Social Media Collections Guide: Instagram
Last Updated April 2024
When faced with the task of "getting everything" from a party's Instagram profile, where do you even start?
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Last Updated April 2024
When faced with the task of "getting everything" from a party's Instagram profile, where do you even start?
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Last Updated April 2024
In the rise of video use on social media, news websites, and across the internet, video platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and others serve as vital sources of evidence. As a result, legal professionals face challenges in authenticating video content for use in court. This task requires an understanding of both technological and legal nuances.
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Last Updated March 2024
It’s no surprise that artificial intelligence has entered the mainstream. The need for specialized skills or software previously required to manipulate and generate lifelike multimedia content such as photos or videos has been virtually eliminated. Known as deepfakes, these materials encompass audiovisual content that mimics the appearance or voice of individuals or events with high realism. Deepfakes have been used as a tool to manipulate political outcomes (such as a fabricated call from fake Joe Biden discouraging voters in New Hampshire from participating in the primary), create non-consensual deepfake pornography (in which pop star Taylor Swift was recently a victim), and pose as business leaders with an important announcement (Mark Zuckerberg announcing a change at Meta). The emergence of deepfakes presents a significant challenge in courtrooms, where the authenticity of evidence is key.
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Last Updated March 2024
In the evolving landscape of the legal industry, the management of electronically stored information (ESI) has become a focal point of discussion and strategy. With the digitization of records and communications, legal professionals are increasingly faced with the dual challenge of handling both private and public forms of ESI, such as emails, cell phone records, websites, and social media accounts as evidence in court. The growing attention to online evidence emphasizes the need for a nuanced understanding of its collection and preservation, particularly in the face of legal proceedings. In this webinar, Alex Sappington, CEO of Page Vault walks through tips for handling public ESI as evidence.
Last Updated March 2024
As the U.S. government deliberates over the national security concerns associated with TikTok, legal professionals across the country are keenly observing the unfolding situation. The potential ban on the popular social media platform not only raises questions about data privacy and cybersecurity but also significantly impacts the landscape of digital evidence and eDiscovery as a whole.
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Last Updated March 2024
In a decision on March 6, 2024 by the European Union General Court, Puma lost its Community design registration for the Creeper sneaker because images of the design were posted on Rihanna's Instagram over a year before Puma applied for registration, thereby invalidating the design due to prior public disclosure.
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