer algorithm helps more than 8,000 marijuana convictions go up in smoke. (Amanda Jackson, CNN)