Peter DiSilvio
Status of antitrust lawsuit against Facebook
The Federal Trade Commissions lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, alleging that the organization enjoys an illegal...
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Peter DiSilvio
Mar 18, 20222 min read
Russia Launches Their Own Instagram
Tensions between Russia and international tech giant Meta, parent company of Facebook, and Instagram, continues to heat up with the...
Peter DiSilvio
Mar 17, 20222 min read
Facebook Allows Putin Death Threats
In a surprising turn of events it has been reported that Facebook is allowing death threats and other calls for violence against...
Peter DiSilvio
Mar 16, 20223 min read
Law Enforcement on Social Media
One of the first legal jobs I had was as a prosecutor of juvenile delinquents. Every day cases would fall on my desk and I would have to...
Peter DiSilvio
Mar 11, 20221 min read
Russian Brands Meta "Extremist Organization"
Less than a week after banning Facebook from Russia, Russian State Media Tass is reporting that the government is declaring the entirety...
Peter DiSilvio
Mar 4, 20222 min read
Social Media and Russia's Other War
The was in Ukraine is not going well for Mr. Putin and he seems to be swinging at anything that moves in response. The New York Times is...
Peter DiSilvio
Mar 2, 20224 min read
Another Public Figure Tries and Fails to Ban Users
In the 2019 case of Davison v. Randall, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit once again considered the question of...
Peter DiSilvio
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Facebook Front Lines: The War is Online
Yesterday Meta, the parent company of Facebook, issued a press release where they claimed employees detected and removed two...
Peter DiSilvio
Feb 22, 20222 min read
Insurrectionists Barred From Social Media
Federal judges have begun prohibiting access to social media accounts and the internet at large for some of those accused of...
Peter DiSilvio
Feb 16, 20222 min read
What About Fake Accounts?
Shell accounts. Sock Puppets. Fakes. These are just some of the terms used for fake social media accounts; an account with a name and...
Peter DiSilvio
Feb 8, 20223 min read
FaceExit? Meta To Abandon Europe
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, have spent the last several days threatening to blackout their social media platforms...
Peter DiSilvio
Feb 7, 20223 min read
Lester the Molester and His Facebook Friends
A discussion of the governments ability to limit access to social media as explored in Packingham v. North Carolina
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