AdTech & Digital Media Newsletter – Social Media

Welcome to the first in a series of newsletters prepared by
Arnold & Porter’s AdTech and Digital Media group. These
newsletters will cover legal developments relevant to the adtech
and digital media industries, the state of M&A and investment
activity in the industries, and updates regarding Arnold &
Porter’s activity in the space.

In this issue:

General

• FTC Explores Rules Targeting Commercial Surveillance and Lax
  Data Security
• CFPB Warns Digital Marketing Providers They Are Potential
  Targets of Actions Against “Digital Redlining”

Healthcare related

• FTC Focuses on Commercialization of Geolocation Data That Can
  Be Used to Reveal Sensitive Consumer Health Information
• Meta Facing Class Action Lawsuit for Use of Pixel Tracking With
  Respect to Healthcare Data

Antitrust

• FTC Challenges Meta’s Acquisition of Virtual Reality
  Fitness App

Developments in Europe

• France, Italy and Spain Say Big Tech Should Shoulder Network
  Costs
• UK Proposes Amendment to Online Safety Bill Granting Ofcom
  (UK’s Regulatory Authority for Telecommunication) Greater
  Authority to Ensure Tech Companies Tackle Child Abuse Content
  Online
• French Adtech Firm Criteo Facing $65.4 Million Sanction in
  Connection With Allegations of Non-compliance With GDPR

Case law development

• Advertiser Liability for Social Media Influencer Copyright
  Violations

Markets

Arnold & Porter Updates

• Embracer Group Enters Into Agreement to Acquire IP Rights to
  The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Literary Works by J.R.R
  Tolkien
• Partner Jami Vibbert Quoted in Adweek article, “‘Bill
  Could Threaten Californians’: States Retaliate as the Federal
  Privacy Bill Advances”
• Partner Raqiyyah Pippins Will Be Hosting a Panel at NAD 2022
  Held in Washington, DC on September 19-20

Please see Arnold & Porter’s AdTech and Digital Media webpage for
additional publications summarizing developments in adtech and
digital media.

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