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Did Facebook Wag the Dog with Its New Name and Expansion into the Metaverse?
Feb. 15, 2022—By Josh Dahan Facebook Inc. has rebranded as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future known as the metaverse. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement on October 28 at the company’s Connect virtual reality conference.[i] The company owns Meta.com, which now redirects to a landing page, “about Facebook”, that...
Who Should Decide?: Musical Performances by Holograms of Deceased Artists
Oct. 26, 2021—By Madison Frandina In 2012 Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival; however, they were not alone. A hologram of Tupac Shakur performed alongside the other rappers. While the concert seemed shocking at the time, this technology now enables deceased artists to go on full-fledged stadium “tours.” Using...
The “End” of Hollywood? New IATSE Deal Highlights Power of Unionization
Oct. 26, 2021—By Olivia Pitten Throughout history, a key feature of Hollywood’s business landscape has been the presence of unions. While many other industries felt considerable decline in worker union density, the entertainment industry has consistently remained active in unionization. This is likely due to the infeasibility of individuals negotiating with large, prominent studios on their own....
There’s an App for Everything – Even INTERPOL Investigations
Oct. 18, 2021—By Cates Saleeby International art crime sounds like something that only happens in heist movies, but stolen artifacts are relatively common in the market. Even Kim Kardashian had to forfeit one of her purchases, an ancient Roman sculpture, earlier this year after customs authorities in Los Angeles detained it based on its unclear provenance and...
The Big Problem with The Explosive Growth of Telemedicine
Oct. 18, 2021—By Yash Dattani The COVID-19 pandemic led to explosive growth in the field of telemedicine and telehealth. The terms telehealth and telemedicine represent a wide range of care delivery models that utilize modern communications technologies to extend clinical care and healthcare availability outside of the traditional healthcare environment. At its core, for telemedicine to function...
Facebook Has Had a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week.
Oct. 13, 2021—By Jonathan Winkle Francis Haugen, the whistleblower who revealed thousands of pages of Facebook’s internal documents to the Wall Street Journal, revealed her identity on Sunday in a 60 Minutes interview and testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on Tuesday. This bad news was compounded by the outage of Facebook’s servers for Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp...
Where Are the New Old Cars Congress Promised?
Oct. 13, 2021—By Paul J. Schwarzentraub Modern cars are equipped with a myriad of features designed to make driving easier and more enjoyable. However, not everyone prefers these features and there are still some in automotive community who prefer cars that come thundering out of the past rather than racing towards the future. For these classic car...
Live from D.C.: The Supreme Court
Oct. 6, 2021—By Jack Kimmel Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live made its return to television to begin its 47th season. However, the cast of the long-running sketch comedy show was not the only well-known group returning to American audiences this week. On Monday, October 4th, the members of the Supreme Court convened to begin hearing cases....
Did the Third Circuit Just Break the Internet? Circuit Split Over Whether a News Anchor Can Sue Facebook for a Photo Shared Without Consent
Oct. 6, 2021—By Kendall Kilberger Social media platforms such as Facebook enjoy protection from liability against many claims pursuant to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act[1]; however, a recent Third Circuit opinion in Hepp v. Facebook, Inc. potentially poses a large threat to this veil of protection.[2] On September 23rd, 2021, a divided Third Circuit ruled...
Censoring Social Media: Texas HB 20
Oct. 6, 2021—By Mackenzie Cerwick There is perhaps nowhere that the extreme political polarization in the United States is felt more strongly than on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. Some Republican lawmakers feel that those platforms are catering to only one view and improperly restricting voices on the other side. On September 2, 2021,...