Facebook Ad Suspension
We are deeply concerned about the degree to which Facebook is damaging trust in both the internet and society as a whole. Hate speech, fake news and misinformation undermine the spirit and functioning of the open internet. Lexicom will join with other industry leaders...
The .ORG domain registry won’t be sold!
The .ORG domain registry won’t be sold! Michael, In a huge win for the Internet, ICANN has announced that it’s blocking the sale of the .ORG domain registry to Ethos Capital, a private equity firm.
Internet Law Review April 2019
For obvious reasons we like to keep a weather eye on legal battles that reference the internet world, and this article of recent case summaries caught our eye. There was a period when the legal questions about copyright, and defamation, and the like seemed to live in...
Maintaining Your CMS
Back in the bad old days when the World Wide Web was just getting started, everyone built web sites by writing HTML code directly. This was fine back before having a web site was basically required for anyone to take you seriously, but it does require that you have a...
Canadians glued to screens, worse than TV!
http://www.news1130.com/2017/03/21/concerns-raised-canadians-spending-time-online-study/Concerns raised as Canadians are spending more time online: study By: The Canadian Press Date: March 21, 2017 http://www.news1130.com/2017/03/21/concerns-raised-canadians-spending-time-online-study/ A new report says Canadians are spending more time surfing the web...
In a world that is more connected and accessible than ever, the declaration of October as national Cyber Security Awareness Month by governments and business leaders in several countries including Canada, the United States and Australia, is a strong statement that...
New guidelines for online reviews and endorsements
Bloggers & influencers take note! Does that product really work? Are they being paid to say that? Is that a genuine consumer review? As brands increasingly turn to bloggers, vloggers and influencers to market their products in the race for greater brand visibility,...
The Snapchat effect: Fashion designers are making ephemeral fab
http://digiday.com/platforms/snapchat-effect/The Snapchat effect: Fashion designers are making ephemeral fab From Digiday Two days before its New York Fashion Week show in February, Marc Jacobs announced it was launching a Snapchat account. Just a few months prior, Alexander Wang used the app as a means to...
Domain name scams: can you ignore the email you received about a company applying to register your mark as a domain name? Generally yes!
http://www.lexology.com/contributors/17159/Lexology Bereskin & Parr LLP Canada, Global June 20 2016 In recent years, we have received countless enquiries from clients worried about an email they received about a company trying to register their mark as a domain name or keyword, usually in China or Hong...
CRTC partners with global agencies to enforce spam and telemarketing rules - Lexology The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with 10 domestic and global enforcement agencies...
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