Research Handbook on Social Media and the Law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffmeister, Thaddeus.

Contributor:

Bromberg, Marilyn.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Research Handbooks in Media Law Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social media--Law and legislation.

Social media.

Social media--Government policy.

Social media--Law and legislation--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar, 2025.

Summary:

This Research Handbook critically examines the complex relationship between social media and the law. Expert scholars and practitioners analyze key issues through both practical and theoretical lenses, highlighting opportunities for advancing legal scholarship in the field.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction to the research handbook on social media / Marilyn Bromberg and Thaddeus Hoffmeister

Part I: Offensive speech on social media

1. Defamation and social media law / Lisa Ward and Julia Day

2. Navigating online hate speech: A study from the new zealand context / Rachel Sue Yin Tan

3. Counterman v. colorado: The law of social media threats / Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

4. Regulating expressions on social media: Communication offences - an english and Welsh law perspective / Laura Higson-Bliss and Adam Pendlebury

Part II: Regulation of social media platforms

5. Section 230 and social media immunity / Gregory M. Dickinson

6. Internal governance of social media platforms / Kevin Frazier

7. Terms of service of social media platforms / Przemysław Pałka

8. Transparency requirements and the marketplace of ideas / Jared Schroeder and Evan Sparks Ringel

9. Social media and intellectual property rights / Enrico Bonadio and Akshita Rohatgi

Part III: Social media in court and at the workplace

10. 'Suspicious minds': The challenge of social media's pre-trial publicity / Nicholas Cardaci and Marilyn Bromberg

11. Social media and employment law / Justin Pen and Emily Aitken

Part IV: The metaverse and future research

12. Social media through the metaverse lenses: A legal review / Jon M. Garon

13. Empirical research on social media for legal scholarship: Opportunities and challenges from experience with data protection law research / Ana-Maria Hriscu.

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ISBN:

1-03-530949-1